| Vimla Batham विमला बाथम | |
| Office: | President, U. P. State Commission for Women |
| Term Start: | 3 August 2018 |
| Term Start1: | 17 September 2014 |
| Term End1: | 10 March 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 1951 12, df=yes[1] |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Residence: | Noida |
| Alma Mater: | Kanpur University, Bareilly College &<br />Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University[2] |
| Profession: | Businessperson & politician |
Vimla Batham (Hindi: विमला बाथम) is an Indian businesswoman, politician and the current president of the Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Women. She was member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[1] [2] She represented the Noida constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.[3] [4]
Vimla Batham was born at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a traditional Vaish business family. She attended GF college at Shahjahanpur for Graduation & was able to cajole her brothers & father to allow her to pursue post-graduation (MA in Hindi lit.) from Bareilly. She had an arranged marriage with Roop Narayan Batham of Kanpur & moved to Delhi. Here, she was a homemaker & did her second MA (in Fine Arts). A few years down the line, the young couple decided to turn entrepreneurs. As Roop Batham was in a Govt. job, the responsibility of running the business fell on Vimla. They set up a Printing Press at sector 6, Noida in 1981, publishing Art Journals & doing small print jobs. Gradually, she bought big sized printing machines for printing cartons. Gradually, she forayed into the corrugated carton industry, setting up units at sector 80 & sector 58, Noida.
Vimla Batham was MLA for a past term. She represented the Noida constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. She was elected in the by-election which she won by a huge margin of almost 60,000 votes, cornering 63.5% of the total votes polled. This by-election was held when Mahesh Sharma vacated the seat after winning the 15th Lok Sabha elections.[1] [2] Before being named as the candidate for Noida-61 constituency, she has held many important posts at the district & State levels in the BJP organization.