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Surrendar Saini

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Surrendar Saini
Born
India
OccupationSocial worker
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Surrendar Saini is an Indian social worker and the chairperson of the Bhavan Institute of Indian Art and Culture.[citation needed] She is the Pradesh chairperson of the Bharat Sevak Samaj, Delhi[1] and the chairperson of the Delhi Social Welfare Advisory Board, a State Government sponsored organization for women and child welfare.[2] She was a member of the committee set up by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 1999 for proposing amendments to the Persons with Disabilities Act of 1995.[3] The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1970, for her contributions to society.[4]

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  1. ^ "Our Reference". BSS. 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Insider and Outsider Views Of the Bharat Sadhu Samaj". Hinduism Today. 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Disabilities Act". Aarogya. 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.