Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank ( Pratibha Women Cooperative Bank ) is a cooperative bank founded by Pratibha Patil in 1973 in Jalgaon in Maharashtra with the objective of empowering women. Pratibha Patil is a senior leader of Indian National Congress and President of India. Pratibha Patil was the founding chairperson of the bank and later one of its directors along with many of her relatives. She is currently one of the 34 respondents in an ongoing case in the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on the subject of mismanagement of the bank and misappropriation of funds.