lohardaga this tribal woman from a remote village in jharkhand has been doing yeomen service in organizing indigenous women into cohesive groups to empower them enough to be independent thirtyfiveyearold sunita bhagat of oyena village in sadar block of lohardaga district has played key role in the formation of at least 55 women selfhelp groups shgs she has been assisting the women in improving their socioeconomic conditions by linking them with financial marketing and other institutionssunita played a pioneering role in forming a club of women farmers that is not only unique but also the first of its kind in indiawinning of several awards for her contributions for uplift of rural women in health care and agriculture including the one awarded by nabard for excellence in agriculture sector presented to her by then finance minister p chidambaram the problems faced by poor women due to their unemployment and lack of education among them adversely affected me ever since my childhood in order to help them i started working as a volunteer for an ngo through which i came in contact with the jharkhand gramin bank the bank was willing to provide loans and kccs to uplift farmers said sunita sunita said she formed the women farmers club in 2002 and later started promoting other women to form shgs she played the role of a bridge between the bank and women shgs with regard to procuring loans and kccs she not only took keen interest in the process of making the shgs receive the loans but also acted positively to pay them backnow a role model for women here sunita has really made lohardaga proud with her positive contribution towards promoting woman empowerment she has been working very hard visiting at least 15 villages including kaimo oyena jori saheda ningani kujra kutmu hesal kurse hirhi rampur and kari tolidifferent women in their shg do different works like running chick farms making wormy compost etc bu most of them are involved in agricultural activities as many as 45 out of 55 shgs formed by sunita run actively while others face various problems which sunita tries to solve daily as per routine she visits the villages meets the women and encourages them to work hard to become selfsufficient there was time was when women depended on their husbands even for their bindis now women are assisting their husbands financially to run the family better sunita saysa dynamic promoter of shgs and bank linkage programmes sunita has been working with various government and nongovernmental agencies like nabard lgss district administration and jharkhand gramin bank for last seven years she has not only helped women farmers in over 15 villages but also helped the banks to recover their loans within the deadline this is the reason that her organization pragaati mahila kisan club has mastered significant support from government organizations and funding bodies like gramin bank and nabardlast year she formed her ngo called sampurna manav vikas sansthan it will be launched formally with a