Ratan Shastri was founder of

Banasthali Vidyapith Banasthali Vidyapith (Banasthali University) is a university located in the Tonk district of the Rajasthan state in India. It is a deemed university offering programs at the secondary, senior secondary, undergraduate, and postgraduate degree ...

and a notable champion of women educatio

She was a recipient of

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

in 1955,

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

in 1975, and

Jamnalal Bajaj Award Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, community service and social development. Established in 1978, by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation of Bajaj Group, it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented ...

for outstanding contribution in the field of uplift and welfare of women and children in 1990. She died in 1998 at the age of 86.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shastri, Ratan Indian women educational theorists Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in social work Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education 1998 deaths People from Jaipur district Rajasthani people Founders of Indian schools and colleges Year of birth missing 20th-century Indian educational theorists Women educators from Rajasthan Educators from Rajasthan 20th-century women educators 20th-century Indian women