title: Pratibha
text: # Pratibha
  
  Pratibha (Sanskrit: प्रतिभा, romanized: Pratibhā) is a Hindu Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "genius", "ingenuity", "light", "intelligence", and "splendour".
  
  ## Notable people named Pratibha
  
  * Pratibha Patil (born 1934), 12th President of India
  * Pratibha Parmar (born 1955), British director, producer and writer
  * Pratibha Ray (born 1943), Indian academic and writer
  * Pratibha Satpathy (born 1945), Indian poet
  * Pratibha Singh (born 1956), Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
  * Pratibha Sinha (born 1969), Indian-Nepalese actress
  * K. Pratibha Bharati (born 1956), Indian politician
  * Pratibha Advani, Indian talk show host, anchor and producer
  