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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prabhune lived in [[Nimgaon Mhalungi]] village in [[Pune district]]  for nearly 10 years working with the locals.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;asidhara1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - १) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails?NewsId=4808362635705281170 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His stay at this village allowed him to observe and interact with the nomadic communities including the [[Pardhi]], [[Waddar]], [[Kaikadi people|Kaikadi]], Davari Gosavi, [[Gondhali]], [[Domba|dombari]], [[Kolhati]], [[Lambadi]], and [[Pothuraju]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Prabhune |first1=Girish |title=Lok Ani Sanskruti (लोक आणि संस्कृती) |publisher=Hindustan Prakashan |url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5341963920574756160 |access-date=24 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paradhi2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 2) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4946113239787782381 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prabhune lived in [[Nimgaon Mhalungi]] village in [[Pune district]]  for nearly 10 years working with the locals.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;asidhara1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - १) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails?NewsId=4808362635705281170 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His stay at this village allowed him to observe and interact with the nomadic communities including the [[Pardhi]], [[Waddar]], [[Kaikadi people|Kaikadi]], Davari Gosavi, [[Gondhali]], [[Domba|dombari]], [[Kolhati]], [[Lambadi]], and [[Pothuraju]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Prabhune |first1=Girish |title=Lok Ani Sanskruti (लोक आणि संस्कृती) |publisher=Hindustan Prakashan |url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5341963920574756160 |access-date=24 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paradhi2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 2) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4946113239787782381 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1993, he started a school in rural &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Yamgarwadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; village in [[Tuljapur Tahsil]], [[Osmanabad district]] for the children of the nomadic tribes,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yamgarwadi3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 3) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4755370226331075819 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yamgarwadi4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 4) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4772283916823778859 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Nagesh |title=Yamgarwadi has become a pilgrimage of social reform: Mohanji Bhagwat |url=https://samvada.org/2011/news-digest/yamgarwadi-has-become-a-pilgrimage-of-social-reform-mohanji-bhagwat/ |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Vishwa Samvada Kendra |date=28 April 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which still continues to this date.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;devoted-activist&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=भटके विमुक्तांच्या पाऊलवाटा पुसल्या गेल्या...! |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/girish-prabhune/articleshow/61989169.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=9 December 2017 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1993, he started a school in rural &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Yamgarwadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; village in [[Tuljapur Tahsil]], [[Osmanabad district]] for the children of the nomadic tribes,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yamgarwadi3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 3) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4755370226331075819 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yamgarwadi4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 4) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4772283916823778859 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Nagesh |title=Yamgarwadi has become a pilgrimage of social reform: Mohanji Bhagwat |url=https://samvada.org/2011/news-digest/yamgarwadi-has-become-a-pilgrimage-of-social-reform-mohanji-bhagwat/ |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Vishwa Samvada Kendra |date=28 April 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which still continues to this date.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;devoted-activist&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=भटके विमुक्तांच्या पाऊलवाटा पुसल्या गेल्या...! |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/girish-prabhune/articleshow/61989169.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=9 December 2017 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In later part of his life he started the &#039;&#039;Punarutthan Samarasata Gurukulam&#039;&#039;, a NGO run by &#039;&#039;[[Chapekar brothers|Krantiveer Chapekar Smarak Samiti]]&#039;&#039;, in [[Chinchwad]], [[Pune]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=पद्मश्री गिरीश प्रभुणेंचं उल्लेखनीय समाजकार्य,&#039;गुरुकुलम&#039;च्या माध्यमातून पारधी समाजासाठी मोठं योगदान |url=https://marathi.abplive.com/majha-katta/remarkable-social-work-of-padma-shri-girish-prabhune-contribution-to-pardhi-community-859379 |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[ABP Majha]] |date=31 January 2021 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Chapekar museum to have research centre |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/chapekar-museum-to-have-research-centre/articleshow/65155689.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=July 26, 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This NGO and runs schools and residential facility for the &#039;&#039;Pardhi&#039;&#039; children.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Bengrut |first1=Dheeraj |title=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pune’s &lt;/del&gt;Sindhutai Sapkal and Girish Prabhune named Padmashree award winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/punes-sindhutai-sapkal-and-girish-prabhune-named-padmashree-award-winners-101611596656660.html |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 January 2021 |location=Pune |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Urunkar |first1=Salil |title=Meet &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;‘Padma Shri’ &lt;/del&gt;Girish Prabhune, the man on mission for uplifting Pardhi community children |url=https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/maharashtra/meet-padma-shri-girish-prabhune-the-man-on-mission-for-uplifting-pardhi-community-children |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=The Bridge Chronicle |date=26 January 2021 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In later part of his life he started the &#039;&#039;Punarutthan Samarasata Gurukulam&#039;&#039;, a NGO run by &#039;&#039;[[Chapekar brothers|Krantiveer Chapekar Smarak Samiti]]&#039;&#039;, in [[Chinchwad]], [[Pune]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=पद्मश्री गिरीश प्रभुणेंचं उल्लेखनीय समाजकार्य,&#039;गुरुकुलम&#039;च्या माध्यमातून पारधी समाजासाठी मोठं योगदान |url=https://marathi.abplive.com/majha-katta/remarkable-social-work-of-padma-shri-girish-prabhune-contribution-to-pardhi-community-859379 |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[ABP Majha]] |date=31 January 2021 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Chapekar museum to have research centre |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/chapekar-museum-to-have-research-centre/articleshow/65155689.