Pratap Pawar | |
Birth Name: | Pratap Govindrao Pawar |
Birth Place: | Maharashtra, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Known For: | Chairman & Managing Director of Sakal Chairman of College of Engineering, Pune |
Occupation: | Industrialist |
Parents: | Govindrao Pawar (father) Sharadabai Pawar (mother) |
Relatives: | Sharad Pawar (elder brother) Ajit Pawar (nephew) Supriya Sule (niece) |
Awards: | Padma Shri (2014) Punya Bhushan (2015) |
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] He is also Chairman of College of Engineering Pune situated at Shivajinagar, Pune.
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 and is a recipient of the Punyabhushan Award. 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.