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Prakash Amte

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Prakash Baba Amte is a social worker from Maharashtra, India. Amte and his wife, Mandakini Amte, were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership' in 2008 for their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.

BORN

26 December 1948

HONOUR

Padma Shri in social work

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Key facts

Born
26 December 1948, Anandwan
State of birth
Anandwan
Sector
Medicine & health
Profession
Indian medical doctor and social worker
Gender
Male

Biography

Prakash Baba Amte is a social worker from Maharashtra, India. Amte and his wife, Mandakini Amte, were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership' in 2008 for their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. In November 2019 he was awarded with the ICMR Lifetime Achievement Award by Bill Gates.

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Timeline

  1. 1948Born in Anandwan
  2. 2008Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award
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