Vimla Batham

Vimla Batham (Hindi: विमला बाथम) is an Indian businesswoman, politician and the current president of the Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Women. She was member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] She represents the Noida constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.[3][4]

Vimla Batham
विमला बाथम
President, U. P. State Commission for Women
Assumed office
3 August 2018
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
17 September 2014 – 10 March 2017
Preceded byMahesh Sharma
Succeeded byPankaj Singh
ConstituencyNoida
Personal details
Born (1951-12-06) 6 December 1951[1]
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)[1]
Nationality India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party[1]
Spouse(s)Roop Narayan Batham
ChildrenNitin Narayan (Son)
Nimisha (Daughter)
ParentsLata Rikhilal Shah (father)
Ram Devi Gupta (mother)
ResidenceNoida
Alma materKanpur University,
Bareilly College &
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University[2]
ProfessionBusinessperson & Politician
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Vimla Batham was born at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a traditional Vaish business family. She attended GF college at Shahjahanpur for Graduation & was able to cajol her brothers & father to allow her to pursue post-graduation (MA in Hindi lit.) from Bareilly. She had an arranged marriage with Roop Narayan Batham of Kanpur & moved to Delhi. Here, she was a homemaker & did her second MA (in Fine Arts). A few years down the line, the young couple decided to turn entrepreneurs. As Roop Batham was in a Govt. job, the responsibility of running the business fell on Vimla. They set up a Printing Press at sector 6, Noida in 1981, publishing Art Journals & doing small print jobs. Gradually, she bought big sized printing machines for printing cartons. Gradually, she forayed into the corrugated carton industry, setting up units at sector 80 & sector 58, Noida.

Political career

Vimla Batham was MLA for a past term. She represented the Noida constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. She was elected in the by-election which she won by a huge margin of almost 60,000 votes, cornering 63.5% of the total votes polled. This bye-election was held when Mahesh Sharma vacated the seat after winning the 15th Lok Sabha elections.[1][2] Before being named as the candidate for Noida-61 constituency, she has held many important posts at the district & State levels in the BJP organization.

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0120142017Member, 16th Legislative Assembly

See also

References
  1. "Member Profile". U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "Election Results". The Hindu. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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