Hello Ahmedabad.
chalo Make a list of famous Amdavadi people who has done good in whatever field they are. lets know them.
I m starting with 1 woman from ahmedabad jispe Hum sab Naz kar sakte hai
Ila bahen bhatt or Elaben Bhatt
Born on September 7, 1933 in Ahmedabad city , Ela is the founder of India's Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) . She is A lawyer by training.She did her Law studies at Sir L. A. Shah Law College in Ahmedabad.She has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Harvard University, USA. for noble serive she is doing to the society.
SEWA an NGO run by Elaben Bhatt has been working for poor women for 3 decades
Dr. Elaben Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements who has won several national and international awards.
Elaben Bhatt has been awarded by Padma Shri , Padma Bhushan ,Ramon Magsaysay Award.
It's really very sad that Very few people know about him.
[Remember,the ironical;sometimes really touching,lots of funny dialogues of the movie Lage Raho Munnabhai??
Yes,I'm talking about the same "Raj Kumar Hirani" movie!!]
The dialogue writer- Abhijaat Joshi,He's from AMDAVAD!!He has written beautiful theatre plays before the movie!!
And he's the man behind the wonderfully written dialogues....
I don't need to say more,Do I?
:)
{It will be great if you already know him}.
Harsha Bhogle,
His name does not need any introduction was student of IIM-A.... and now see where he is.....
One of the top most cricekt commentators of the world......started initially with ESPN...............
Wonderful Topic Aastha,,,, Congrats for that
Famous People of Ahmedabad No.2
Parthiv Patel
He made debut in test match cricket when he was just 18...........saved a test match for India in England in 2002.