Chetna Sinha | Social Service of the Year | Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year Award | LMOTY 2019

"Chetna Vijay Sinha (Satara) brought economic prosperity to women residing in rural and drought-prone areas and brought international recognition to Mhaswad. The Maan Deshi Foundation has started fodder camps in famine-struck Maan tehsil without any government help. She was nominated as co-president of the World Economic Forum in 2018 held at Davos in Switzerland. The forum announced a fund of Rs.100 crores for increasing women's industry. Chetna Sinha had participated in the Jayprakash Narayan movement during the Emergency and also in the Shetkari Sanghatna. She started Maan Deshi Radio for development of the area. Maan Deshi Foundation was started in 1996 and later a Maan Deshi Mahila Bank was set up. A professional skill training school for women was started in 2006. Maan Deshi Udyogini business school helped hundreds of women to become entrepreneurs. Ten thousand girls were distributed free bicycles. Concrete barricades were built to conserve water in this drought-prone tehsil. She was invited for the Clinton global initiative in 2011."

"Lokmat, Maharashtra’s and Pune’s Number 1 newspaper, hosted the 6th edition of its highest platform of recognition ‘Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year Awards 2019’
This initiative by Lokmat honoured the most exceptional work done by individuals in their respective sectors. Power packed with eminent political personalities and many renowned celebrities.
The event with 360 degree marketing is one of the sought after and well attended events in Mumbai which boasts of 80 nominees, 16 winners, 14 jury members, 3000 audience backed by first of its kind unique content in the presence of people as Piyush Goyal, Uddhav Bal Keshav Thackeray, Devendra Fadnavis, Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, Deepika Padukone, Vicky Kaushal, Rohit Shetty, Riteish Deshmukh amongst others. #MaharashtrianOfTheYear #LMOTY2019"



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