Chhavi Rajawat

Chhavi Rajawat
Sarpanch
Constituency	Soda
Personal details
Born	1980 (age 30–31) Rajasthan
Residence	Soda, Rajasthan
Religion	Hinduism

Chhavi Rajawat (born 1980) is an Indian politician. She is the sarpanch of her village Soda, 60 km from Jaipur.^[1]

Early life

Chhavi Rajawat was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She is from a small village called Soda in Malpura tehsil, District Tonk. She is an alumnus of Rishi Valley School (Andhra Pradesh), Mayo College Girls' School (Ajmer). Lady Shri Ram College (University of Delhi) and a Management graduate from Pune.)

Personal life

She lives in Jaipur, with her parents.

Career

Chhavi Rajawat left her corporate job and city life to help develop rural India. She became the Sarpanch (Head of a Village) of Soda, a village sixty kilometers from Jaipur, Rajasthan. Her grandfather Brig. Raghubir Singh was the Sarpanch of the village (retired from the post of Sarpanch 20 years prior to Chhavi Rajawat's elections), from which she too was elected. The Times of India, the leading English newspaper in India credits her as the changing face of rural Rajashthan.^[1]

On 25 March 2011, Chhavi Rajawat addressed delegates at the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations. Chhavi Rajawat was well-received at the meeting, followed by praises across the national news.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "LSR Grad quits job to be Sarpanch". News Daily (The Times of India). 2010-03-08. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5655761.cms. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
2. ^ "Indian Sarpanch dazzles at UN Meet". News Daily (Mumbai Mirror). 2011-03-28. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2011032820110328033934677952a75fc. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 

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Name	Chhavi Rajawat
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Date of birth	1980
Place of birth	Rajasthan
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