Pratap Govindrao Pawar is an Indian industrialist, and the chairman and managing director at Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd. The Government of India awarded him the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

in 2014 for his contributions to trade and industry. He is also the Chairman of

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located in

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Career

Pawar is a former president of the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune, the Indian Newspaper Society and the Indian Language Newspapers Association. He is a member of the executive committee of the

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, Paris, and a UGC-nominee at the

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. He also serves on the director boards of several companies and is a recipient of the Punyabhushan Award. In 2014, the Government of India awarded him the

, the fourth-highest civilian honor, for his contributions to trade and industry.

Personal life

Pawar is the younger brother of

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(NCP) leader

Sharad Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (, pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. Pawar served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers ...

Awards

* 2014 -

* 2015 -

Punyabhushan The Punyabhushan award ({{translation: ''Jewel of Pune'') is awarded every year to an eminent personality from the field of art, music, culture, science, industry, social service, or sports in a special public function in the city of Pune Maharasht ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pawar, Pratap G. Living people Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry Businesspeople from Pune 20th-century Indian businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people)