Arti Rana

She helps fellow Tharu women to set up groups to make and sell handicrafts.

In 2022, she received the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian award for women in India.

[1] Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, she set up Gautam self-employment to make items such as carpets, baskets and bags.

[1] Rana was the president of the self-help group Tharu Hath KargaGharelu Udyog, which received assistance from the World Wide Fund for Nature to make its looms more efficient.

[5] In 2019, it was announced that a visitors centre would be built at the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to inform tourists about Tharu heritage and sell local products; Rana was one of the co-ordinators for the project.