Chetna Gala Sinha is an activist, farmer and banker. In 1996, she founded the Mann Deshi Foundation in rural India with the aim of economically and socially empowering rural women. she set up the Mann Deshi Bank - India's first bank for rural women. In 2006, Chetna founded the first Business Schools for Rural Women. Mann Deshi foundation works in water conservation, farmer producer organization, community radio, women's business school and sports for young girls. To date, Mann Deshi has supported over 400,000 women and plans to reach one million women entrepreneurs by 2022. Chetna Sinha has received many accolades for her work. She has been awarded the 2005 Jankidevi Bajaj Award for Rural Entrepreneurship, the 2005 Ashoka Changemakers Award, the 2009 Godfrey Phillips Bravery Award, 2017 Forbes Social Entrepreneurs of the Year Award, Financial Inclusion Chair for G20/W20 Argentina 2018 and Co-Chair for world economic forum in Davos.