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=July 26, 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This NGO and runs schools and residential facility for the &#039;&#039;Pardhi&#039;&#039; children.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Bengrut |first1=Dheeraj |title=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pune&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;Sindhutai Sapkal and Girish Prabhune named Padmashree award winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/punes-sindhutai-sapkal-and-girish-prabhune-named-padmashree-award-winners-101611596656660.html |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 January 2021 |location=Pune |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Urunkar |first1=Salil |title=Meet &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;Padma Shri&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;Girish Prabhune, the man on mission for uplifting Pardhi community children |url=https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/maharashtra/meet-padma-shri-girish-prabhune-the-man-on-mission-for-uplifting-pardhi-community-children |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=The Bridge Chronicle |date=26 January 2021 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Girish Y. Prabhune&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 1952&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sarkarnama&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;) is an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work towards upliftment of the nomadic [[Phase Pardhi|Pardhi]] community and their children since 1970. He was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] in 2021 in Social Work category.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Work==&lt;br /&gt;
Prabhune began his career as a social worker in early 1970s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Prabhune |first1=Girish |title=Palavarach Jin (पालावरचं जीणं) |publisher=Hindustan Prakashan |url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5124137478102817007 |year=2002 |access-date=24 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Prabhuṇe |first1=Girīśa |title=Pāradhī |date=2006 |publisher=Rajhans Prakashan |location=Puṇe |isbn=9788174343482 |edition=1st |url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5564283940148274240 |access-date=24 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He initially started working with [[:w:mr:श्री.ग. माजगावकर|Srikant G. Majgaokar]] in the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gramayan&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[non-governmental organization|NGO]] during the [[Famine_in_India#1972_Maharashtra_drought|1972 Maharashtra drought]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;devoted-activist&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He also ran a periodical called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Asidhara&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, but this endeavor left him in debt.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;marx&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Prabhune lived in [[Nimgaon Mhalungi]] village in [[Pune district]]  for nearly 10 years working with the locals.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;asidhara1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - १) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails?NewsId=4808362635705281170 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His stay at this village allowed him to observe and interact with the nomadic communities including the [[Pardhi]], [[Waddar]], [[Kaikadi people|Kaikadi]], Davari Gosavi, [[Gondhali]], [[Domba|dombari]], [[Kolhati]], [[Lambadi]], and [[Pothuraju]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Prabhune |first1=Girish |title=Lok Ani Sanskruti (लोक आणि संस्कृती) |publisher=Hindustan Prakashan |url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books/details/5341963920574756160 |access-date=24 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paradhi2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 2) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4946113239787782381 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Prabhune started discussions with [[Laxman Mane]] to start the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhatke Wimukt Vikas Parishad&amp;#039;&amp;#039; organisation for uplifting the nomadic communities.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paradhi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Via this organization, he organized the nomadic tribes in [[Beed district|Beed]], [[Osmanabad district|Osmanabad]], [[Solapur district|Solapur]], [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]], [[Nanded district|Nanded]], and [[Pune district|Pune]]  districts, advancing their political power. He also fought court battles arguing for nomadic rights.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=समर्पित कार्यकर्ता: गिरीश प्रभुणे |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/editorial/manasa/girish-prabhune-devoted-activist/articleshow/80661305.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=3 February 2021 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Prabhune, a [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] volunteer since young age,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;devoted-activist&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;family&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Sharda |first1=Ratan |title=Secrets of RSS: Demystifying the Sangh |date=2011 |publisher=Manas Publications |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788170493198 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=CFfF_02L-6cC |access-date=24 March 2021 |language=en |chapter=XIII. Nation, Society and RSS}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; effectively persuaded 50,000 fed-up [[Dalit]]s who had intended to [[religious conversion|leave]] Hinduism for [[Dalit Buddhist movement|Buddhism]] at [[Deekshabhoomi]] in [[Nagpur]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sarkarnama&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=पद्मश्री जाहीर होताच डॉ. गिरीश