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'''Prema Gopalan''' | '''Prema Gopalan''' (1955/1956 – 29 March 2022) was an Indian [[social activist]]. She co-founded the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) in 1984. She then founded and has been executive director of [[Swayam Shikshan Prayog]] (SSP) for over 20 years, supporting poor rural women in entrepreneurial schemes. She is also well known for disaster relief work in [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]. Gopalan has received awards from the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] and the [[United Nations Development Programme]]. She died on 29 March 2022 after a short illness at the age of 66.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benerjee |first=Shoumojit |date=29 March 2022 |title=Noted Pune-based social entrepreneur Prema Gopalan passes away |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/noted-pune-based-social-entrepreneur-prema-gopalan-passes-away/article65271114.ece}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Prema Gopalan was born in [[Pune]], India.<ref name="Khemka">{{cite web |title=Prema Gopalan—Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) |url=http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php |website=Khemka |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive. | Prema Gopalan was born in [[Pune]], India.<ref name="Khemka">{{cite web |title=Prema Gopalan—Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) |url=http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php |website=Khemka |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20081227143550/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php |archivedate=27 December 2008}}</ref> She held an MA in [[social work]] and completed a M.Phil. in sociology and research methodology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awardees |url=https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan |website=Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archivedate=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145510/https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Prema Gopalan was a co-founder with [[Sheela Patel]] of SPARC in 1984. She started SSP in 1993, aiming to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized and democratic methods of self-management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 |title=Prema Gopalan|publisher=Ashoka |accessdate=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706060400/http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 |archivedate=6 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm |title=From the field |accessdate=22 June 2009 |archive-date=24 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211812/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> SSP functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until it (in association with the Government of [[Maharashtra]]) redesigned and implemented a widespread community participation strategy across 1200 villages in the [[1993 Latur earthquake|earthquake-hit]] districts of [[Latur]] and [[Osmanabad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm |publisher=Developed Nation |title=Prema Gopalan |accessdate=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717143709/http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm |archivedate=17 July 2010 }}</ref> Gopalan has also worked with support efforts following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and floods in [[Floods in Bihar|Bihar]] and Kerala.<ref>{{cite news | | Prema Gopalan was a co-founder with [[Sheela Patel]] of SPARC in 1984. She started SSP in 1993, aiming to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized and democratic methods of self-management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 |title=Prema Gopalan|publisher=Ashoka |accessdate=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706060400/http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 |archivedate=6 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm |title=From the field |accessdate=22 June 2009 |archive-date=24 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211812/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> SSP functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until it (in association with the Government of [[Maharashtra]]) redesigned and implemented a widespread community participation strategy across 1200 villages in the [[1993 Latur earthquake|earthquake-hit]] districts of [[Latur]] and [[Osmanabad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm |publisher=Developed Nation |title=Prema Gopalan |accessdate=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717143709/http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm |archivedate=17 July 2010 }}</ref> Gopalan has also worked with support efforts following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and floods in [[Floods in Bihar|Bihar]] and Kerala.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Prachi | last1=Bhuchar |title=Leading Ladies |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 |accessdate=22 August 2020 |work=India Today |date=23 December 2018 |archivedate=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705202509/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/276138/indiapakistan_quake_toll_rises_as_politics_hampers_relief/index.html|title=India Pakistan quake toll rises as politics hampers relief|website=Redorbit}} {{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref> | ||
SSP has helped | SSP has helped women entrepreneurs to start businesses in these recovering zones.<ref name="Khemka" /> | ||
==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
Gopalan has been made both an [[Ashoka Fellow]] and a | Gopalan has been made both an [[Ashoka Fellow]] and a Synergos Fellow.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prema Gopalan |url=https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ |website=The Resource Alliance |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145515/https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) presented her with the Momentum for Change Award 2016 and the following year she won an [[Equator Prize]] from the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP). In 2018, Gopalan was presented with Social Entrepreneur of the Year award by the [[Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Shoumojit |title=Defying vagaries of nature to create entrepreneurs |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece |accessdate=22 August 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=8 November 2018 |archivedate=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822134451/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Prema Gopalan (1955/1956 – 29 March 2022) was an Indian social activist. She co-founded the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) in 1984. She then founded and has been executive director of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) for over 20 years, supporting poor rural women in entrepreneurial schemes. She is also well known for disaster relief work in Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Gopalan has received awards from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Development Programme. She died on 29 March 2022 after a short illness at the age of 66.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Prema Gopalan was born in Pune, India.[2] She held an MA in social work and completed a M.Phil. in sociology and research methodology.[3]
Career[edit | edit source]
Prema Gopalan was a co-founder with Sheela Patel of SPARC in 1984. She started SSP in 1993, aiming to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized and democratic methods of self-management.[4] SSP functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until it (in association with the Government of Maharashtra) redesigned and implemented a widespread community participation strategy across 1200 villages in the earthquake-hit districts of Latur and Osmanabad.[5] Gopalan has also worked with support efforts following the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and floods in Bihar and Kerala.[6] SSP has helped women entrepreneurs to start businesses in these recovering zones.[2]
Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]
Gopalan has been made both an Ashoka Fellow and a Synergos Fellow.[7] The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) presented her with the Momentum for Change Award 2016 and the following year she won an Equator Prize from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In 2018, Gopalan was presented with Social Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Benerjee, Shoumojit (29 March 2022). "Noted Pune-based social entrepreneur Prema Gopalan passes away". The Hindu.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Prema Gopalan—Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)". Khemka. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Awardees". Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Prema Gopalan". Ashoka. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- "From the field". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009. - ↑ "Prema Gopalan". Developed Nation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ↑ Bhuchar, Prachi (23 December 2018). "Leading Ladies". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- "India Pakistan quake toll rises as politics hampers relief". Redorbit. [dead link] - ↑ "Prema Gopalan". The Resource Alliance. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ Banerjee, Shoumojit (8 November 2018). "Defying vagaries of nature to create entrepreneurs". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.