[2][3][4] Ela Lodh was born in Khowai in the Indian state of Tripura.
[5] Qualified as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, she worked for the Tripura Health Service, eventually becoming administrative director.
[6][3] She died of cardiac arrest in a private hospital in Kolkata on 19 July 2021.
[7] Lodh received the 2020 Nari Shakti Puraskar posthumously on 8 March 2022.
Her son received the award on her behalf from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.