Lata Desai (also known as Dr. Lataben Anilbhai Desai) (born 8 August 1941) is a medical doctor from the Indian State of Gujarat who is 1980 along with her husband Dr. Anil Desai and a few friends founded the Society for Education Welfare and Action - Rural (SEWA Rural), a voluntary organization devoted to health and development activities in the tribal area of South Gujarat.
[1] After completing basic medical education at B J Medical College, Gandhinagar, Gujarat in the early '60s and getting married 1n 1968, Lata Desai and her husband moved to the US in 1972 for higher studies.
After completing their studies they started their careers in the US.
However, after a few years, inspired by the lives and works of Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda, they along with a few friends returned to India and established the non-profit SEWA Rural in Jhagadia, Bharuch district, Gujarat.
[2] The services rendered by SEWA Rural include:[3]