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Pratap Govindrao Pawar

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Pratap Govindrao Pawar
NationalityIndian
OccupationChairman & Managing Director - Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd.

Pratap J. Pawar is an industrialist and is Chairman & Managing Director at Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd.[1] The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri award in 2014 in his work in Trade and Industry. [2] [3]

Education

He received his undergraduate degree from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science. [4]

Career

An alumnus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pawar is a former president of the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune, the Indian Newspaper Society and Indian Language Newspapers Association.[5] He is a member of the executive committee of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, Paris and a UGC-nominee at the Press Council of India.[6] He also serves on the director boards of several companies[5] and is a recipient of the Punyabhushan Award.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2008, for his contributions to society.[7]


Positions held

  1. Independent Non-Executive Director at Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd.,
  2. Independent Non-Executive Director at Bharat Forge Ltd.,
  3. Independent Non-Executive Director at Finolex Cables Ltd.,
  4. Independent Non-Executive Director at Force Motors Ltd.,
  5. Chairman at Ajay Metachem Sud Chemie Pvt Ltd., and Chairman & Managing Director at Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd.
  6. Independent Non-Executive Director by Kirloskar Industries Ltd.,
  7. President by Indian Language Newspapers Association
  8. President & Director by World Association of Newspapers

Personal life

Pawar is younger brother of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar.

Awards

  1. Padma Shri award in 2004 [8]
  2. Punyabhushan Award

References

  1. ^ Pratap Pawar
  2. ^ All Pawars not related to NCP leader
  3. ^ a b "President confers 'Punyabhushan' on Pratap Pawar". Deccan Herald. 26 June 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Pratap Pawar
  5. ^ a b "Pratap Govind Rao Pawar on Bloomberg". Bloomberg. 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  6. ^ "WAN-IFRA Executive Committee: Pratap Pawar". World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  7. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  8. ^ Padma Shri
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