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