Padma Shri Award: Jharkhandi native Chami Murmu has been nominated for the Padma Shri Award. In 1990, she founded Sahyog Mahila, an NGO dedicated to empowering women to become self-sufficient.
Padma Shri Award 2024: The Indian government has chosen 52-year-old Chami Murmu of Rajnagar, which is in the Seraikela district of Jharkhand, to receive the Padma Shri Award. The recipient of numerous honours, including the Nari Shakti Samman, Chami Murmu, has thanked the government for choosing her for the Padmashree. He had submitted three separate applications for the Padmashree award.
In Jharkhand, a group of 3,000 women called Chami Murmu has given 30,000 of them opportunities for self-employment. Chami Murmu is a member of the Rajnagar Block Part-16 Zilla Parishad in the Seraikela district. Sahayegi Mahila Sansthan was founded by Chami at Rajnagar’s Bagraisai. On 720 hectares of land, his organisation has so far planted 30 lakh seedlings. In 1996, Chami received the Indira Gandhi Vriksha Mitra Award for this plantation.
Chami Murmu, who lives in Bagraisai village in the Rajnagar block of the Seraikela Kharsawan district, was born sometime around 1973. On International Women’s Day in March 2020, Murmu was in New Delhi as President Kovind gave out twelve Nari Shakti Awards, of which one was given to her. By planting over 30 lakh seedlings, he has preserved the ecosystem in nearly three decades.
In addition, the building of ponds and water sources, as well as assistance for women’s empowerment, have educated the people. In addition, Chami has undertaken numerous projects aimed at maximising women’s independence, for which she has received notable recognition on a state and federal level. During the exclusive interaction, Chami Murmu revealed that Ravi Shankar Shukla, the district deputy commissioner for Seraikela Kharsawan, had informed him that he had been shortlisted for the Padmashree award on Thursday afternoon at 3 pm.
Made women independent
After Chami Murmu founded the non-governmental organisation Sahyog Mahila in 1990, she began gathering women from savage tribes, such as the Sabar tribe, and sought to empower them to become self-sufficient. Currently, over 3000 women are organising self-help organisations and helping them find jobs by giving them loans through different bank programmes. In addition, he has carried out numerous projects aimed at improving the lot of women and girls from the backward tribal households residing in the isolated Terai region of Dalma.
Began social work with Mother Teresa as an inspiration.
The 52-year-old single Chami Murmu claimed that Mother Teresa served as his inspiration when he first began working in social service. Chaabi Murmu, the eldest of two brothers and one sister, has dedicated her professional life to environmental protection and women’s emancipation. It has been declared that he would receive the Padmashree in recognition of his exceptional social work.