Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri, popularly known asSayedbhai, is an Indian social reformer fromPune.[1][2] He was awarded thePadma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, for his work in social services in 2020.[3][4]
At the age of four, Qadri's family moved to Pune from his native cityHyderabad. He had a brother and four sisters. He started working when he was 13. When he was 20, the divorce of her sister prompted him to work for divorced women. He met social reformerHamid Dalwai and co-founded Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal, an organisation promoting social reforms in Muslims, on 22 March 1970. The organisation rehabilitates Muslim women divorced by their husbands throughtriple talaq, an Islamic form of divorce. It provides financial support, legal assistance and vocational training to divorced women. It has rehabilitated more than ten thousand women over the fifty years. It also awards Hamid Dalwai Smruti Puraskar to a social worker every year.[1]
Qadri was awarded thePadma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, for his work in social services in 2020.[3][4]