प्रभूणे यांचे महापौर, आमदार, खासदारांकडून अभिनंदन |url=https://www.sarkarnama.in/top-news-mobile-pimpri-chinchwad-vishleshan/soon-padma-shri-was-announced-dr-congratulations-girish |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Sarkarnama |date=21 January 2021 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1993, he started a school in rural &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Yamgarwadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; village in [[Tuljapur Tahsil]], [[Osmanabad district]] for the children of the nomadic tribes,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yamgarwadi3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 3) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4755370226331075819 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;yamgarwadi4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 4) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=4772283916823778859 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Nagesh |title=Yamgarwadi has become a pilgrimage of social reform: Mohanji Bhagwat |url=https://samvada.org/2011/news-digest/yamgarwadi-has-become-a-pilgrimage-of-social-reform-mohanji-bhagwat/ |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Vishwa Samvada Kendra |date=28 April 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which still continues to this date.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;devoted-activist&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=भटके विमुक्तांच्या पाऊलवाटा पुसल्या गेल्या...! |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/girish-prabhune/articleshow/61989169.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=9 December 2017 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In later part of his life he started the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Punarutthan Samarasata Gurukulam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a NGO run by &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Chapekar brothers|Krantiveer Chapekar Smarak Samiti]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, in [[Chinchwad]], [[Pune]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=पद्मश्री गिरीश प्रभुणेंचं उल्लेखनीय समाजकार्य,&amp;#039;गुरुकुलम&amp;#039;च्या माध्यमातून पारधी समाजासाठी मोठं योगदान |url=https://marathi.abplive.com/majha-katta/remarkable-social-work-of-padma-shri-girish-prabhune-contribution-to-pardhi-community-859379 |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[ABP Majha]] |date=31 January 2021 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Chapekar museum to have research centre |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/chapekar-museum-to-have-research-centre/articleshow/65155689.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=July 26, 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This NGO and runs schools and residential facility for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pardhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; children.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Bengrut |first1=Dheeraj |title=Pune’s Sindhutai Sapkal and Girish Prabhune named Padmashree award winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/punes-sindhutai-sapkal-and-girish-prabhune-named-padmashree-award-winners-101611596656660.html |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 January 2021 |location=Pune |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Urunkar |first1=Salil |title=Meet ‘Padma Shri’ Girish Prabhune, the man on mission for uplifting Pardhi community children |url=https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/maharashtra/meet-padma-shri-girish-prabhune-the-man-on-mission-for-uplifting-pardhi-community-children |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=The Bridge Chronicle |date=26 January 2021 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards ==&lt;br /&gt;
* 2021 - [[Padma Shri]] in Social work category&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite press release |title=Padma Awards 2021 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1692337 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date=25 January 2021 |location=Delhi, India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=गिरीश प्रभुणे, सिंधुताई सपकाळ यांना पद्मश्री |url=https://www.loksatta.com/desh-videsh-news/padma-shri-to-girish-prabhune-sindhutai-sapkal-abn-97-2387689/ |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=26 January 2021 |language=mr-IN}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Girish Prabhune Exclusive: पारधी समाजासाठी कार्य करणाऱ्या गिरीश प्रभुणेंचा &amp;#039;पद्मश्री&amp;#039;ने सन्मान |url=https://www.tv9marathi.com/videos/girish-prabhune-exclusive-interview-after-announcing-padmashri-380388.html |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[TV9 Marathi]] |date=26 January 2021 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2015 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samajik Seva Jivan Gaurav Puraskar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=गिरीश प्रभुणेंना जीवनगौरव |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/girish-prabhune/articleshow/47182707.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=7 May 2015 |language=mr}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*2000 - Antyodaya Puraskar by [[Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url = http://rmponweb.org/projects-antyodaya-puraskar.php|title = Antyodaya Puraskar|access-date = January 11, 2015|website = Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini|publisher = rmponweb.org|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103164748/http://www.rmponweb.org/projects-antyodaya-puraskar.php|archive-date = 3 January 2015|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
Prabhune was born in 1952 in a [[Brahmin]] family.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;family&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 9) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=5732538107992719617 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He lives in [[Chinchwad]] with his wife Arundhati and their 3 children.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;marx&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=मार्क्सवादामुळे देशाची संस्कृती नष्ट; गिरीश प्रभुणे यांचे मत |url=https://www.esakal.com/pimpri-chinchwad/marxism-destroys-culture-country-said-girish-prabhune-409701 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Sakal]] |date=15 February 2021 |language=mr-IN}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Awati |first1=Arati |title=असिधारा व्रताची सुरुवात (गिरीश प्रभुणे विशेष मुलाखत - 10) |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails/?NewsId=5527221095777816956 |lang=mr-IN |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Bytes of India |date=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://gurukulamonline.org/ Website for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Punarutthan Samarasata Gurukulam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]&lt;br /&gt;
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