Prema Purao is an Indian social worker, freedom fighter and the founder of Annapurna Mahila Mandal, a non governmental organization working for the empowerment of destitute women and children. She was involved in the Goa liberation movement and founded Annapurna Mahila Mandal in 1975. A recipient of the AIWEFA Stree Ratna Award, Purao was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri

See also

Goa liberation movement

References

Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work

Social workers from Goa

Goa liberation activists

Living people

20th-century Indian educational theorists

Women educators from Goa

Educators from Goa

20th-century Indian women politicians

Women in Goa politics

20th-century Indian politicians

1935 births

20th-century women educators

Prema Narendra Purao