birth_place awards spouse article_title name occupation
varanasi , uttar pradesh , india padma shri bimal kumar poddar bimla poddar
 bimla poddar social worker , philanthropist
bimla poddar

bimla poddar is an indian social worker , philanthropist and the founder of `` jnana pravaha '' , a varanasi based centre for cultural studies , engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of india .
under the aegis of the organization , poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of india 's culture and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient india .
born and brought up in varanasi , in the indian state of uttar pradesh , she was married into a rich business family to late bimal kumar poddar and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns which includes ambuja cements .
she was honoured by the government of india in 2015 with padma shri , the fourth highest indian civilian award .
