Ela Bhatt Husband: Meet Ramesh Bhatt

Ela Bhatt was a Gandhian, activist, and cooperative organiser from India. Ela Bhatt married Ramesh Bhatt in 1956.

The couple lived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Ela Bhatt died on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, after a brief illness in an Ahmedabad hospital. She was 89.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel tweeted, “I am deeply saddened by the passing away of eminent social activist ‘Padma Bhushan’ Elaben Bhatt, founder of SEWA organization….Through the economic empowerment of women, she ignited the flame of upliftment in many families.”

Ela Bhatt was the general secretary of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) from 1972 to 1996.

From 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022, she was the chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith.  Bhatt, a trained lawyer, was active in the international labour, cooperative, women’s, and micro-finance movements and received numerous awards.

Ela Bhatt received numerous national and international awards, including the Padma Bhushan, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, and many others.