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PREFACE :Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP) was established in the year 1982 and since then it hasbeen making significant contribution to the field of training, public awakening and research.Professionalism with a human touch is the core principle of RMP. Following this principle,RMP has been striving to give multiple dimensions to its activities. The primary focus ofPrabodhini has been on conducting programmes for the capacity enhancement of people’srepresentatives, political party workers as well as voluntary social workers. For the last35 years, several training programmes have been organised with the aim of transforming thesociety, achieving transparency and creating awareness about good governance. Besides theroutine programmes, few need based programmes are also organised. Prabodhini is committedto the cause of inculcating a professional approach in the society, while at the same timestriving to achieve the same in its work-culture.

Three most significant acheivements of RMP during the year include -

• MOU signed with YASHADA, a training institute of Maharashtra Government, forconducting programmes for capacity enhancement of government officials and employees.

• Recognition by National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) as a centre for skilldevelopment.

• Recognition as a research centre for M. A. (by research) and Ph.D. by University ofMumbai.

Alongwith these achievements Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Director General, RMP, being electedas Member of Parliament to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra was a matter of pride. It is apleasure to present this report about the training programmes and research initiatives ofPrabodhini conducted in the year 2016-17.

A review of programmes : Statistical data

Programme Number of Programmes Number of Participants

Training 49 3490

Public Awakening 51 3363

Research 02 09

Other 15 2368

RMP International 02 06

Total 119 9236

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1. DISTINGUISHED PROGRAMMES :1.1 National Convention - Good Governance through People's Participation: Jan-Gan-Man

Since 2008, RMP has been organising national level conferences for the capacity buildingof social institutions and their contribution to development. So far, national conferenceshave been organised based on the varied themes like Mentoring of Party Workers, SwachhaBharat, Environment, C.S.R. and so on.

A National Convention (Jan-Gan-Man) was organised on 24-25 January 2017 byPrabodhini. There were presentations of the Voluntary Sector, Urban Sector and fewdepartments of Central Government endorsing the concept of Good Governance throughPeople's Participation.

The Convention was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj SinghChauhan and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis. Prof. AnirudhhaDeshpande, Chairman, RMP and Vice Chairman Dr. Vinay Sahasrabudhhe were alsopresent.

Shivraj Singh Chauhan elaborated on Laadli Laxmi Yojana and Narmada SwachhataMohim, implemented successfully through people's participation.

The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe in the presence of J. S.Mathur, Secretary, Rural Development, Government of India. The main theme of hisspeech was, when there is a congruence of the participation of the masses and thegovernment, good governance, is ensured.

In the plenary session, 'Good Governance and People's Participation : Challenges andOpportunities' Popatrao Pawar of Hiware Bazaar and member secretary of Indian Councilof Social Sciences and Research, V. K. Malhotra highlighted various challenges andopportunities in good governance and people's participation.

In the session on 'Empowerment of Women, Children and the Marginalised Sections',joint secretary of department of Petroleum, Ashutosh Jindal elaborated on experience ofbringing Jan Bhagidari (people’s participation) in the Ujwala Scheme. In the same session,Omprakash Vairava, director Bhamashah Yojana of Rajasthan shared his experiences inimplementing the scheme.

Padmashree award winner Sant Balbirsingh Sichewal elaborated the work achieved throughpeople's participation in the fields of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and SwachhBharat. Along with him, Yugal Joshi, director, Swachha Bharat Yojana Mission, Ministryof Drinking Water and Sanitation of Government of India, shared his experiences aboutthe same.

There were presentations by the Chief Officer Arvind Mullik of Udyogini Sansthan,Jharkhand, Chandrashekhar Praan of Tisri Sarkar Abhiyaan and the trendsetter of Dhulemodel of Digital Schools, Harshal Vibhandik in the session on 'Good Governance ThroughParticipation of the NGOs'. The global lessons in public participation were presented byAnand Shekhar, Anay Joglekar, Sharmila Oswal and Dr. Manan Dwivedi, IIPA.

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A draft chapter of Public Administration emerged at the end of two day convention andwas presented in the valedictory session. The dignitaries present comprised Vice Chairmanof Prabodhini Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Director of Nehru Smruti Sangrahalay and LibraryShakti Sinha and Chief Secretary of Bhaskar Foundation, Sanjay Ganju.

In all, 198 representatives of 80 organisations from 18 states attended the convention.

1.2 Netritva Sadhana - 6 :

The sixth session of Netritva Sadhana, Certificate Course in Socio-Political Leadership(CCSPL) was held at Sher-E-Kashmir International Conference Centre, Srinagar from11 to 15 May 2016. The five-day residential programme was educative, informative aswell as fun filled for the participants. Located by the side of 'Dal Lake', SKICC offeredthem a wonderful experience of the beauty of magnificent Kashmir Valley.

In this edition of Netritva Sadhana, total 32 participants were selected through an extensivescreening process based on their sincerity of purpose, achievements and learning as alsoother personality traits. Out of these, 18 participants were from the state of Jammu andKashmir and the remaining from the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. ONGCand Indian Oil were the principal sponsors of the programme. Jewel India from Mumbaiand Space Communications from Srinagar also supported Netritva Sadhana 6.

Nirmal Singh, Deputy CM of J&K and Priya Sethi, Minister of Tourism and Education(J&K) graced the programme with their presence during its inaugural session. RavindraSathe and Ravi Pokharna from RMP and Dr. Amit Vanchoo Coordinator NS-6 fromSrinagar were also present. Few key speakers who addressed sessions at NS-6 wereNitin Gokhale, Sanjay Nahar, Bhairavi Jani, Prof. Sushma Yadav, Dr. Hitesh Bajpai andVirendra Sachdeva. During the five-day long programme there were brainstorming sessionson leadership quality, team building ability, communication skills, strategic knowledge,networking, decision-making and policy making efficiency, cultural exposure, strengtheningof interpersonal relations and participation in nation-building process. Special attractionof this Netritva Sadhana was 'Dinner Meet' at Deputy CM, J&K, Nirmal Singh's residencewhere there was a discussion of the participants’ experiences and perceptions aboutJammu and Kashmir. Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as well as Priya Sethi were presentduring the Valedictory Ceremony.

1.3 Felicitation of Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe :

A felicitation programme of Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe was organised on 17 September2016 at MIG Club in Mumbai. Dr. Sahasrabuddhe has been associated with Prabodhinifrom 1988 to July 2016, wherein from 1999 till date, he was working in the capacity ofDirector General. Since he was elected as Member of Parliament to the Rajya Sabha inJuly 2016, he was felicitated by the Chief Minister, Maharashtra. The felicitationprogramme was conducted in the Galaxy auditorium of MIG Cricket Club. A short film

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was screened revealing different facets of personality of Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddheincluding the expression of feelings of his colleagues at Prabodhini. Dr. P. M. Kamath,associated with Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe for past 40 years; shared his experience. AlsoArvind Rege, Member of Managing Committee of Prabodhini and associated with himfor last 16 years shared several instances about the scholarly nature of VinaySahasrabuddhe.

In his speech, Dr. Sahasrabuddhe mentioned with gratitude the role of A.B.V.P. in shapinghis personality and his progress. He attributed the gain of broad vision and attitude toLate Pramod Mahajan. He gave the credit for the good work culture imbibed to LateGopinath Munde, Late Vasantrao Bhagwat and Late Vasantrao Patwardhan. CMDevendra Fadnavis mentioned Pramod Mahajan's contribution in envisioning the conceptof Prabodhini and he further mentioned that Dr. Sahasrabuddhe was instrumental intranslating this concept into reality. CM also praised the oratory style of VinaySahasrabuddhe adding that it is natural, spontaneous and inspiring to the audience. CMDevendra Fadnavis further added that a political party needs national thinkers and due topeople like Sahasrabuddhe it is possible for the party to set its goals and its policies andthat due to these abilities he has been elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.CM concluded his speech by stating that he expected Dr. Sahasrabuddhe to change theimage of the politicians and he offered best wishes for his progress in parliamentaryendeavours.

Around 200 dignitaries from diverse fields alongwith friends and wellwishers ofVinay Sahasrabuddhe attended the felicitation.

1.4 Felicitation of Freedom Fighters who Participated in Dadra Nagar HaveliFreedom Struggle :

On behalf of RMP, the freedom fighters of Dadra Nagar Haveli were felicitated on27 May 2016, on the eve of Veer Savarkar Birth Anniversary by Hon. Governor ofMaharashtra, C. Vidyasagar Rao.

Among those who fought to free Dadra Nagar Haveli from the Portuguese, 30 are aliveat present. To acknowledge their struggle for freedom, this felicitation was organised atRaj Bhavan, Mumbai.

