Nileema Mishra
Award Name : Padma Shri
Year of Award : 2013
Award for : Social Work
Location : Jalgaon Jamod, Maharashtra, India
Nileema
Mishra is a social worker from the Indian state of Maharashtra. She received
the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2011. Nileema was born in
lower-middle-class family, in the year 1972, in the village Bahadarpur Taluka
Parola, District- Jalgaon, Maharashtra. She is a postgraduate in psychology
from the University of Pune. After her education she worked with Vigyan Ashram,
Pabal under the guidance of Dr Kalbagh. She registered Bhagini Nivedita Gramin
Vigyan Niketan formally in the year 2005 with the help of Dr Jagannath Wani.
Nileema has association with Caring Friends, Mumbai and Let's Dream foundation,
Delhi. She donated her award money to her Bhagini Nivedita Gramin Vigyan
Niketan which help poor women through micro-financing. She was awarded Padma Shri
in 2013 for social work.