Ritu Jaiswal
Ritu Jaiswal | |
|---|---|
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| Mukhiya | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Bihar | |
| Constituency | Gram Panchayat Raj Singhwahini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1977 Hajipur, Bihar |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Arun Kumar (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Vaishali Mahila College |
| Website | ritujaiswal.com |
Ritu Jaiswal (born 26 August 1977) is the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Raj Singhwahini, Sonbarsha, Sitamarhi, Bihar.[1] Being the wife of a Delhi based bureaucrat, she became distressed after seeing the conditions of the paternal village of her in-laws and decided to bring transformation through her endeavours. Leaving the luxury of a comfortable metro life, Ritu ventured into the mission to transform lives of thousands. It was the pathetic and pitiable condition of her village that aroused her inner feelings to quit the splendours and wallow into the challenge of improvising the situation there. Beginning from the year 2014, when her husband was posted in New Delhi, she had been visiting her village often and has done whatever she could have done. Acknowledging her true service for them, the villagers bestowed upon her the responsibility of the Mukhiya of Singhwahini Panchayat after the Panchayat Elections 2016.[2]
Early life
Ritu was born to Late Bhola Prashad Choudhary and Mrs. Asha Jaiswal on 26 August 1977 in Hajipur, Bihar. She has studied Bachelors of Arts (Economics) from Vaishali Mahila College. She is also a trained Bharat Natyam and Kathak dancer.[3][better source needed]
Political career
Ritu contested and won the election for the position of Mukhiya from Gram Panchayat Raj Singwahini in 2016. She won by a huge margin of 1853 votes more the nearest rival in a constituency consisting of fourteen thousand residents.[4] Though holding an elected post, Ritu also known as "Madam Jee" in the area is not affiliated to any political party. Her work comprises making her Panchayat hundred percent Open Defecation Free by construction of over 2200 toilets for the villagers, educating children, skill development, awareness among the women regarding menstrual hygiene and thereby establishing Sanitary Pad Bank, roads, electricity, solar street lights and solar water pumps installation, pure drinking water facilities, health checkup camps etc.[5][6][7]
Awards and recognition
She was conferred the "Uchh Shikshit Adarsh Yuva Sarpanch (Mukhiya) Puraskaar 2016" at the 7th Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad by the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Government on 18 January, in Pune.[8]
She was among the 5 Mukhiyas selected to represent Bihar for the "Capacity Building Program for Sarpanch & Panchayat Secretaries" by The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India at the Siri fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
She was one of the speaker at the international conference on LPG: Catalyst of Social Change-2 organised by Research & Development Initiative Pvt. Ltd. in association with Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India in Ranchi. [9][10]
She represented Bihar as one of the speaker at SEE Talks held at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai on 16th June, 2018.[11][12]
She was one of the speaker at TED (conference) organised in Patna in the name TEDx Bankipore on the topic "Why unregistered rapes in rural India not considered as crime" on 29th July, 2018. [13][14]
She was among the nine panelists selected by the National Institute of Rural Development, Government of India at the consultation workshop for mainstreaming Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) through adoption of 100+ Panchayat Clusters for holistic Development on 6th August, 2018. [15]
Personal life
Ritu married Arun Kumar on 7 December 1996. Arun Kumar is a 1995 batch Indian Civil Service (Allied) officer who has served as the Director, Central Vigilance Commission.[16] They have a son and a daughter.[3]
References
- ^ "State Election Commission, Bihar". sec.bihar.gov.in. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "How a Determined Woman Transformed an Underdeveloped Bihar Village". thebetterindia.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Ritu Jaiswal". ritujaiswal.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Bihar's Chhavi Rajawat has a family of 14,000 to care for - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "City Woman Shifts to Village, Gets Elected as Mukhiya and is Changing the Face of the Village". theweekendleader.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "बेहतर पहल: मेंसुरेशन को लेकर चली आ रही बीमारी से बचने का तरीका बता रही 'पैड वुमन'". livecities.in. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "ऐसा मुखिया हो तो मिट जाये बिहार के हर गांव का अंधियारा". kositimes.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "BIHAR: सीतामढ़ी की मुखिया रितु को मिला नेशनल अवार्ड - Hindustan". livehindustan.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "lpgconference-ujjwalacatalystofsocialchange2". lpgconference-ujjwalacatalystofsocialchange2.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "मुखिया रितु की अंतरराष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन में भागीदारी". livehindustan.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "मुखिया रितु आईआईटी, मुंबई में प्रतिनिधित्व करेंगी". livehindustan.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "बिहार की सबसे तेज मुखिया रितु जायसवाल और गणितज्ञ आनंद करेंगे SEE Talks में बिहार का प्रतिनिधित्व, जाएंगे IIT मुंबई". m.dailyhunt.in. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "TEDx Bankipur Theme: Figuring out Why?". ted.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Who said what at Patna's first global standard talk, TEDx Bankipur". patnabeats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण विकास एवं पंचायती राज संस्थान, हैदराबाद (एन आई आर डी) द्वारा ग्राम पंचायत विकास योजना". nstv.in. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION". cvc.gov.in. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
