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{{Short description|Indian social worker}}
'''Om Prakash Gandhi''' (official name '''Om Prakash Poswal''') (born 1 February 1942) is a [[social worker]] from the [[India]]n State of [[Haryana]] dedicated to the cause of girl child education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will continue to work for women's education:Padma Shri Om Prakash Gandhi |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/interview-of-haryana-social-worker-om-prakash-gandhi-honored-with-padma-shri-award/na20220126180925632 |website=ETV Bharat |access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>

He was born in a [[Gurjar]] farmer family in Madhobans village in [[Yamunanagar]] district in Haryana and completed his school education from Mukand Lal Senior Secondary School, [[Radaur]]. He obtained the B Sc degree from Agra University. After securing MSc degree in physics from [[Meerut University]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]]), he joined Gurjar Degree College (since renamed as Gochar Mahavidhyalaya) at [[Rampur Maniharan]] in [[Saharanpur district]] of Uttar Pradesh as a lecturer. After 20 years of service in the college, he resigned his job to work in the field of women education. He formed the Kanya Vidhya Pracharni Sabha, a society to spread awareness about education among girls at Khadri village, in 1984 and under the aegis of the Sabha founded the Gurjar Kanya Vidhya Mandir School in Devdhar village in Yamunanagar district in Haryana. The Sabha has also established Gurjar Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Yamuna Nagar a higher education institution for girls. On 14 January 2022, Haryana Chief Minister [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] laid the foundation stone of a new institution Samrat Mihir Bhoj Gurukul Vidyapeeth being established under the patronage of Om Praksh Gandhi.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web |last1=Shiv Kumar Sharma |title=Social worker Om Prakash Gandhi conferred the Padma Shri |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/social-worker-om-prakash-gandhi-conferred-the-padma-shri-364401 |website=Dainik Tribune |access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tribune News Service |title=Khattar lays stone of Jagadhri Samrat Mihir Bhoj Vidyapeeth |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/khattar-lays-stone-of-jagadhri-samrat-mihir-bhoj-vidyapeeth-361452 |website=Dainik Tribune |access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>

==Recognition: Padma Shri==

In the year 2022, the government of India conferred the [[Padma Shri]] Award, the third highest award in the Padma series of awards, on Om Prakash Gandhi for his distinguished service in the field of [[social work]].<ref name="PadmaShri2022">{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2022 |url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125143803/https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf |archive-date=2022-01-25 |url-status=live|website=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> The award is in recognition of his service as a "Social Worker from Haryana dedicated to the cause of girl child education".<ref name="PadmaShri2022Images">{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2022 |url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/AwardeeTickets2022.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129172910/https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/AwardeeTickets2022.aspx |archive-date=2022-01-29 |url-status=live|website=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)#Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 2022|Padma Shri Award recipients in the year 2022]]

==References==

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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}

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