# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ela-bhatt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:40.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ela-bhatt"
name: "Ela Bhatt"
slug: "ela-bhatt"
description: "Ela Ramesh Bhatt was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. She was the chancellor of the Gujarat Vidyapith from 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022. A lawyer by training, Bhatt was a part of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements and won several national and international awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) for \"helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect\" and the Padma Bhushan (1986)."
tagline: "Founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-09-07"
deathDate: "2022-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump