ahmedabad on gandhi jayanti on tuesday gandhimitra awards will be given to three young men and women who have selflessly served the society of gujarat by helping to alleviate malnutrition illiteracy and problems related to women children and the tribal population of the state the awards have been instituted by citybased vechaar trust and rajkotbased sampada the three people who will be awarded by governor dr kamla are shilpa vaishnav samat jhada and kashiben kanasiya fortyyear old shilpa left a lucrative career to settle in the rural area of amirgadh banaskantha where she runs 15odd schools most of these schools are central to a number of villages where kids walk threeodd kilometres to study she has prepared 3500 students for higher education so far shilpa has been working tirelessly for the education of underprivileged children in backward areas of banaskantha had it not been for her efforts a large number of kids would have remained deprived of benefits of education said surendra patel founder of vechaar trust samat jhada is a progressive farmer in chotila surendranagar a firm believer of gandhian philosophy he recently sat on a 5 day fast against adulteration in materials used for construction of the village school kashiben has been working for upliftment of tribal workers in devgadh baria her focus is on securing drinking water and food security and has been aggressively working to end malnutrition among kids kashiben has been working on migrationrelated issues as well