Chhavi Rajawat

Social Activist | Youngest Sarpanch

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Chhavi Rajawat is the sarpanch of a poor village Soda, near Jaipur of Rajasthan. Rajawat divides her time between her village, Soda and Jaipur and currently resides with her parents. Chhavi is not affiliated to any political party, though she is an elected candidate. She is not at all actively involved in politics. She has spoken about her village at UN Meeting. Chhavi has represented India and spoke her village and its development model at UN Meeting. She is one of the youngest sarpanches at present and she believed to make a difference by investing her considerable energies in Social causes and for the people of her ancestral village Soda. She also feels that women openly interact with her and discuss their problems as their sarpanch is a lady.

Chhavi Rajawat was born in Soda, Jaipur in a Rajput Family. She has a strong emotional bond to her village where spent her childhood. After completing her graduation from Delhi University, and later MBA degree from BIMM Pune, Chhavi worked briefly in the corporate environment but quitted after a short period to come back to her roots.

Chhavi serves as a facilitator between her village, the government and NGOs have been instrumental in bringing significant changes to her village. She has helped women to be economically powerful as well. She has empowered them alternate job opportunities and provision for activities like tailoring, candle making, grinding spices and pulses. Chhavi has focused on education and also worked on infrastructural development- constructing roads and drains. She is changing the face of rural Rajasthan.

She is a very good speaker who talks about positive changes, environmental necessities and how development changes perspectives of a rural society.

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