Janki Vasant (born ) is an Indian activist. She received the 2016

Nari Shakti Puraskar The Nari Shakti Puraskar is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India to individual women or to institutions that work towards the cause of women empowerment. It is the highest civilian hono ...

Career

Janki Vasant was born . She was on board

Pan Am Flight 73 Pan Am Flight 73 was a Pan American World Airways flight from Bombay, India, to New York, United States with scheduled stops in Karachi, Pakistan and Frankfurt, West Germany. On September 5, 1986, the Boeing 747-121 serving the flight was hijack ...

when it was hijacked in 1986. She established the NGO Samvedana in 2003 aiming to help children living in

slums A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inh ...

to gain access to education and health services. Vasant began to work with inhabitants of slums in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

and set up a school for 250 children which as well as education provided vaccinations, food and workshops. She received the 2016

in recognition of her achievements.

References

{{Nari Shakti Puraskar 1960s births People from Ahmedabad Activists from Gujarat Indian women activists Nari Shakti Puraskar winners Living people