Sheetal Amte, known by the name Sheetal Amte-Karajgi after her marriage, was an Indian public health expert, disability specialist and social entrepreneur.
10 Facts About Sheetal Amte
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Sheetal Amte was chief executive officer and board member of a non-profit organisation, Maharogi Sewa Samiti, which focuses on helping people disadvantaged by leprosy.
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Sheetal Amte founded the Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora, and served as its chief executive officer and board member, which provided a range of health care, rehabilitation, education, agriculture, and economic empowerment programmes.
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Sheetal Amte studied medicine and became a physician and completed a master's degree in social entrepreneurship from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and joined her family working at Anandwan to continue her grandfather's vision; her brother Kaustubh is an accountant for Anandwan and her uncle Prakash Amte and aunt Mandakini Amte are physicians at the community.
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Sheetal Amte helped to secure the financial assistance of the Tech Mahindra Foundation to provide food for children in Anandwan schools.
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Sheetal Amte led the installation of solar power panels at the community, resulting in Maharogi Sewa Samiti receiving an award for Innovative Energy Project of the Year 2016 from the Association of Energy Engineers, and intended to incorporate more smart technology into the community in future to make Anandwan a smart village.
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Sheetal Amte was selected as Member of World Economic Forum Expert Network on Humanitarian Response.
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Sheetal Amte was selected as a United Nations Innovation Ambassador and an advisor to i4P.
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Dr Sheetal Amte was working as a fellow of the World Innovation Organisation, an initiative from World Summit on Innovation and United Nations.
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Sheetal Amte was a painter and is survived by her husband Gautam Karajgi and a seven-year-old son Sharvil.