| Nirmla Wadhwani | |
| Office: | Member of Legislative Assembly, Gujarat |
| Termstart: | 2012 |
| Termend: | 2017 |
| Preceded: | Maya Kodnani |
| Succeeded: | Balram Thawani |
| Constituency: | Naroda |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nirmla Wadhwani is a politician from Gujarat and was minister for Women and Child Development in Vijay Rupani's cabinet. She represented Naroda in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Wadhwani is of Sindhi heritage.[1] She was previously a physician with specialization in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She had done a diploma in sonography from Croatia and has been the President of Ahmedabad Medical Association's Ladies Wing. She is affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a member of its executive committee in Gujarat. As a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, she has served on the committees on ICDS, PC-PNDT, Shala Arogya and MLA Quarters.[2] She won the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Naroda.[3] In August 2016, she was appointed Gujarat's Minister for Women and Child Development, the only female member in the cabinet of chief minister Vijay Rupani.[4]
In February 2017 session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, a debate on the issue of farmer's suicide turned into a scuffle and Wadhwani was injured. She accused a few MLA's of the Indian National Congress for injuring her arm.[5] The BJP has not included her name in its official list of candidates for 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.