In the same programme, Hon. Governor also felicitated seven ideologoues of Savarkar'sPhilosohy, including J. D. Joglekar, Shankarrao Gokhale, Arvind Kulkarni, Baba Parulekar,Anuradha Khot, Vidyadhar Thanekar and Dr. Shrirang Godbole.

1.5 Digital School Initiative :

RMP's associate, Harshal Vibhandik is working on Digital School Initiative through People'sParticipation in Maharashtra State. In last 18 months Harshal addressed 234 PrernaSabhas in Dhule and 21 other districts in Maharashtra to motivate teachers, gramsevaks,parents and villagers to set up digital classrooms in Zilla Parishad Schools in their villages.

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Dhule district has 1103 Government Schools under 87 Clusters in 4 Talukas. Each Clusterconstitutes of around 10-15 Schools. Harshal visited all Clusters to meet all teachers ofthe Schools. During Cluster level meeting he discussed the plan for every school aboutsetting up digital classroom with respect to the number of students, availability of electricityand villagers' ability to donate the fund for digital classroom in the school. During Clusterlevel meeting, he also discussed the budget and fund raising plan for Digital classroom inevery school. To raise the fund, Harshal addressed 198 Prerna Sabhas in Dhule district in4 Talukas and successfully completed setting up digital classrooms. In all 1103 ZP Schoolsin Dhule district by raising more than Rs. 7.5 crores through teachers, villagers and NGOparticipation.

On December 29, 2015 RMP conducted "District Level Prerna Sabha" attended by 1400plus teachers and officers in Dhule district which helped to motivate all teachers and tookDigital School Initiative as priority initiative for the overall development of ZP Schoolsand increase villagers' involvement in Schools. This Prerna Sabha was attended byDr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Ravindra Sathe.

On July 23,2016 RMP launched Digital Urdu Syllabus at ZP Girls Urdu School Songir-2in presence of Dr.Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. After the launch all Urdu ZP Schools successfullycompleted installing digital classrooms in Dhule district.

After successful completion of Digital Classrooms in Dhule district, Harshal visited 21Districts in Maharashtra and addressed 36 Prerna Sabhas to motivate Gramsevak andTeachers of Zilla Parishad. Followed by Dhule - Gondia, Hingoli and Thane also completedthe target of having a digital class in all ZP Schools in their districts. In Maharashtra morethan 45,000 ZP Schools now have digital classrooms through the participation of peopleand Grampanchyat.

1.6 Dialogue on Defence Studies with the Defence Minister :

RMP, had taken the initiative to create a platform that would be able to bring together thefaculty members working in the area of Defence and Security Studies as key stakeholderson a single platform for a dialogue with Manohar Parikar, Minister of Defence,Government of India. This meeting was held at the India International Centre, New Delhion 14th May 2016. 35 defence academicians from various universities of 14 statesparticipated in this meeting. Dr Shrikant Paranjape, Director, YCNISBA of SavitribaiPhule University and Manavendra Singh Security Analyst and Expert were conveners ofthis meeting. It was a unique programme involving the academicians.

The meeting began with a general discussion by the faculty members from differentInstitutions and Universities. Manohar Parikar welcomed the suggestions. In the discussionthat followed, a need was felt by the academicians to connect with the politicalestablishment, bureaucracy and the armed forces so that issues related to national securitycan be discussed across the board. For this purpose, it was felt that a forum be createdand such interactions should become a regular feature.

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2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS :

2.1 Editors' Meet (Samvad Sabha) :

With a view to provide a platform to the editors and litterateur, 'Samvad Sabha' (Editors'Meet) initiative was started by RMP. The theme for this year’s Samvad Sabha was tocommemorate the achievements of late Dr. Aroon Tikekar.

47 renowned personalities from fields of journalism, publication and literature participatedin this dialogue.

In the session on 'Dr. Aroon Tikekar: Vasaa ani Vaarasaa (Mission and Legacy)

Dr. Maneesha Tikekar, Sanjivani Kher, Shubhada Chaukar and Shrikant Bojewarparticipated in the discussion.

Dr. Maneesha Tikekar shared her experiences with Dr. Aroon Tikekar and appreciatedthe originality of his writing.

In the second session on 'Blog and Facebook : Aadhunik Lekhan Madhyam' (ModernMedia of Writing) the participants comprised Aashutosh Jawdekar, Deepak Pawar, VijayChormare and Mukesh Machkar. In the discussion, the role played by blog and facebookin creating literature was emphasised.

In the session 'Samvad Ambarish Mishra Yanchyashi' (Dialogue with Ambarish Mishra)Ravindra Manjrekar and Mrinalini Naniwadekar interviewed Ambarish Mishra in a lightervein. Ambarish Mishra revealed the secret of his easy flow and catchy writing and masteryover Marathi and Hindi languages and he also expounded on his relationship with the filmindustry. In the session on 'Future of printed books in the time of E-books, Milind Paranjape,Sanjay Joshi, Samir Dhamangaonkar, Anay Joglekar had a discussion. A conclusionemerged from the discussion that there is a growing influence of E-books in the world ofliterature. Overall, there was brainstorming over the growing influence of English languageand the measures to facilitate the progress of Marathi language were discussed.

2.2 Chintan Baithak (brainstorming) :

A Chintan Baithak on contemporary issues on education involving representatives ofvarious institutions working in education field was organised on 4-5 February 2017 atRMP-KEC.

This meeting was organised for a brainstorming on the topics like the syllabus and textbooksfor the schools, teachers' training, value-education and the teaching methods of personalitydevelopment, the education system aiming at increasing participation of students in thesocial field, having a dialogue with the Government in the context of education policy.The meeting was attended by 65 representatives of educational institutions and theEducation Ministers of the states governed by BJP. Bhaiyya ji Joshi, Gen. Secretary of

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RSS along with two Joint Gen. Secretaries of RSS, Suresh Soni and Dr. Krishna Gopalguided the participants. Union Minister of HRD, Prakash Javdekar was also present inthe meeting.Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande, Chairman-RMP and RSS official was theconvenor.

2.3 Memorandum of Understanding with YASHADA :

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Yashwantrao Chavan Academyof Development Administration (YASHADA) and Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP)on 18 March, 2016 at Pune. The agreement envisages collaboration in the fields of :

Training and capability building activities for Government Officers and Employees andStudies and/or Third Party Evaluation related to Government Schemes and Programmes.

As per MOU, three programmes were conducted during financial year 2016-17 as follows:

• Foundation Training for Group 'D' Employees of Directorate Skill Development,Employment and Entrepreneurship Department (This was the first training given to'D' group employees) - batch of 56 participants for 5 days.

• Training Course for Local Fund Officers on Double Entry Accounting System -2 batches of 40 participants each, for 4 days.

The collaboration will be taken forward in future by both parties.

2.4 Initiative in Skill Development :

Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini entered into a partnership agreement with National SkillDevelopment Corporation (NSDC), in May 2017, for imparting employment orientedtraining for weaker sections of the society. National Skill Development andEntrepreneurship (NSDE) along with industry partners. NSDC is responsible forimplementation of various skill development programmes planned by Government of India.Prabodhini, as a partner of NSDC, can now establish authorised Skill Development centersacross India and certify students.

This year, Prabodhini has set-up two skill development centers and trained 48 students inthe field of beauty and wellness. Next year Prabodhini plans to add a few more centersand conduct job oriented training for more than 500 youth in the sectors of Healthcare,Apparel, Beauty and Wellness, Retailing, Banking and Finance etc.

Prabodhini will also be participating under Pradhan Mantri Kaushalya Vikas Yojana ofGovt. of India and Pramod Mahajan Kaushalya and Udyojakata Abhiyan of Governmentof Maharashtra. Sujay Patki and Pranav Chatre initiated the procedure of getting theMOU signed with NSDC and further facilitated conducting programmes on skilldevelopment.

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2.5 Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) :RMP organised a training programme for the district co-ordinators and accountants ofNehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan which functions under the aegis of Ministry of Sports,Govt. of India. It was held from 1-3 September 2016. In all, 31 representatives attendedthe training programme. It was inaugurated by Major General Dilawar Singh, DirectorGeneral, NYKS

Sessions organised in the training programme dealt with topics as varied as techniquesand methods of training, documentation and compering, information technology, Mediaand Public Relations, Publicity and participation of volunteer works, proposal drafting,constitution of India.

Rani Dwivedi, Sandeep Mate, P. P Hinge, Neel Somaiya, Bhushan Lawande,Vivek Atre, Chandrakant Ghag, Ravindra Sathe, Dr. Vanita Banjan guided the participants.

2.6 Training Programme for the Postal Inspectors, Pune :For the first time, a training programme was organised by Prabodhini for the PostalInspectors of Pune region. It was organised on 17-18 June 2016 at Pune in which60 postal inspectors participated. Assistant Post Master General F. B. Sayyed inauguratedthe training programme.

Post Master General Ganesh Savleshwarkar guided the participant inspectors on theRole and Responsibility of the Inspectors.

Honorary Director of Prabodhini, Pune office Dr. Aruna Kaulgud presented her views insessions on self awareness and SWOT Analysis. Executive Director of Prabodhini,Ravindra Sathe elaborated on communication skills whereas renowned management expertShyam Bhurke guided the participants on Time Management and Work Culture.

Anuradha Deshpande conducted the session on Interpersonal Relations. Sharmila Oswalalso conducted a session while Ganesh Savaleshwarkar guided the participants in thevaledictory session.

2.7 Antyoday Award :Antyoday Award function was organised by RMP and sponsored by D. H. Gokhale andShyamala Gokhale Trust. It was held on 5 April, 2016. This award is given to the individualworking for the upliftment of the downtrodden through means of an NGO. The award of2016 was offered to Suresh Manohar Patil who works for the patients of Cerebral Palsysince 2006 at Latur through the NGO Cerebral Palsy Vikasan Kendra.

The programme was presided over by Arvind Rege, with the chief guest being Dr. SanjayOak, Vice Chancellor, D Y Patil University. Suresh Patil was felicitated by Dr. SanjayOak with a memento, shawl, and coconut (shriphal) and the award amount of Rs. 1 lakhwas handed over to Suresh Patil by Chanda Gokhale of Gokhale Trust. Suresh Patilnarrated about inspiration of the work. He said that his own son was affected by thisillness, hence he faced depression. But he managed to overcome it and started this work

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with the cooperation of his wife. Through this work he understands the psychology of thepatients, of the parents and the psyche of the society. He expressed that this journey hasbeen a rewarding one.

Dr. Sanjay Oak has been active in the medical field for last 30 years, being a pediatricsurgeon by profession. Dr. Oak discussed the seriousness of the illness, effects on familyand societal outlook and stated that as of the current year 80 lakh people were affectedby it. Dr. Oak cited some illustrious achievements of such patients and stressed upon theneed to have activists like Suresh Patil for the well-being of society.

Rajul Vasa, Founder Trustee of Rajul Vasa Foundation was also present on the occasion.

3. TRAINING :3.1 Workshop on Coastal Security :

In collaboration with Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Smruti, RMP has been organisingtraining programmes about the security issues for the past three years.

The large coast of India and various related issues are often discussed in the Governmentsector. Different sections of Government are also active in this regard. However oneneeds to acknowledge the responsibility of the citizens and social groups as well in thismatter.

Considering the events shaping up at international level, the large coastal area of India, itsstrategic geographical location and the challenges emerged due to rapid speed of progress,it was felt essential to introduce this subject to the Urban population. Hence a workshopwas conducted on the theme of Coastal Security.

Dr. Shrikant Paranjape, Director, YCNISBA, Savitribai Phule University, Pune was thecoordinator of the programme. Dr. Prabhakaran Paaleri, former director of Indian Coastguard unit inaugurated the workshop. He explained detailed facts of the sea and seashore, various properties of these and the action expected in simple language. Dr. Paranjapesummarised in a nutshell the challenge of vested interests of few elements.

A presentation was made by Dr. Paranjape and retd. Brig. Hemant Mahajan on"The Challenges faced by the Conventional Safety Measures." Hemant Mahajan expressedhis views on the contemporary challenges, condition of the coastal safety, the stand ofIndian Naval Force, Coastal Security Force and Policy, the lesson learned from 26/11incidence. Issues like the psyche of different social groups, challenges of fishing, transportwere also dealt by him.

Captain Anand Dikshit presented on non conventional challenges including the InternationalLaws of EEZ, scientific research, ways of settling disputes and so on.

Vidyadhar Malegaonkar elaborated on the Coastal Security for Maharashtra, Safe CoastalZone, sea-terrorism, illegal fishing, pollution, disputes of border in ocean, water-zonesand so on.

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Ulhas Gupte, retired commander of Navy, discussed about the stand about coastal securityof Police Force, Civilian Force and Coastal Security Force and the structure of all theseforces.

In all, 40 participants attended the workshop including 37 male and 3 female participants.The participants responded to the workshop positively, stating that they were made awareof the responsibility of the civilians in dealing with this serious problem.

While concluding the workshop, Dr. Shrikant Paranjape explained the roles of the citizensand professionals.

3.2 A Workshop on Government Schemes :

On 28-29 April 2016 RMP organised a special workshop for the workers of BharatiyaJanata Party detailing various government schemes. In all, 149 delegates from 20 districtsof Maharashtra participated in the workshop.

The workshop was planned with the intention of providing information about thedevelopment schemes of State and Central Government.

Prof. Ravindra Bhusari, General Secretary (Org), BJP-Maharashtra inaugurated theworkshop. Information about schemes about farming, environment, forest department,self employment, tribal welfare, women and children, start-up, skill development, youthand sports and schemes by NABARD were some of the themes of the workshop. Whilegiving information about the schemes, the procedure to avail the benefit of the schemewas also explained to the participants. All the experts urged that if one understands theschemes and takes advantage for a cause, all round development of nation is possible ina short duration and with less expenditure.

Experts like Dr. Medha Somaiya, Santosh Gupta, Dr. Bhalchandra Sathaye, Vivek Atre,Uday Shirsalkar of NABARD, guided the participants.

Valedictory address of the workshop was given by Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande.

3.3 Training Programme for the Trustees of Educational Institutions :

A training programme was organised by RMP on 16-17 July, 2016 for the trustees ofeducational institutions.

The programme was inaugurated by Arvind Rege. He guided the participants on'The Role and Responsibility of the Trustees' in his address in the inaugural session.

The concept of Trusteeship, existing since ancient times in Indian Culture was once againintroduced by Gandhiji . Trustees are not owners of the organisation but they have a roleto provide guidelines. While deciding the policy of the oganisation the trustees should not

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interfere in unwarranted manner, he said. Dr. Aruna Kaulgud, also provided guidance on'Institution building : Goal and outlook'. She elaborated on issues like the functions of theorganisation, challenges faced etc.

Since the organisation is registered in the social welfare department, it functions withinthe legal framework of the department as well as State and Central Government. Henceit is necessary for the organisation to complete the legal formalities and maintain therequired documents. Shriram Patwardhan in his session 'Fulfilling the requirement ofdocumentation' explained the importance of these legal aspects.

The concept of Constructivism has emerged in education with the intention of creatinginterest the subject and grasping it. Although each individual differs from the other, it ispossible to achieve understanding of the subject as per the grasping power of each studentby using constructivism. Officer on Special Duty for School Education, Government ofMaharashtra, Prachi Sathe, guided the participants in this session. Along with this, shealso guided about how to maintain co-ordination between the Government and aneducational institution.

Retired principal and present chairman of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat Dr. RamdasGujarathi explained the concept of 'Group formation' stating that the leader of the trusteesneeds to think about the group members in the organisation and by selecting such members,an efficient board of directors should be formed for the development of the organisation.

The details of the select programmes have ben provided before. In addition to these followingprogrammes were organised :

Sr. Date of Title of the Programme No. ofNo. Programme Participants

1 16 April, 2016 Workshop for Speaker for GoodGovernance 97

2 23-24 April, 2016 Training Programme for the OfficeBearers of Raigad district, BJP 73

3 17-18 June 2016 Training Programme for Postal Inspectors 42

4 2-3 July, 2016 Workshop for Governing Council(Chembur Education Society) 12

5 5-9 July, 2016 Training Programme for ChhattisgarhKurud Assembly, BJP 56

6 9-10 July, 2016 Use of Information Technology in theFunctions of NGO 16

7 26 Aug., 2016 Event Management Workshop for theTeachers of Municipal Schools ofMira-Bhayander 41

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8 27 Aug. 2016 Tension Kayku Lene Ka? 34

9 1-3 Sept. 2016 Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan,Maharashtra-Goa - Training Programme forState Level Trainers 31

10 27-29 Sept. 2016 Friends of Chief Minister 375

11 22-23 Oct. 2016 Training Programme for Writing Project Proposal 23

12 12-13 Nov. 2016 Training Programme for Teacher Capacity 26

Enhancement

13 17-19 Jan., 2017 Training Programme for BJP, Latur city unit 223

14 25-26 Jan., 2017 The Art of Public Speaking 46

15 25-26 Feb. 2017 Training Programme for Oratory and 46

Communication Skills

16 15-17 Mar., 2017 BJP - Chandrapur Zilla Parishad Members 46

17 31 March- Certificate Course in Hindutva 411-2 Apr. 2017

3.4 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Mahaprashikshan Abhiyan :Training programmes are organised by Prabodhini for the NGO members, workers ofpolitical parties, representatives of cooperative sector and education field. Besides these,such organisations / parties organise their independent training programmes. In all, 13programmes and meetings of BJP workers were organised this year. A series of nationallevel workshops were organised at Prabodhini Campus under Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaytraining campaign In all 2294 party workers attended the training.

Training Programmes for Bharatiya Janata Party Workers were held under Pt. DeendayalUpadhyay Maha Prashikshan Abhiyan at RMP-KEC.

Details are as follows:

Sr. Date of Title of the Programme No. ofNo. Programme Participants

1. 23-24 Apr. 2016 BJP Raigad District - Training Programme 73of Office Bearers

2. 15-17 May, 2016 BJP Goa - Training Programme for MLAs 29

3. 5-9 July, 2016 BJP Chhattisgarh, Kurud - Training 56Programme for Assembly Workers

4. 16-18 July, 2016 BJP Solapur - Training Programme for 110

District Rural Workers

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5. 29-31 July, 2016 Training Programme for BJP Vasai-Virar

City-District Workers 118

6. 6-7 Aug. 2016 BJP North Mumbai - Training Programme

for Workers 140

7. 8-10 Aug. 2016 BJP Ratnagiri District-Training Programme

for Workers 160

8. 12-13 Aug. 2016 BJP Yuva Morcha, Maharashtra 240

9. 15-17 Aug. 2016 BJP Bhiwandi - Training Programme

for Workers 121

10. 24-25 Aug. 2016 BJP Jalgaon - Training Programme for

District Rural Workers 300

11. 30-31 Aug. 2016 BJP Maharashtra - Training Programme for

Minority Morcha Workers 244

12. 1-3 Sept. 2016 BJP Palghar - Training Programme for

Workers 100

13. 18-19 Sept. 2016 BJP Beed-Training Programme for Workers 250

14. 22-24 Sept. 2016 BJP Kalyan-Dombivli - Training Programme

for Workers 123

15. 28 Sept. 2016 BJP National Mahila Morcha - Office

Bearers Meeting 35

16. 12-13 Oct. 2016 BJP Raigad Mahila Morcha - Training

Programme for Workers 71

17. 14-16 Oct. 2016 BJP Navi Mumbai - Training Programme

for Workers 159

18. 14-15 Dec. 2016 BJP Maharashtra Mahila Morcha -

Training Programme for Workers 218

19. 17-19 Dec. 2016 BJP Latur-Training Programme for Workers 223

20. 15-17 Mar. 2017 BJP Chandrapur - Training Programme

for Workers 46

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4. PUBLIC AWARENESS :

4.1 The eleventh Rambhau Mhalgi Memorial Lecture - Balasaheb Deoras : Lifeand Mission :

Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini organised the 11th Rambhau Mhalgi Memorial Lecture atPune on 28 July 2016. On the eve of the birth centenary year of Late Balasaheb Deoras,the third Sarsanghchalak of RSS, a talk on 'Balasaheb Deoras: Achievements andPhilosophy' was organised. General Secretary of RSS, Bhayyaji Joshi was the speakerwhereas Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande, Chairman of Prabodhini presided over theprogramme. RSS Chief of Pune, Ravindra Vanjarvadkar was among the dignitaries presenton the dais.

In his address, Bhayyaji Joshi commented that life of late Balasaheb, in a way, charts ahistory of RSS. He cited instances from Balasaheb's life which was dedicated to thenation and highlighted his all round personality, decision making skills, remarkable memory,his thoughts and so on.

Bhayyaji explained with examples how one would change the opinion about Balasahebafter meeting him in person. Balasaheb's knowledge about various subjects, especiallyabout international affairs and war, was stunning. The process of the organisation becomingactive on many fronts had started prior to Balasaheb's association with it. However theprocess of facilitating it further was done consciously by Balasaheb. Bhayyaji alsohighlighted the efforts of Swayamsevaks in the 'Namantar' movement reflecting the socialresponsibility.

Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande described achievements of Late Balasaheb and revived hismemories.

Ravindra Sathe commenced the programme with his introductory speech. He expoundedthe concept of Rambhau Mhalgi Memorial Lecture and reviewed the lectures held so far.

4.2 Transforming the Nation Thr ough Demonetisation :A seminar on 'Transforming the nation through demonetisation' was organised by RambhauMhalgi Prabodhini on 26 November 2016 at Indian Merchants Chamber. The seminarwas organised to analyse the rationale behind the decision of demonetisation and to discussthe after effects of the decision.

Economist from Nasik, Dr. Vinayak Govilkar, Anil Shinde of Arthakranti Pratishthan anda noted Chartered Accountant Ashish Shah participated in the seminar as the panelists.

The martyrs from the police and the civilians in the 26/11 terrorist attack were paidtribute at the outset of the seminar. The concept of the seminar was explained by theMLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Secretary, RMP . Dr. Govilkar presented his thoughtsstating the background of demonetisation wherein Reserve Bank had served a notice toall banks to increase currency of 100 Rs denomination on 5th May. Thereafter on November2nd, once again Reserve Bank issued a notice to the banks to increase the 100 Rs currencyin the ATM machine. Thus the preparation for demonetisation had begun 6 months ago.Through this, it was obvious that the decision of demonetisation was not a dictatorial

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decision by PM Narendra Modi nor was it a sudden decision, expounded Dr. Govilkar; healso stated that it is not the first or last of its kind.

The Government was fully equipped before implementing demonetisation, said Dr. Govilkar,adding further, efforts were made through Jan-Dhan Scheme to encourage opening ofthe bank accounts. In all 15 crore citizens opened the accounts. Thus awareness aboutbanking was created. One can see the benefits of it after the decision of demonetisation.

Anil Shinde, of Arthakranti Pratishthan stated that the money which has come intocirculation due to decision of demonetisation would be used in the rural sector as is hintedby our PM. This will result in diverting the funds to the rural population through variousGovernment Schemes. It would also help to bridge the gap between rich and poor, theurban developed and the rural underprivileged, and said the nation would go a step aheadin terms of cashless transactions. Hence he predicted that the Rs 2000 notes may not goout of circulation.

Ashish Shah stated that this decision would help to reduce the inflation and commonpeople will get a solace. Since the interest rates are reduced, it is advisable to avoid theinvestments in F. D.s. and that instead investments like mutual funds would be beneficial,said Mr. Shah.

At the end of the programme, a question-answer session was conducted by RavindraSathe, Executive Director, RMP with the audience.

4.3 Thursday Themes :In the awareness programmes of RMP, Thursday Themes are extremely significant.This programme is organised at the Chanchal Smruti office of RMP for the past18 years. The aim of the programme is that the activists in social fields should bewell-informed about the topics of concern. This activity is conducted on the 4th Thursdayof every month. An expert is invited to speak on a significant social, economical or politicalnews of that month. The programme is of one and a half hour duration out of which onehour is reserved for the talk and half an hour for discussion.

The details of the Thursday Themes in the year 2016-2017

Sr. Date Topic SpeakerNo.1. 21 April, 2016 Love Jihaad Ravi Belpathak

2. 26 May, 2016 The Truth About Augusta Sunil GuptaWasteland Scam

3. 23 June, 2016 Need of a Reform in Indian Ankur KakkadEducation System

4. 21 July, 2016 India and Global Economy Dr. Abhijit Phadnis

5. 23 August, 2016 GST and Common Man Mangesh Kinare6. 29 September, 2016 Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay : Life andMadhav Bhandari

Achievement

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7. 20 October, 2016 Indo-Pak Relations and the CurrentDiwakarScenario Deshpande

8. 29 December, 2016 Digital Trade Pratik Karpe

9. 30 March, 2017 Rise of ISIS and its Impact Madhuban Pingaleon Maharashtra

Other Programmes of Awareness besides Thursday Themes :

Sr. Date Topic Place SpeakerNo. 1. 16 Aug., 2016 Condolence Mumbai Dr.Ashok Modak,

Meeting in memory of Anuradha Khot,J.D. Joglekar Dilip Karambelkar,

Ravindra Sathe

2. 17 Nov., 2016 Common Civil Code] : Chanchal Adv. Ganesh SovaniNeed of the Hour Smruti

3. 27 Feb., 2017 Swatantryaveer Savarkar :Chanchal Dr. Ashok ModakIn today's context Smruti

5. RESEARCH :

5.1 Recognition for M.A. (Research) and Ph.D in Political Science from Universityof Mumbai :

Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini has got recognition as a research centre for M.A. (Research)

and Ph.D in Political Science from University of Mumbai from October 2015 and the

centre was functional during the year under the report.

Dr. Mahesh Bhagwat, an approved guide in Political Science with University of Mumbai,

has been invited to be a guide for M.A. & Ph.D programmes at RMP. Eleven students

applied for the Ph. D programme out of which 7 eligible students were called for interview.

Finally, 3 students were selected who have now registered for the Ph.D programme with

RMP.

Interview Panel Members comprised - Dr. Amruta Deshmukh - Advisor, Dr. Swati Pitale

- Approved Guide, Dr. Mahesh Bhagwat - Approved Guide, Dr. Maneesha Tikekar -

Advisor, Ravindra Sathe - (Institute Head), Govind Ambardekar - Chief Manager - Admin,

Dr. Sunita Magre. Students registered for Ph.D include Devendra Pai (SET passed),Anil Bhalerao (SET passed), Kaluram Shinde (SET passed).

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5.2 Socio-economic Conditions and Security Scenario : A Case Study of RajasthanBorder

In collaboration with Public Policy Research Centre, Delhi (PPRC) and Border SecurityForce (BSF), a study was conducted along the border areas of Rajasthan between29 March-16 April 2016 to understand the social, economic development status in thelight of specialized security framework across the border areas. The team comprisedKhyati Shrivastav, Shubham Varma, Ujwal Agrain and Aparna Shrivastav. Rajasthan’sborder areas are considered to be peaceful compared to that of other states along thewestern border. However, the exquisite topography, peculiar socio-cultural nature of thebelt with unique history and recent economic developments makes it important to understandthe strengths and vulnerabilities of the region. The particular objective was to trace downthe challenges faced by the local populace and security forces along the border belt.Also, the study attempted to understand the development aspirations of the region. Theprime objective of such a study is to bring forth the stories and issues from remote borderareas to the mainland, so as to include their concerns in the mainstream awareness andstrengthen the integrity of the nation.

42 villages spread across the four border districts - Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jaiselmer andBarmer in Rajasthan were visited and relevant stakeholders in state administration, bordersecurity forces and other agencies operating were interviewed to meet the objectives ofthe study. This included 262 household-surveys from diverse socio-economic backgroundsin the border villages, stakeholders from BSF, Zilla Parishad - CEO looking after BorderArea Development Programme, Local Police, District Magistrates in each district, Childline, civil society members and Waqf board, Madarsa board, Minority and Home affairsministry officials at State level. The findings give a detailed insight into the way of livingand livelihood patterns, potentials along the border areas in the 4-districts. Besides,understanding the outreach of government schemes and local adaptations, bottlenecks, itis interesting to learn the pattern & status of agriculture and animal husbandry in theregion.

The study reveals cultural and security vulnerabilities in terms of huge infrastructureinvestments on bulk of unregistered minority institutions and seminaries along the IB. Itmakes the situation more vulnerable when it is learnt that the lavish seminaries along therestricted entry zone are frequently visited by foreign faculties preaching separatist agenda,and there is a widespread political influence from across the border. The desert culture iswidely Arabised in this process in some pockets along the IB. The study also highlightsthe traditional drug use transforming into a drug menace in the belt, particularly the regionsharing border with Punjab. Challenges of infrastructure and security forces working inextreme conditions are also highlighted. The findings of the study were presented anddeliberated with Madhukar Gupta Committee, Deputy National Security Advisor andBorder Security Forces, MHA and the Parliamentary Committee on CitizenshipAmendment Bill (2016), and was duly acknowledged.

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5.3 Media Fellowship Awards :

Media Fellowship Awards were conceived to inspire and encourage media professionalsfor contributing to the 'Swachh Assam' drive under Swachh Bharat Mission and encouragethem with recognition. Public Health Engineering Department had entrusted GlobalSanitation Fund to conduct the selection of Sanitation Media Fellowship Award as part ofthe ASCOSAN 2017. For the purpose of selection of Nominees for this prestigious award,Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP), was engaged on behalf of Global Sanitation Fund.

RMP designed a selection methodology which consisted of Nominations - Self nominationas well as applications through nominee to ensure maximum entries from all spheres.

• Screening - initial round of in-house screening to select the relevant entries wasperformed by a team of professionals.

• Shortlisting - Considering the award categories of State and District, further shortlistingand curation of the list was done as per contribution in innovation and impact.

• Selection - The selection panel comprised editor, media professional, governmentrepresentative from DIPR and academician, Diversity Inclusion - Women, DifferentlyAbled, and Marginalised communities were also encouraged to apply.

More than 90,000 plus reach was obtained through various social media (Facebook, Twitter,google etc.) and other channels. In all, 134 eligible nominations were received. A board ofpanelists comprising Director, DIPR Goa, Editor of Assamese Newspaper, Academiciansand representatives of journalist union were constituted to select the final list of awardees.The panelist body finalised five state level awards and nineteen district level awards. Theawardees were recognised by Sarbanand Sonowal, Chief Minister of Assam.

5.4 Evaluation of the Scheme of Govt. of Maharashtra "Magel Tyala Shet-Tale (Farm-pond)" :

To improve the capacity of the agriculture, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Statelaunched the ambitious programme of “farm-pond for the needy”, on 17 February 2016.For the physical verification and evaluation of the farm-pond (Magel tyala shet-tale)under this scheme, the State Government has appointed RMP as a third party for assesment.

To begin with, the inspection of the ponds in Chandrapur district was assigned to RMP. Inthe current year inspection of 164 farm-ponds in Chandrapur district has been completedand the report of the same has been presented to the Government.

In this report, the utility of these farm-ponds was found very convincing . The beneficiaryfarmers could get the essential conserved water during the growth of the crops fromthese ponds and there was a considerable growth in their agricultural products and intheir income. Due to the certainty of availability of water, a change in the crop structurewas also observed. Since the scheme was intended for benefit of the farmers, theparticipation of beneficiaries in the scheme was remarkable.

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After Chandrapur, evaluation of 322 ponds in Baramati and Purandar talukas in PuneDistrict has started.

Yashwant Thakar from Pune office of RMP has been working as the chief coordinatorof this project.

6. PUBLICA TION :6.1 "The Hypocrisy of the Leftists : Corruption, Violence and Dictatorship"

( Davyanchi Dhongbaji : Bhrashtachar, Himsachar ani Dandukeshahi ) :

Publication of the book "The Hypocrisy of the Leftists : Corruption, Violence andDictatorship" written by Madhav Bhandari, Chief Spokesperson, Maharashtra BJP, wasorganised on 12 August 2016 by RMP. In all, 150 citizens attended the programme whichwas held at Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Sanskrutik Bhavan of Pune Mahapalika. The programmewas presided over by National Vice President BJP Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe whereas ascholar of socio political scenario in Karnataka, Sandeep Balakrishna was the chief guest.With the publication of this book, Prabodhini can boast of its 78th publication. AuthorMadhav Bhandari explained the concept behind writing the book, which is to review theactions of the leftists in this country. The leftists who always question credentials of theRSS seems to be keeping quiet about the Naxalites. The leftists who supported China inthe 1962 Indo-China war have indulged in the hypocrisy in different ways, said MadhavBhandari, adding further that the book is written to expose this hypocrisy.

Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe talked about the systematic glorification of leftism by the leftistsin the country and that being a leftist was made a matter of prestige. However theactions of the Leftists, due to the gap in their thoughts and the action, barring few honourableexceptions, led to hypocrisy. There are plenty of examples of the intolerance and doublestandards of the leftists, said Dr. Sahasrabuddhe. He also explained the strategy of theleftists to undermine those who differ from their ideology and to condemn them. Seniorjournalist and blogger Shefali Vaidya interviewed Sandeep Balkrishna, the chief guest ofthe programme in which he presented his views about the issue.

6.2 'Rise of ISIS and its Impact in Maharashtra' :

Under the scheme of 'Vastav Darshan Fellowship' of Prabodhini, young journalists andactivists in social movement are offered a fellowship for the research on social andnationalist topics. The Vastav-Darshan fellowship of 2015-16 was offered to MadhubanPingale (Journalist, Maharashtra Times, Pune) for the write-up on 'The rise of ISIS andits impact in Maharashtra'. The dissertation was presented in a booklet form. The publicationfunction of the booklet was organised on 16 March, 2017 at the Pune office of Prabodhini.The programme was graced by (Retd.) Brigadier Hemant Mahajan and (Retd.) BrigadierRavindra Palsokar presided over the function.

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Ravindra Sathe, Executive Director of Prabodhini expounded the aim and concept ofVastav Darshan Fellowship and also discussed the topics dealt with till date for which thisfellowship was awarded.

Chief guest Brig Mahajan provided valuable guidance about the rise of the dangerousorganisations like ISIS causing global threat and also about how to end terrorism of thiskind and the need to plan remedial measures for it. Brig. Palsokar, in his presidentialaddress from the point of view of a researcher stressed upon the need to have anin-depth research in all the fields in an innovative manner. The Islamic terrorists have astrong foundation of their religious principles. The entire Islamic community is notconnected with terrorist activities. He also emphasised the need to win the ideologicalconflict with the Pakistani army and the terrorists. In Islam there are two conflictingsects - Shia and Sunni and this conflict is used for Jihad. In India we have 30% ShiaMuslim and the Muslim fundamentalists are causing maximum trouble to the liberalMuslims. Under such circumstances all political parties in India need to come togetherand adopt a comprehensive policy and choose the path of progress.

6.3 Sushila Samartha : Publication of the VCD

On behalf of Prabodhini, publication of the VCD 'Sushila Samartha' was done by theGovernor of Uttar Pradesh, Ram Naik.

Sushilatai Mahajan devoted her life for women empowerment - through Rashtra SevikaSamiti. Her better half, Late Madhukarrao Mahajan has made significant contribution tothe social cause and an award was being conferred by Prabodhini in his name from 1990to 2000.

To highlight the contribution of Sushilatai amongst the general public, the VCD preparedby her daughters - Dr. Sushama Deodhar and Dr. Vidya Deodhar was published.

Dr. Vidya Deodhar explained the concept behind producing the VCD. Hon. GovernorRam Naik expressed his views in the context of long term association with Mahajanfamily.

7. DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR LIBRAR Y :“Lets expand the horizons of reading and venture into the world of books and knowledgeof different subjects.

To inculcate the reading habits and get multifaceted knowledge, the library of RMP isalways active.

It is a government recognised computerised library. It comprises 15,296 books in which448 new books are added in this year. It includes books in Marathi, Hindi and English aswell as clippings from magazines and newspapers, around 90,000 in number.

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In all, 14 programmes were arranged comprising 9 awareness and 5 other programmes;including programmes like Samvad Sabha, Vachan Prerana Din etc. On the eve of VachanPrerana Din, Madhav Bhandari, Chief Spokesperson of Maharashtra BJP, presented hisviews on 'the need of reading habits'. On 'Marathi Bhasha Diwas' a talk by SushmaPaudwal, former librarian, SNDT University was organised. From 1-7 July 2016,Van-Mahotsav was celebrated with tree plantation drive by the library staff.

A student of Mumbai University, Dheeraj Mainkar, was selected for internship of 'Masterof Library and Information Science' (MLISC). The library participated in the initiativesof Dept. of Library Welfare, Maharashtra State. Dignitaries lik Mrinalini Naniwadekar,Sarang Darshane, Smt. Bhadkamkar, Dr. Smita Patil, Lakshmikant Deshmukh, MohiniBapat, Vivek Deolankar, Chandrakant Bhujbal, Prakash Dandavate, Angaai Khebudkarand Sudhir Naik donated books to the library.

Sumedha Yogesh from Pune published an article 'Granthapal hota mhanun' inMahatarashtra Times, Pune thereby praising the library and also the work culture ofRMP. B.Lib students of Bandodkar College Thane visited the library to know aboutfunctioning of public library and also learn about the organisation of library systems.Hon. Pratibha Gokhale, Hon. Kiran Dhandore (Director, Maharashtra State Library)made a courtesy visit to the library.

Adv. Virendra Deshmukh of Pune complimented the library for the peaceful atmospherein the lap of nature, a rich collection of books and a rare copy of constitution of India inpossession of the library.

8. RMP- INTERNA TIONAL8.1 A Visit of the UMNO's Delegation, Malaysia :

A delegation of 6 members of the ruling party of Malaysia, United Malasian NationalOrganisation (UMNO) visited India on 9-10 August, 2016 to study Indian Political Parties’Election Campaign. The main intention of the visit was to study the election campaignand overall functioning of the Bharatiya Janata Party which formed the Government in2014. Since the training programmes of the BJP party workers are organised at RMP,the delegation arrived there and sought information about the activities of Prabodhini byinteracting with Ravindra Sathe. After which the delegation had meetings with fewoffice bearers of BJP and through the discussion acquired information about the functioningof the party and its election preparation. BJP Maharashtra Vice President, PratapbhaiAshar, Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale, Incharge of BJP’s foreign affairs department, BJPMaharashtra Spokespersons, Madhav Bhandari, Keshav Upadhye and Atul Shah alongwith other office bearers interacted with the delegates.

8.2 Participation of Ravindra Sathe in the 29th Annual Conference of CDU Congress:The Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), a political foundation of Germany with globalpresence including India, organised a visiting programme to Germany of a delegation ofBJP functionaries to participate in the 29th annual conference of Christian Democratic

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Union (CDU) led by Dr. Angela Merkel. This delegation was led by national spokespersonof BJP, Nalin Kohli. The other members were B. N. Vijaykumar, MLA, Jayanagar,Bengluru, Raj Shekhar, Co-ordinator, Good Governance Cell, BJP and Ravindra Sathe,Executive Director, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini.

This convention was held between 5-8 December at Essen, an industrial city in Germany.It was attended by 1,000 delegates from all over Germany.

The prime objective of the visit was to engage all stakeholders in both the countries tobroaden and deepen further the Indo-German economic, trade and cultural relationship.

KAS and its officials particularly Pankaj Madan, Deepica Sachdeva and Dr. Lars PeterSchmitt were responsible to make this visit a grand success.

8.3 Participation of Vinay Sahasrabuddhe in International Conferences :Dr .Vinay Sahasrabuddhe participated and addressed International Conference on BuildingNuclear Weapon Free World and spoke about India’s commitment to Universal Peace atAstana, Kazakhstan on 28 August 2016.

Dr. Sahasrabuddhe represented Bharatiya Janata Party at Bangladesh Awami Party'sTriennial Conference in Dhaka on 22 October 2016. During his visit he also met PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina.

9. VILASRAO SALUNKHE CHAIR :Conference on Water Management

A conference on 'Water Management' was organised by Vilasrao Salunkhe Chair ofPrabodhini on 31 July 2017. The conference was inaugurated by Girish Bapat, GuardianMinister (Minister for Food and Civil Supplies) of Pune.

Madhav Bhandari, General Body member of RMP and an expert in water conservation,Kunal Kumar, Municipal Commissioner of Pune, R. B. Dhote, Executive Director, KrishnaValley Development Corporation, Atul Kapole, Superintendent Engineer of JalsampadaSection, V.G. Kulkarni, Chief, Water supply section of Municipal Corporation were presentat the conference alongwith 300 participants.

Pune city is blessed with abundant availability of water resources. However, consideringthe future conditions, topics like water management and distribution problems like growingpopulation, drainage water treatment, old water pipelines were discussed at length.

President of BJP, Pune city, Yogesh Gogavale had taken initiative to organise theconference.

10. CENTRE FOR INSTITUTION BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP STUDIES(CIBLS), PUNE

10.1 Star t-Up India Scheme and Workshop for Entrepreneurs, Chinchwad :

The Centre for Institution Building and Leadership Studies in collaboration with Laghu-udyog Bharati and Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Mitra Mandal organised a workshop for

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entrepreneurs on 2 April 2016. Around 50 youngsters from Pimpri-Chinchwad participatedin the workshop. Participants were curious to know how one can be benefitted with theStart-Up India scheme of the PM Narendra Modi and how they can start their ownenterprise.

Vivek Atre and Dr. Aruna Kaulgud guided the participants. The details about the StartUp Scheme, the sources of funding from the incubators, process of company registrationwere provided by Vivek Atre.

The myth that entrepreneurship is an inborn trait and is hereditary has been challengednow. Dr. Aruna Kaulgud insisted that anyone desirous of starting a business can betrained and guided, by citing many examples. By boosting confidence of the participants,Dr. Kaulgud stated that the skills, attitude, motivation and discipline of an entrepreneurare very important to be a successful businessman. At the end of the session the expertsreplied to the questions asked by people from the audience.

After considering the need and expectation of the participants, an assurance was givenabout organizing training of entrepreneurship development skills.

The programme was graced by Ravindra Sonavane, General Secretary of Maharashtrachapter of Laghu-udyog Bharati, Chief Guest Vijay Latkar, Vice Chairman of SwatantryaVeer Savarkar Mandal, noted industrialist Vinod Bansal and well known industrialistsfrom Pimpri-Chinchwad.

10.2 Training on CSR and Fund Raising :

On behalf of the Centre for Institution Building and Leadership Studies, a trainingprogramme on CSR and Fund Raising was organised on 7 April 2016 for the employees,office bearers, and trustees of Shikshan Mandal Karad. In all, 45 representatives of theorganisation participated in the programme. Seema Patil, an expert in the area of CSRfunding provided guidance to the participants.

The Shikshan Mandal, Karad has a tradition of 96 years. The schools and colleges run atKarad and Ogalewadi comprise of a large number of girl students from the weakersocio-economic background. There is a dearth of funds to improve the physicalinfrastructure of the schools as well as to have modern facilities for teaching-learning.Hence guidance was provided to them to get funds from C.S.R. Chairman of the trustBalasaheb Kulkarni and Secretary Chandrashekhar Deshpande praised this initiative ofRMP.

10.3 Leadership Development Training :A training programme on leadership development skills for volunteers was launched on2nd July, 2016 on behalf of the CIBLS of RMP. This programme is organised for thetrustees and office bearers of social, political, religious organisations, self-employed andthe students. This programme is conducted twice a week for a period of 3 months. In all41 participants from all over Maharashtra attended this training programme.

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Citing examples, Dr. Aruna Kaulgud explained the need and definition of leadership,types of leadership, understanding self image, how to develop one's personality for effectiveleadership, goal setting and organisation skills. The participants were asked to preparevision, mission and objectives related to their work. Manish Puranik guided the participantsabout building an organisation, through games and audio visual medium. The noted authorand expert Shyam Bhurke presented the topic of conversation skills and conflictmanagement in a crisp manner.

10.4 Capacity Enhancement Programme for the Teachers and Counselling SkillsWorkshop :

A two-day workshop on capacity enhancement and counselling skills was organised forthe 50 teachers of the secondary section of Hindustan Antibiotics School of DeccanEducation Society, Pimpri on 4-5 March 2017. These workshops are organised with aview to develop the capacity of the teachers so that they contribute to the development ofthe institution and to make them actively participate in the intellectual, emotional andsocial development of the students by acquiring counselling skills.

Eknath Burse, principal of the school gave the welcome speech whereas the president ofthe committee Dr. Sunil Bhandge gave the keynote address. On the first day, AnayaNisal and Dr. Deepak Gupte guided the participants. "The role of the teachers in counselling"was the subject of the opening session. The speakers demonstrated how the teachershould maintain a positive outlook and help the student solve his problems. They alsoexplained through role-play the need to maintain confidentiality, accepting the problem ofa student and creating confidence and then do counselling in the right atmosphere. Teacherswere guided about different aspects of the counselling. The speakers gave valuableinformation about the milestones in the growth of the children, classification of thebehavioural problems, skills of counselling, types of counselling and the importance ofteachers being the counsellors. In all the sessions, participation and response of the teacherswas heartening.

Shyam Bhurke guided the teachers in under taking their own personal SWOT analysisand mutual relationship. He underlined the importance of having qualities like motivation,positive attitude and technical skills in one’s self along with being a competent teacherand / or counsellor.

In this workshop, Ramchandra Dimble guided the teachers about the ways of crisismanagement in one's personal life and in the school. He also guided them in ways ofmanaging stress in a proper manner.

This two day workshop helped the teachers in understanding clearly the concepts ofcounselling skills. Thus it was found to be highly rewarding by the participants.

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The other programmes were conducted as follows :

Details about other Training Programmes :

Sr. Date of Title of the Programme No.of ParticipantsNo. Programme Male Female

1 9-10 April, 2016 Training Programme of Capacity 37 7Enhancement for Trustees

2 16-17 May, 2016 Training Programme of Administrative 32 5Management for Principal and Clerks

3 3-4 June, 2016 Training Programme for Capacity 9 38Building of Teachers

4 18-19 June, 2016 Training Programme of Administrative 32 5Management for Principals andClerks

5 28-29 June, 2016 Self-employment and Entrepreneur- 0 30

ship Training Programme

6 6 July, 2016 Training Programme on Capacity 9 38Building of Teachers

7 9-10 July, 2016 Training Programme on Capacity 18 24Building of Teachers

8 30-31 July, 2016 Training Programme on Leadership 32 8Skills Development of Volunteers

9 20-21 August, 2016 Training Programme on Capacity 34 46Building of Teachers

10 27-28 August, 2016 Training Programme on Development 32 8of Leadership Skills

11 17 September, 2016 Effective use of Website and Social 11 38Media: A Training Programme

12 18 September, 2016 Writing Proposal for Fund Raising 14 36and CSR

13 5 November, 2016 Needbased Analysis for NGOs 12 8

14 6 November, 2016 Preparing Project Proposal for 10 7NGOs

15 25-26 November, 2016 Training Programme for the Capacity 27 31Building of College Teachers

16 11 February, 2017 Workshop for the Financial 23 9Management of the NGOs

17 12 February, 2017 Workshop for the Institution Building 24 5for NGOs

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Other Programmes

Sr. Date of Title of the Speakers No. ofNo. Programme Programme Participants

1. 8 Oct., 2016 Tragedy of Kasmir Dr.Shrikant Paranjape 63

2. 3 Dec., 2016 On A Different Note Abhay Tilak 34

3. 7 Jan., 2017 Social Awareness of Media Dilip Karambelkar 18

4. 14 Feb., 2017My Ward - My Vote Satish Kulkarni 20

5. 11 Mar, 2017 Open Dialogue-Janmajahnvi...Ashlesha Mahajan 17

The Women's Life Flow

11. RAMBHAU MHALGI PRABODHINI, DELHI

Since 2011, independent programmes are being organised at the Delhi centre of RMPunder the leadership of Dr. Sumeet Bhasin, many programmes are being organised here.Ravi Pokharna, Programme Officer, with a degree in management, has been organisingvarious programmes through Delhi office.

Noteworthy Programmes:

11.1 Gram Chetna III -

National Consultative Meeting on Rural Development & Release of Study Report'Making Villages Open Defecation Free' :

RMP had launched its Gram Chetna initiative in the year 2015 to train the workers ofvoluntary sector active in the field of rural development & to keep them updated of thelatest government schemes. The first and second editions of Gram Chetna were organisedin November 2015 at GSDS, New Delhi & Feb 2016 at NIRO, Guwahati respectively.On 22 August 2016, RMP held its third edition in the form of a National ConsultativeMeeting on Rural Development' in Gandhi Darshan in New Delhi. 42 delegates of 40organisations selected from 12 states participated in this one day meet. The inaugurationsession was graced by Ravindra Sathe, Executive Director, RMP, Dipankar Gyan,Director Gandhi Smriti Darshan Samiti, Santosh Gupta, CEO, ISRN. In the morningsessions, participants brain stormed on various issues of Rural Development in an attemptto prepare a note which can be presented to the Hon Minister. The deliberation sessionswere chaired by Sanjay Ganjoo and Neelesh Kulkarni. The afternoon session was gracedwith the presence of Hon. Minister Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and SanitationNarendra Singh Tomar and Dr.Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. After a brief introduction of all

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participants, the key issues were presented to the Minister. The session was moderatedby Ravindra Sathe. The Study report 'Making Villages Open Defecation Free-Issues ininstitutionalisation of success 'was released in the evening session. RMP had partneredwith Public Policy Research Centre and Global Sanitation Fund to formulate this report.Anand Shekhar, GSF gave a background of the study. A presentation on the researchstudy was made by Ravi Pokharna followed by the speech of Hon. Minister NarendraSingh Tomar. Other important guests present were Ranjit Dutta, Cabinet MinisterGovernment of Assam, Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary Drinking Water and Sanitation,GOI.

11.2 Report on Orientation Workshop for Chairpersons and Members of StateCommissions (SCPCRs) :

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhinijointly organised a two days orientation workshop on 2-3 September 2016. The workshopwas attended by Chairpersons & Members of State Commissions and other stakeholdersfor Protection of Child Rights. The objective of the programme was to develop effectivecoordination among SCPCRs and NCPCR, to address administrative issues and challengesfaced by the Commissions in day to day functioning and apprise them about the acts andlegislations with respect to child rights and child protection as well as to sensitise the newmembers and Chairpersons regarding their functioning and powers.

Chairperson of NCPCR Stuti Kacker, Yashwant Jain, Member NCPCR and PriyankKanoongo, Member NCPCR were present during the inaugural session. In the two dayprogramme six technical sessions were conducted. Few of these are : - Mandate, functionsand powers of NCPCR/SCPCR, Concept of NCPCR/SCPCR and concept of child friendlyvillage, Preparation of budget proposal, Role of NCPCR/SCPCR in monitoring JJ Act2015. A group discussion amongst the participants on the Grievance redressal mechanismin different states in India was also a part of the programme. One of the key objectives ofthe programme was to share the best practices being followed at various SCPCRs andhow others can benefit from them.

In each technical session there were expert speakers like Stuti Kacker, Roopa Kapoor,Preeti Srivastava, Yashwant Jain and Priyank Kanoongo. In valedictory SessionDr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said that "Child rights can only be implemented when adultschange their mindset". Further he said that "Awareness and sensitisation amongst thelegislators is also very necessary". He appealed to formulate childhood policy rather thanchild policy because the concept of childhood is broader than that of the child. At the endof this two day National convention vote of thanks was delivered by Yashwant Jain. 100participants from 18 states attended the programme.

11.3 Gram Chetna: Consultative Meeting on Rural Development

RMP and CAPART had successfully organised a two-day orientation workshop inassociation with NIRD-NERC, Guwahati. It was held in February 2016 at NIRD-NERC

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Campus, Guwahati . As a follow up to the above workshop RMP and CAPART conducteda half day consultative meeting in NIRD-NERC campus on 9 Sep., 2016. The meet wasattended by 30 delegates from across North-Eastern states. NIRD-NERC DirectorR.M.Pant, Ravindra Sathe, Executive Director, RMP, C. S. Pandey, Director, CAPART,Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor University of Science Technology, Meghalaya and Memberrepresentative from North Eastern Regional Council were also present. A movie on thelast orientation programme was also shown at the beginning of the programme. An opendiscussion on various issues pertaining to rural development in Assam and other northeastern states took place. Towards the end of the discussion, all participants appreciatedsuch meetings and thanked RMP and CAPART for the initiative.

11.4 Transforming India Dialogues :

As a part of sustained outreach of RMP to the intellectuals, thinkers, academicians andopinion makers, RMP Delhi planned to start Transforming India Dialogues (TID) inassociation with Nehru Memorial Museum and library (NMML), New Delhi. The objectivewas to attempt to provide a high-powered platform for key government leaders andthinkers to have an intense, honest and forward looking interaction on the transformative,reformist policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government with a selectleadership of intellectual and academics of the country.

Transforming India : Dialogue 1

Date - 17 January 2017

Venue - Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi

Speaker - Prakash Javadekar, Hon Minister of HRD

Chair - Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

The Transforming India Lecture Series was inaugurated on 17 January 2017 by HonourableMinister of Human Resource and Development Prakash Javadekar. The Session was chairedby Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe.

There were 120 participants which included learned and well known thinkers, scholars,academicians from Delhi University, Jawahar Lal University, ICSSR, Amity University, IPUniversity, IIPA etc.

Transforming India : Dialogue 2

Date - 21 February 2017

Venue - Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi

Speaker - Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS (IC), Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Chair - Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

Moderator - Shakti Sinha, Director NMML

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In second Transforming India Dialogue (TID-2), session was chaired by Dr. VinaySahasrabuddhe and welcome address was delivered by Shakti Sinha, Director NMML. Guestspeaker was Hon. Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman. She spoke aboutthe achievements of her ministry and the innovative and out of the box interventions made byher in last 2.5 years. In the Q&A session she spoke about the India's International traderelations with various countries at bilateral level and with regional organisations like ASEAN,SAARC etc. 90 participants from different academic institutions participated in the dialogue.

Transforming India : Dialogue 3

Date - 31 March 2017

Venue - Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi

Speaker - Amitabh Kant, CEO Niti Aayog

Chair - Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

Moderator - Ravikant Mishra, Deputy Director NMML

In third Transforming India Dialogue (TID-3), the session was chaired by Dr. VinaySahasrabuddhe and welcome address was given by Ravikant Mishra, Deputy Director NMML.Guest speaker was Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Institution for TransformingIndia (NITI) Aayog Amitabh Kant. Kant said that NITI Aayog aims to build strong States thatwill come together to build a strong India. As the government's premier think-tank, we viewbuilding and transfer of knowledge as catalyst for real transformation of the states. He outlinedthe global shifts that impact the nation's development. In this lecture he discussed India'smany advantages, its potential to address existing challenges and the opportunities that layahead by using technology and innovation as levers for transformation. 95 participants fromvarious academic institutions attended the dialogue.

12. RMP-KEC

The Knowledge Excellence Centre of RMP, well equipped for training programmes andsituated in the lap of nature has become quite a popular destination for such events.Along with social, spiritual and commercial organisations, the corporates seem to choosethe KEC for the internal training programmes and meetings on regular basis. Corporatesfrom the fields of Insurance, Energy, Education, Consultancy and Engineering are visitingRMP regularly. Few of them include - Siemens Ltd., Mukand Ltd., Mahindra and MahindraLtd., Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., Britannia Industries Ltd., Tata Chemicals, MumbaiEducational Trust, British Council, Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, Rallies IndiaLtd., Kokuyo Camlin, Pidilite Industries Ltd. 12 new corporates held their programmes atPrabodhini and expressed their complete satisfaction about the facilities and co-ordinationat RMP.

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From the field of voluntary organisations, 13 new institutions preferred the venue of

Prabodhini for their programmes along with institutions like Brahmavidya Sadhak Sangh,

Piramal Foundation,Prerana School of Inspiration.

Overall all the organisations expressed their satisfaction at the facilities at RMP. However

Prabodhini tries to maintain the standard and strive for excellence.

Training programmes of Prabodhini are mainly conducted at KEC, Uttan. The registered

office of Prabodhini in Mumbai is at Wadala. The auditorium over there is professionally

utilised. The auditorium, with a capacity of 50 is well-equipped with modern amenities for

training. The venue is centrally located at a walkable distance from Dadar station in

Mumbai and is easily accessible. This auditorium is very useful for the training programmes

of the NGOs and the Corporates as well as for the seminars and meetings.

Besides these programmes conducted by Prabodhini, in all 167 Corporate houses have

organised their programmes. The Corporates comprised Fastrack Group, Born 2 Win,

Me Udyojak, Konkan Bhoomi Pratisthan, Sakal-Mumbai, Tarun Bharat and many others.

12.1 Rambhau Mhalgi Death Anniversary :

Mhalgi Smruti Din was observed on 6 March 2016 since it was the death anniversary of

Late Rambhau Mhalgi. Few Employees of Prabodhini read out select passages from

books based on the life of Rambhau Mhalgi which revived his memories. Besides

employees of Prabodhini, other employees of the agency at RMP also attended this

programme.

12.2 Late Pramod Mahajan’s 10th Death Anniversary :

To pay homage to Late Pramod Mahajan on his 10th death anniversary a programme

was organised at the Uttan office on 3 May 2016.

Senior party leader Madhu Chavan commented on the life and work of Pramod Mahajan.

All the employees of Prabodhini attended the programme.

13. IN-HOUSE TRAINING :

On behalf of Prabodhini, many in-house training programmes were organised for

personality development of the employees and to improve quality of their work. Besides

the internal training programmes, some of the officers participate in few offsite programmes

arranged by other organisations.

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Following programmes were organised for the training and welfare of RMP employees:

13.1 Training Programme of English Language for the Employees of Prabodhini:

On 9 April, a training programme was conducted at Uttan office on English Speaking andWriting Skills for the Staff of Prabodhini. Dr. Hemangi Bhagwat was invited to impart thetraining. It was attended by 25 employees. On 27 April, Govind Ambardekar, ChiefManager (Admin.) conducted similar training programme.

13.2 D.T.P. Training :

A training programme of D.T.P. was conducted by Kirti Computers Institute on21-22 April, 5-8 May, 18-19 June and 22 July 2016. This was attended by 8 staff members.

13.3 Str ess Management :

A workshop on stress management was organised on 22 July, 2016 at RMP-KEC bySmt. Rasika Joshi. 'How to overcome the stress in personal and the professional life andstay happy' was the theme of the workshop on Stress Management.

13.4 Health Care :

A training programme on Health Care was conducted on 23 December, 2016 byDr. Kalpana Godbole. Guidelines were given about maintaining good health. Employeesof Prabodhini and staff of other agencies participated in this training programme.

13.5 Study Tour of Officers of Prabodhini :

A study tour was organised on 30 April to 1 May 2016 for the officers of Prabodhini.Mahalaxmi Mandir of Kolhapur, Panhalgad and Kaneri Math were covered in the tour.Information about the functioning of various systems at Kaneri Math was obtained by thetouring officers. In all 16 officers had participated in the tour. Initiatives like these help toexpand the vision of the employees.

Following members were newly inducted in the General Body of RMP duringthe year :

• Madhav Bhandari • Yashwant Thakar • Shriram Patwardhan

• Vivek Atre • Vinod Pawar • Neelesh Kulkarni

• Rajendra Nannaware• Sujay Patki

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~ Managing Committee ~

Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande Chairman

Dr.Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Vice-chairman

Mangal Prabhat Lodha Secretary

Pratap Ashar Treasurer

Anup Agarwalla Member

Vijay (Bhai) Girkar Member

Rekha Mahajan Member

Arvind Rege Member

V. Satish Member

Ravindra Sathe Executive Director

Photograph Captions :

A. Front Cover :1. General Secretary of RSS, Bhaiyyaji Joshi delivering ‘Rambhau Mhalgi Memorial

Lecture’. Also seen Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande, Ravindra Vanjarwadkar, Ravindra Satheand Milind Betawadkar.

2. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis speaking at ‘Jan-Gan-Man:National Convention on Good Governance through Public Participation’. Also seenChief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Prof. Aniruddha Deshpande,Dr.Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Pratapbhai Ashar and Rekha Mahajan.

B. Back Cover :1. Central Minister of Commerce, Nirmala Sitharaman along with Dr.Vinay Sahasrabudhe

at ‘Transforming India Dialogue’.2. Visit of Malaysian delegation to RMP-KEC.3. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis felicitating Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

on being elected as a Member of Parliament. Also seen Pratapbhai Ashar,Vijay (bhai) Girkar, Arvind Rege.