Poornima Arvind Pakvasa (5 October 1913 – 25 April 2016), known as the Didi of Dangs, was an Indian independence activist and social worker from Gujarat.
Pakvasa was born in Ranpur near Limbdi State, Saurashtra (now in Gujarat).
Mahatma Gandhi was appreciative of this act and gave her his blessings to continue on the path of education.
[1] In 1954, she started Shaktidal, an institution for the cultural, physical and spiritual education of women in Bombay (now Mumbai).
[3] Later in 1974, she established Ritambhara Vishwa Vidyapeeth and extended its activities to become a residential school and college at Saputara.