Bina Devi

Bina Devi (born ) is an Indian leader who became known for inspiring women to become businesswoman through mushroom cultivation. Nicknamed 'Mushroom Mahila' for popularising mushroom cultivation, Bina Devi gained respect and became the Sarpanch of Dhauri Panchayat, Tetiabamber block for five years. She has trained farmers on mushroom and organic farming, vermicompost production and organic insecticide preparation.

Early life Bina Devi is from a small village named Tilkari and she was born in about 1977. She belongs to the Bind caste.

Career Devi grew a small amount of mushrooms under her own bed and this made her realise that this was an opportunity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Nari Shakti Awardees on International Women's Day in 2020.

She has been involved in spreading digital literacy and trained 700 women in how to use a mobile phone funded by Tata Trusts. She has trained 2,500 farmers on SRI Method crop farming and supported the formulation of self help groups.

On March 9, 2020, she was awarded with Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Referring to her own mushroom cultivation, she said: "Due to this farming, I got respect. I became a sarpanch of Dhauri Panchayat in Bihar. It is a pleasure for me that many women like myself are getting the opportunity to train."

Recently she was also awarded with 'Pratibha Samman' at the Matri Shakti Sammelan in Munger, Bihar. The event was organized at Lakhisarai, Munger on December 25, 2023.