Awards & Scholarships

To Commemorate the great service rendered by the stalwarts of the Samaj, Awards and Scholarships are instituted in their names since 2015.

  1. Dr. Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar Award:
    Criterion: A person or an institution having significant contribution toward spreading scientific temperament/irradication of blind faith/conservation of environment.
  2. Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde Award:
    Criterion: A person or an institution having significant contribution toward cultivation of intercommunity understanding.
  3. Pune Prarthana Samaj Davida Roberts Award:
    Criterion: A person or an institution having significant contribution for children with special needs.
  4. Justice Mahadeo Govind Ranade Award:
    In association with Rama-Madhav Ranade Memorial committee formed by six organizations, including Pune Prarthana Samaj, founded by Justice Ranade in Pune.
    Criterion: A person having a significant contribution for the cause of national progress or having national impact in any field such as social work, religious reforms, institutional organization, literature, history, economics, industry, education and so on.

Scholarships:
Three scholarships are given to three students studying in the first year of a 3 year degree course or second year of a 4 year degree course. The promising students from economically backward class are selected. The scholarships continue for three years if their academic progress is satisfactory. They attend the weekly prayers at Samaj.

In addition to these Scholarships, there are some Scholarships and Book-grants funded by individuals.

  • Prin. V. K. Joag Scholarship
  • Guruvarya B. G. Jagtap Scholarship
  • Pune Prarthana Samaj Suyog Scholarship
  • Prataprao and Lakshmibai Shinde Scholarship – funded by Air Commodore (rtd) Ashok and Anuradha Shinde.
  • Sadashiv and Kusum Joag Book Grant – funded by Dr. Dilip Sadashiv Joag.
  • Prabhakar and Usha Bhagwat Book Grant – funded by Dr. Sushama Dilip Joag
  • Kusum and Sadashiv Joag Educational Equipment Grant funded by Dr. Dilip Sadashiv Joag
  • Usha and Prabhakar Bhagwat Educational Equipment Grant funded by Shri. Suhas Prabhakar Bhagwat
  • Ashok Rajaram Kher scholarship funded by Smt. Meera Ashok Kher