Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde Awardees

2016 : Sainik Mitra Parivar, Pune

( For arranging programmes to create a bond between soldiers and civilians for last twenty years.)

2017 :Shri. Sanjay Nahar, Pune

( For developing intercommunity understanding between Kashmiri children and youth and rest of India by creating facilities for their education and rehabilitation in Pune.)

2018 : Shri. Ramesh R. Chavan, Pune

( For compiling the articles written by his father, Late Ra. Na. Chavan, a great Brahmo Samajist, an unbiased thinker and writer from Wai and making them available to historians as well as society in the form of own published 37 books.)

2019 : Dr. Vishwas M. Sapatnekar, Thane

( For rendering medical and surgical service to the foot pilgrims on their way to Pandharpur for more than 30 years, and voluntary service as scuba diver to the national security.)

2020 : Muktangan Mitra, Pune

( For the contribution in the field of “Drug Demand Reduction”, treatment and rehabilitation of substance users, and spreading the awareness about this in the society over several decades.)

2021 : Dr. Milind Bhoi, President, Bhoi Pratishthan, Pune

( For his work of rehabilitation of famine and suicide struck farmers’ families in various parts of Maharashtra for several decades and implementing many social welfare programmes including education for them and several other social reform activities such as programmes for prisoners.)

2022 : Shri. Ravi Sankar Banda, Hyderabad Deccan Brahma Samaj, Hyderabad.

(For his missionary work over the last 20 years of promoting study of Vedas amongst hundreds of men, women and children and also his contribution to networking the Brahmo and Prarthana Samajes across the country through his personal visits and other activities.)

2023 : Sm. Sumedha Chithade of SIRF(Soldiers Independent Rehabilitation Foundation).

(For the work of the institute including setting up oxygen plants for the benefit of the soldiers on the border.)

2024: Shri. Prataprao Govindrao Pawar (President, Vidyarthi Sahayyak Samiti, Pune, and Sakal Group of Media, Pune)

(For his over two decades of leadership in providing residential facilities and organising programmes for all round development of boys and girls from mofussil area and having weaker financial background taking higher education in Pune.)