Chhavi Rajawat
About
Chhavi Rajawat, the Sarpanch of village Soda (60 kms from Jaipur), is the youngest person to hold the office of Sarpanch & relentlessly working towards the development of the village.
She left her corporate job & city life to help develop rural India. After becoming the Sarpanch of the village, she has implemented many projects successfully like rain water harvesting, toilet facilities in most of the houses & many more necessary developments.
She has been titled as ‘The Changing face of Rural Rajasthan’ by the Times of India. In 2011, she made a well-received address to delegates at the 11th 'Infopoverty World Conference' held at the United Nations.
Awards and Accomplishments
Awards and Accomplishments
In 2012, she co-chaired the ‘World Economic Forum’ on India and was invited to be part of the first ‘Obama Summit’ held in Chicago and Town hall in Delhi.
Rajawat was featured among the 192 “Young Global Leaders” announced by the World Economic Forum in 2012.
She was honoured by the late President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, at the Technology Day function at New Delhi & has received the ‘Young Indian Leader’ award by CNN-IBN.
Why Chhavi Rajawat ?
Chhavi has been a guest speaker at corporate events including Nestle’s Annual Leadership Conference, IBM Asia Pacific Leadership Meet, The Annual Communication Meet of Mahindra & Mahindra; IIMPACT – A Global IIM Alumni Meet and many more.
Focused on social development and working with the belief of making a difference in the lives of people, Chhavi speaks about empowering oneself, setting a goal and striving to achieve it. She also talks about the importance of grass root politics and her journey as a former Sarpanch in uplifting rural lives and giving back to the society.
