Baya Karve Award 2019

Baya Karve Award 2019

 

 

Every year, Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha confers prestigious Baya Karve Award on prominent women social workers in order to recognize their heard work and effort taken for the society. Read more about the award here.

This year, Samstha conferred the prestigious Baya Karve Award 2019  upon Smt. Rushatai Valavi. The ceremony took place in the auditorium of Rama Purushottam Vidyasankul on 29th November 2019 to commemorate the Death Anniversary of Baya Karve. Dr. Kiran Kulkarni, Commissioner, Tribal Development presided over the function.

The selection panel  chose Smt. Rushatai Valavi  for this award because of her exemplary work in the field of Bio-Diversity conservation and Tribal development. Her organization Ekalavya Rural Tribal Development Organization works in and around the area of Satpura Mountain Ranges in the remote areas of Nandurbar district.