Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vidyaben Shah is a leading Indian social worker and activist known for her work with children, women and the elderly in India. While she was already serving as Vice-President, she was appointed the first non-officio President of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. She has held several leading positions in the field of social welfare since the 1940s. Born in the small village of Jetpur, Gujarat, daughter of a school teacher, at a young age when she was a university student she participated in the Quit India Movement under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi. As there was no college in her parents' town, she left home in 1942 to study for a B.A. in Economics, and later continued to study for an M.A. Since 1942, she has been one of India's leading activists in the field of child welfare.

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