Noted Social Worker Shakuntala Choudhary Passed Away

• 22 Feb 2022

• Noted social worker Shakuntala Choudhary has passed away on 20^th February 2022.
• She joined the Assam branch of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust (KGNMT) and continued her association with the Trust for the rest of her life. The Assam Branch of the Trust is located at South Sarania Hills of Guwahati. This branch of the Trust, known as the Kasturba Ashram or the Sarania Ashram, was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi himself on 9 January 1946.
• Shakuntala Choudhary was closely associated with Vinoba Bhave who was the initiator of the Bhoodan Movement. She traveled with him into the interiors of Assam translating his lectures from Hindi to Assamese.
• She was awarded with Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2010 for the development and welfare of women and children; and in 2022, the Government of India conferred the Padma Shri award for her distinguished service in the field of social work.