The Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust is an organisation dedicated to the development of women and children in rural India. It was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1945 in dedication to his deceased wife Kasturba Gandhi. It has its headquarters in Kasturbagram, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. It has branches in 22 Indian States and focuses on health care, education, vocational training and employment. In 2008, the Government of India conferred the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration upon the trust.
Chairpersons List of chairpersons of the Trust:Annual Report 2014-15. Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust. 1944–1948 Mahatma Gandhi 1948–1950 Vallabhbhai Patel 1951–1951 Thakkar Bapa 1951–1956 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar 1956–1972 Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey 1972–1985 Lakshmi N. Menon 1985–1988 Maniben Patel 1988–2001 Sushila Nayyar 2001–2013 Dhirubhai Mehta 2013-2016 Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee 2016- present Karunakar Trivedi
See also Shakuntala Choudhary
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