Chhavi Rajawat was the

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

of her village Soda, from

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. Though holding an elected post, Chhavi is not affiliated to any political party. The Panchayats are officially supposed to be non-partisan and Panchayat elected representatives thereby, do not fit into the bracket of mainstream politics. She has been reported to be the youngest person to hold the office of ''sarpanch''.

Early life

Rajawat was born in

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. She is from a small village called Soda in Malpura tehsil,

Tonk district Tonk district is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Tonk is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is bounded on the north by Jaipur district, on the east by Sawai Madhopur district, o ...

. She is an alumna of

Rishi Valley School Rishi Valley School is an Indian boarding school, founded by the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. The school has a holistic approach to education in the spirit of Krishnamurti's pedagogical vision. Community service and extracurricular activiti ...

, Mayo College Girls School and

Lady Shri Ram College Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education. History Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife ...

and MBA From

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Personal life

Chhavi Rajawat divides her time between her village, Soda, and Jaipur where she lives with her parents. She also tends to a hotel that the family owns in Jaipur and the numerous horses that are part of her riding school. Chhavi Rajawat, studied at Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh; Mayo College Girls’ School in Rajasthan and

Lady Shri Ram College for Women Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education. History Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife ...

in Delhi. After her MBA from Sri Balaji Society Pune, she worked for companies such as Times of India, Carlson Group of Hotels, Airtel, etc. Today, she is the Sarpanch (elected head of the Village Council) in Soda village, Tonk district, Rajasthan and, is the first woman Sarpanch in India with an MBA degree.

Career

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 had been Sarpanch of the same village 20 years prior to Chhavi's elections. She is very good in meeting with people and she is taking a lead in development of Soda village. After becoming the Sarpanch of the village, she has implemented many projects successfully i.e. rain water harvesting, toilets facilities in most of the houses, etc.

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, a leading English newspaper in India, credits her as the changing face of rural Rajasthan. On 25 March 2011, Rajawat made a well-received address to delegates at the 11th Infopoverty World Conference held at the

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. On late President of India

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at the Technology Day function at

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. Chhavi Rajawat was honoured "Young Indian Leader" by

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajawat, Chhavi Living people 1977 births People from Tonk district Lady Shri Ram College alumni Rajasthani politicians Mayo College Girls School alumni Women in Rajasthan politics 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians