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	'''Girish Bharadwaj''' (May 2, 1950 in Karnataka) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ social worker often referred to as ''Sethu Bandhu'' and ''Bridgeman of India'' for building around 127 bridges in remote villages across India. He was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2017.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/sullias-bridge-man-gets-padma-shri/articleshow/56782927.cms \|title=Sullia's bridge-man gets Padma Shri \|work= [[The Times of India]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="OU">{{cite web\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/president-pranab-mukherjee-confers-padma-awards/968104 \|title=President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards \|publisher= [[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="DC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260117/padma-shri-award-bridge-man-credits-it-to-his-employees.html \|title=Padma Shri award: 'Bridge Man' credits it to his employees \|publisher= [[Deccan Chronicle]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="FP">{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/invincible-indians-solid-people-solid-stories-3737367.html \|title=Invincible Indians: Solid People, Solid Stories \|publisher= [[Firstpost]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>		'''Girish Bharadwaj''' (May 2, 1950 in Karnataka) is an Indian social worker often referred to as ''Sethu Bandhu'' and ''Bridgeman of India'' for building around 127 bridges in remote villages across India. He was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2017.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/sullias-bridge-man-gets-padma-shri/articleshow/56782927.cms \|title=Sullia's bridge-man gets Padma Shri \|work= [[The Times of India]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="OU">{{cite web\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/president-pranab-mukherjee-confers-padma-awards/968104 \|title=President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards \|publisher= [[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="DC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260117/padma-shri-award-bridge-man-credits-it-to-his-employees.html \|title=Padma Shri award: 'Bridge Man' credits it to his employees \|publisher= [[Deccan Chronicle]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="FP">{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/invincible-indians-solid-people-solid-stories-3737367.html \|title=Invincible Indians: Solid People, Solid Stories \|publisher= [[Firstpost]] \|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

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'''Girish Bharadwaj''' (May 2, 1950 in Karnataka) is an [[India]]n social worker often referred to as ''Sethu Bandhu'' and ''Bridgeman of India'' for building around 127 bridges in remote villages across India. He was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2017.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/sullias-bridge-man-gets-padma-shri/articleshow/56782927.cms |title=Sullia's bridge-man gets Padma Shri |work= [[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="OU">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/president-pranab-mukherjee-confers-padma-awards/968104 |title=President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards |publisher= [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="DC">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260117/padma-shri-award-bridge-man-credits-it-to-his-employees.html |title=Padma Shri award: 'Bridge Man' credits it to his employees |publisher= [[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="FP">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/invincible-indians-solid-people-solid-stories-3737367.html |title=Invincible Indians: Solid People, Solid Stories |publisher= [[Firstpost]] |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bharadwaj was born on 2 May 1950 and hails from [[Sullia]] in [[Karnataka]]. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree in 1973 from [[P.E.S. College of Engineering]] in [[Mandya]].<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="SM">{{cite web|url=http://starofmysore.com/bridge-man-girish-bharadwaj-vviet-city-mar-7/ |title=Bridge man Girish Bharadwaj at VVIET |publisher= [[Star of Mysore]] |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> He and his wife Usha have 3 children.

== Career ==
He built his first bridge in 1989 across the [[Payaswini]] river at Arambur in Southern Karnataka. Since then, he has built around thirty bridges in Kerala, two each in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, while the rest of his works are in various parts of Karnataka.<ref name="DC" /><ref name="TH">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Padma-award-winners-from-Karnataka-are-an-eclectic-mix/article17094103.ece |title=Padma award winners from Karnataka are an eclectic mix |work= [[The Hindu]] |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

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