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SIXTH
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DR. KALYAN MOTILAL GANGWAL |
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Born
in the year 1945. Dr. Kalyan Gangwal hails from Sangamner
in Maharashtra and has had a brilliant academic and
professional career. He is associated with a number
of prestigious institutions such as the KEM Hospital,
Poone Hospital, Pune and the Sasson General Hospital,
Pune. He is a Medical Practioner by profession has chosen
vegetarianism as one of the subjects of his special
interest throughout his life and believes that vegetarianism
is the ideal food for human beings. |
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Dr.
Kalyan Motilal Gangwal, Pune, Maharashtra the crusader
for vegetarianism receiving the Sixth Mahaveer Award
for Excellence in the field of propagation of Non-violence
and Vegetarianism from Shri P.T.R. Palanivelrajan, Hon'ble
Speaker of Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly at the Annual
Mahaveer Awards Day 2000. |
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He
has set apart every weekend for propagating vegetarianism
as a basis of life. His campaign for vegetarianism is done
through the means of exhibitions, lectures, slide shows, books
in various Indian languages and in English. His campaign against
killing animals has resulted in the closure of a number of
abattoirs in the country and his fights for the rights of
animals include opposition to bullock cart races, cock fights,
the custom of sacrifice of animals on religious grounds, etc.
He has written a number of books in Marathi and Hindi advocating
vegetarianism and all his agitations in favour of vegetarianism
have always been peaceful. He has received a number of medals
and awards both for his performance as a doctor and for his
advocacy of vegetarianism. He has also taken considerable
interest in the "Movement for freedom from addiction".
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The
Selection Jury felt that on account of his sustained and continuous
propagation of vegetarianism for over for a long period he
richly deserves the Mahaveer Award 2000 for Excellence in
Human Endeavour in the field of Vegetarianism and Non-Violence.
The
Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation considers it an honour to recognise
the services of Dr. Gangwal in the cause of Vegetarianism.
2.
THE CANCER INSTITUTE
THE
CANCER INSTITUTE was established by Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
an eminent social worker of Tamil Nadu and a freedom fighter.
Under the dynamic leadership of Dr. V. Shanta and Dr. S. Krishnamurthi
(both of whom have sacrificed their lucrative professional
career for building up the institution), the institute has
grown from strength to strength and has developed as a premier
institution providing over 400 beds for treatment of cancer
of which nearly 300 are utilized for free treatment of the
poor.
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Dr.
V. Shantha the dynamic spirit behind the Chennai Cancer
institute receiving the Sixth Mahaveer Award for Excellence
in the field of Education and Medicine from Shri P.T.R.
Palanivelrajan, Hon'ble Speaker of Tamilnadu legislative
Assembly at the Annual Mahaveer Awards Day 2000. |
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The
institute has developed state of art facilities for detection
and treatment of cancer and patients from all over India and
even from the Far East attend the hospital in large numbers.
On an average more than 70000 patients attend the hospital
over a year. Combining research, training and treatment in
the field of cancer, the institute was the first college to
be recognised for superspeciality degrees in the country.
In the half century that it has been in existence, the hospital
has managed to convey a message that cancer can be prevented
and cured if detected early. The institute's guiding principle
has been the total care of the patients whatever their social
standing or economic status (quite a few of them receiving
totally free treatment) - to give the patients access to the
best state of art technology. One can do no better than India's
first Prime Minister Shri Jawaharlal Nehru who described the
Institute as "an inspiring example of good work done".
The Institute has become the symbol of humanity's eternal
quest to conquer cancer. |
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The
Selection Jury felt that the pioneering work done by the Cancer
Institute deserves recognition and has therefore awarded the
Mahaveer Award for Excellence in Human Endeavour in the fields
of Medicine and Education, to the Cancer Institute for the
year 2000.
The
Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation congratulates the Institute and
its motive force Dr. V. Shanta and Dr. S. Krishnamurthi for
their dynamic role in providing hope to the thousands of patients
who suffer from cancer.
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THE TRIPURA ADIVASI MAHILA SAMITHY
THE
TRIPURA ADIVASI MAHILA SAMITHY, KRISHNA NAGAR, AGARTALA was
established in the year 1953 by a group of women social workers
of Agartala with the goal of bringing rural tribal women into
the development process. |
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Smt.
Anurupa Mukherji, President of Tripura Adivasi Mahila
Samithy, Agartala, Tripura serving the cause of tribal
women in Tripura receiving the Sixth Mahaveer Award
for Excellence in the field of Social and Community
Service from Shri P.T.R. Palanivelrajan, Hon'ble Speaker
of Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly at the Annual Mahaveer
Awards Day 2000. |
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The
main objectives of the organization is to promote better economic
conditions of the weaker sections of the society in particular,
the women, children and destitutes through self supporting
and income generating economic and other welfare projects,
to promote gender equality through social awareness, to implement
an integrated approach in solving the problems of developing
rural communities and to specially work for the educational
upliftment of the tribals. The activities of the society,
inter alia include starting of centres in the remote corners
of Tripura for educating tribal women and the setting up of
Balwadi Centres for education of children. In addition the
Samithy is arranging condensed courses for the girls who have
dropped out in the middle of the educational stream and to
ensure that atleast they acquire the qualification of 10th
standard. Most of the girls have come out successful in the
examinations and have obtained worthwhile employment enabling
them to stand on their own legs. In addition the society has
arranged various income generating programmes such as Mushroom
cultivation, leaf plate making, spice processing, sericulture,
rubber nursery, animal husbandry, tailoring and weaving. Further
the society has under taken to house destitute and orphan
girls for periods upto 3 years and making them independent
by imparting vocational training such as weaving, tailoring,
etc. during their stay. The Society is also implementing a
project of installing water tanks at water starved tribal
villages to gather rain water which would otherwise go waste.
The society has also been implementing in several villages
a scheme to encourage thrift among tribal women by forming
small self help group which finance constructive projects
through small, but regular contributions collected from its
members and made available to the needy at modest rates of
interest. Thus the society has established itself as an organization
deeply interested in developing the upliftment of tribals
under the leadership of Smt. Anurupa Mukherjee, President
of the Society. Smt. Anurupa Mukherjee {popularly known as
'Maani' (Mother)} the President of the Samithy, at the age
of 72, is the inspiration and driving force of the organization.
Born in a conservative tribal farms and married to a non-tribal
(an officer of the Indian Navy). Smt. Mukherjee has been a
symbol of communal harmony in the State. Her commitment to
the upliftment of poor tribal women has opened a new chapter
in the evolution of NGOs in the development administration
of the State. She has played a significant role in the affairs
of the State and at the National level in defining and vitalising
the role of women - particularly from poorer sections - in
community welfare, specially in the fields of Education and
Social service.
The
Selection Jury felt that the society has done an excellent
job in its objective of promoting the welfare of tribal women
in an under developed tribal area of the country and has selected
the society for the awards under the category of Community
and Social service. The Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation extends
its warmest congratulations to the society and its founder
Smt. Mukherjee for their inspiring leadership role in improving
the lot of Tribal Women in Tripura.
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