Pratap Govindrao Pawar

Indian industrialist

Pratap Govindrao Pawar
Pratap Govindrao Pawar (left) in 2007.
Born	India
Occupation	Chairman & Managing Director - Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd.

Pratap Govindrao Pawar is an Indian industrialist, and chairman and managing director at Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd.^[1] The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri award in 2014 for his contribution to trade and industry in India. ^[2]^[3]

Career

Pawar is a former president of the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune, the Indian Newspaper Society and Indian Language Newspapers Association.^[4] 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.^[5] He also serves on the director boards of several companies^[4] 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 2014, for his contributions to trade and industry.^[6]

Personal life

Pawar is younger brother of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar.^[2]

Awards

2014 - Padma Shri award^[7]
2015 - Punyabhushan award^[8]

References

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^ ^a ^b Sequeira, Rosy (16 March 2012). "All Pawars not related to NCP leader". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "President confers 'Punyabhushan' on Pratap Pawar". Deccan Herald. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Pratap Govind Rao Pawar on Bloomberg". Bloomberg. 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
^ "WAN-IFRA Executive Committee: Pratap Pawar". World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ "List of Padma awardees". The Hindu. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "President of India presents Punyabhushan Award to Shri Pratap Pawar". Press Information Bureau. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2016.