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The Third International Conference, Bombay, 1952 held by Family Planning Association India. Avabai Wadia (reading message), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, Margaret Sanger.

Dhanvanthi, Lady Rama Rau (1893–1987) was founder and president of the Family Planning Association of India and the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She was married to Sir Benegal Rama Rau, the noted civil servant, and was the mother of Santha Rama Rau, the writer.

Early life

Dhanvanthi was born into a Kashmir Brahmin family as Dhanvanthi Handoo, born and brought up in Hubli (now in Karnataka) and was therefore conversant with Kannada. After schooling in Hubli, she moved to Madras to join the Presidency College, from where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts, and was awarded the Griggs Gold Medal in English.[1][2]

In Madras, she met and married the distinguished economist and diplomat Sir Benegal Rama Rau a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin and a south Indian from a distinguished family.[3]

Career

She started her career as an Assistant Professor at Queen Mary’s College, Madras.[2]

In 1949, she started the Family Planning Association of India.[4] In 1952, Dhanvanthi co-founded and served as the joint president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, along with Margaret Sanger.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "A pioneer to remember". Deccan Herald. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Dhanvanthi Rama Rau". The Open Uiversity.
  3. ^ "Dhanvanthi Rama Rau (1893–1987)". StreeShakti. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Band of brothers". New Indian Express. 2 March 2010.
  5. ^ Vicky Claeys. "Brave and angry – The creation and development of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)". Tandfonline.
  6. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ^ Dhanvanthi Rama Rau (1977). An Inheritance: The Memoirs of Dhanvanthi Rama Rau. Harper & Row. p. 305.


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