Tage Rita facts for kids
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Tage Rita
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Receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar for "excellence in promoting women entrepreneurship and local products" in 2022
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| Born | 1981/01/26 Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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| Other names | Tage Rita Takhe |
| Occupation | Agricultural Engineer |
| Known for | India's first kiwi wine brewer |
| Spouse(s) | Takhe Tamo |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Women Transforming India Awards 2018, Nari Shakti Puraskar 2022. |
Tage Rita is an amazing agricultural engineer from the beautiful Ziro Valley in India. She is famous for being the first person in India to make wine from kiwi fruit! In 2018, she received a special award called the Women Transforming India Awards. This award was given by the United Nations and NITI Aayog, which is a policy think tank in India.
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Early Life and Education
Tage Rita Takhe was born in the lovely Ziro Valley, located in Arunachal Pradesh. She is part of the Apatani tribe, who are known for their unique culture and farming practices.
She studied to become an agricultural engineer at NERIST (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology) in Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh. This training helped her understand how to grow crops and manage farms, which later became very useful in her career.
Building a Kiwi Winery
In 2017, Tage Rita started her own special winery called Naara Aaba. She had a brilliant idea: to make wine from kiwi fruit! This was a great solution for the Ziro Valley because kiwi fruits grew there in huge amounts. Farmers often had too many kiwis and didn't know what to do with them all.
Rita gets her organic kiwi fruits from her own orchards and from the Kiwi Growers Cooperative Society in Arunachal Pradesh. This means farmers have a guaranteed buyer for their fruits, which helps them earn money. Her winery uses traditional methods to make the wine. It took her six years of careful research and planning to perfect her winemaking process.
Growing the Business
Since 2017, the Naara Aaba winery has grown a lot. It started by making 20,000 litres of wine and now produces 60,000 litres! They use 16 large tanks for this process. In the first year alone, the winery helped about 300 farmers. They bought around 20 metric tons (which is 20,000 kilograms) of kiwis, encouraging farmers to continue growing this fruit.
The whole process of making kiwi wine takes about four months. This includes crushing the raw fruit and then bottling the finished wine. For the best taste, the wine should be served chilled, between six and eight degrees Celsius.
Awards and Special Recognition
Tage Rita has received many important awards for her work and for inspiring others.
On International Women's Day in 2022, she was given the 2020 Nari Shakti Puraskar by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. This award is given every year by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to honor women who create positive change or inspire others. The ceremony had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are some of the other awards and recognitions she has received:
- North East Entrepreneur Award
- Winner of the Women Transforming India Awards 2018, organized by the United Nations and NITI Aayog.
- Women Transforming India Awards 2018 by NITI AAYOG in Collaboration with United Nations.
- Felicitation and Citation by the Honorable Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brig. Dr. B.D. Mishra (Retd) on October 26, 2018.
- Recipient of Vasundhara Award from Sreemanta Sankara Mission (SSM) Guwahati-2017.
- Awarded a pioneer women entrepreneur of Ziro, Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh by Helping Hands, a Delhi-based NGO headed by Shri Robin Hibu (IPS), 2017.
- Awarded Innovative Entrepreneur- 2017 by SMILE ZIRO, a well-known NGO of Ziro valley.
- Felicitation and Certificate of Appreciation-2020 by Department of Women and Child Development, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh.
- CNBC-18 (a TV Channel with worldwide viewership) made a short story for International Women's Day 2019 for special telecast.
- Certificate of Appreciation by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, 2020.
- AYA Award-2018 by Apatani Youth Association - This is a 40-year-old youth organization of Ziro Valley.
- ANNYO Award-2019 by a village-based youth organization that works towards social harmony and protecting wildlife.
- Nominated for 13th National Women Excellence Award-2020 by Indo European Chamber of Commerce.
