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'''Bimla Poddar''' is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web | url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php | title=Jnana Pravaha | publisher=Jnana Pravaha | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web | url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm | title=Kamat | publisher=Kamat | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web | url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 | title=Varanasi | publisher=Varanasi | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web | url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme | title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History | publisher=Jnana Pravaha | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 | title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style | publisher=Chronicle Books | author=Melba Levick | year=2008 | pages=175 | isbn=9780811853163}}</ref> and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms | title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees | newspaper=Times of India | date=26 January 2015 | access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> Born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web | url=http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx | title=Neotia family | publisher=Neotia family | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx | archive-date=20 June 2016 | url-status=dead}}</ref> and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name="Zauba Corp">{{cite web | url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 | title=Zauba Corp | publisher=Zauba Corp | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 | title=Bloomberg | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>
'''Bimla Poddar''' is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web | url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php | title=Jnana Pravaha | publisher=Jnana Pravaha | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web | url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm | title=Kamat | publisher=Kamat | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web | url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 | title=Varanasi | publisher=Varanasi | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web | url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme | title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History | publisher=Jnana Pravaha | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113303/http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 | title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style | publisher=Chronicle Books | author=Melba Levick | year=2008 | pages=175 | isbn=9780811853163}}</ref> and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms | title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees | newspaper=Times of India | date=26 January 2015 | access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> Born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web | url=http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx | title=Neotia family | publisher=Neotia family | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx | archive-date=20 June 2016 | url-status=dead}}</ref> and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name="Zauba Corp">{{cite web | url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 | title=Zauba Corp | publisher=Zauba Corp | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 | title=Bloomberg | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>


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[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]]
[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]]
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[[Category:Indian philanthropists]]

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Bimla Poddar
Born
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationSocial worker, philanthropist
Known forPhilanthropy
Spouse(s)Bimal Kumar Poddar
AwardsPadma Shri

Bimla Poddar is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of Jnana Pravaha,[1][2] a Varanasi based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.[3] Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of India's culture[4][5] and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.[2][6] Born and brought up in Varanasi, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar[7] and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns[8][9] which includes Ambuja Cements.[7] She was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jnana Pravaha". Jnana Pravaha. 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kamat". Kamat. 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Varanasi". Varanasi. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History". Jnana Pravaha. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Melba Levick (2008). IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style. Chronicle Books. p. 175. ISBN 9780811853163.
  6. ↑ "Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees". Times of India. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Neotia family". Neotia family. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Zauba Corp". Zauba Corp. 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Bloomberg". Bloomberg. 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

Further reading

  • Melba Levick (2008). IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style. Chronicle Books. p. 175. ISBN 9780811853163.


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