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	\|birth_place = [[Anandwan]]		\|birth_place = [[Anandwan]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[Dominion of India]].<br/>(Now [[Maharashtra]], India)
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	\|education = [[MBBS]] MS General Surgery		\|education = [[MBBS]] MS General Surgery
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	\| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2002)<br> [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (2008)		\| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2002)<br> [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (2008)
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	'''Prakash Baba Amte''' is a social worker from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Amte and his wife, [[Mandakini Amte]], were awarded the [[Magsaysay Award]] for 'Community Leadership'<ref name=Magsaysay>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html Citation] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827114435/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html \|date=27 August 2008 }} from the [http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php website of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731145810/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php \|date=31 July 2008 }}</ref> in 2008 for their [[philanthropy\|philanthropic]] work<ref name="Prakash Reference1">{{cite news \|last1=Pandey \|first1=Kirti \|title=Family tree of Baba Amte: Sons Prakash and Vikas Amte; who was Sheetal Amte and her role at Anandwan \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/family-tree-of-baba-amte-sons-prakash-and-vikas-amte-who-was-sheetal-amte-and-her-role-at-anandwan/689042 \|access-date=5 March 2021 \|publisher=www.timesnownews.com \|date=1 December 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> in the form of the [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] amongst the [[Madia Gond]]s in the [[Gadchiroli]] district of [[Maharashtra]] and the neighbouring states of [[Telangana]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]]. In November 2019 he was awarded with ICMR Lifetime Achievement Award by [[Bill Gates]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=FIT\|date=2019-11-18\|title=Bill Gates Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Health Heroes\|url=https://fit.thequint.com/health-news/bill-gates-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-to-kiran-mazumder-shaw-cyrus-poonawalla-and-prakash-baba-amte\|access-date=2020-12-01\|website=TheQuint\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Prakash Baba Amte''' is a social worker from [[Maharashtra]], India. Amte and his wife, [[Mandakini Amte]], were awarded the [[Magsaysay Award]] for 'Community Leadership'<ref name=Magsaysay>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html Citation] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827114435/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html \|date=27 August 2008 }} from the [http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php website of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731145810/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php \|date=31 July 2008 }}</ref> in 2008 for their [[philanthropy\|philanthropic]] work<ref name="Prakash Reference1">{{cite news \|last1=Pandey \|first1=Kirti \|title=Family tree of Baba Amte: Sons Prakash and Vikas Amte; who was Sheetal Amte and her role at Anandwan \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/family-tree-of-baba-amte-sons-prakash-and-vikas-amte-who-was-sheetal-amte-and-her-role-at-anandwan/689042 \|access-date=5 March 2021 \|publisher=www.timesnownews.com \|date=1 December 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> in the form of the [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] amongst the [[Madia Gond]]s in the [[Gadchiroli]] district of [[Maharashtra]] and the neighbouring states of [[Telangana]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]]. In November 2019 he was awarded with ICMR Lifetime Achievement Award by [[Bill Gates]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=FIT\|date=2019-11-18\|title=Bill Gates Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Health Heroes\|url=https://fit.thequint.com/health-news/bill-gates-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-to-kiran-mazumder-shaw-cyrus-poonawalla-and-prakash-baba-amte\|access-date=2020-12-01\|website=TheQuint\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	:: '''Citation''': ''"In electing Prakash Amte and Mandakini Amte to receive the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the board of trustees recognizes their enhancing the capacity of the Madia Gonds to adapt positively in today's India, through healing and teaching and other compassionate interventions."''		:: '''Citation''': ''"In electing Prakash Amte and Mandakini Amte to receive the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the board of trustees recognizes their enhancing the capacity of the Madia Gonds to adapt positively in today's India, through healing and teaching and other compassionate interventions."''
	* 2002 - [[Padma Shri]], [[Government of India]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>		* 2002 - [[Padma Shri]], [[Government of India]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
	* 1995 - The [[Principality of Monaco]] issued a postal stamp to honour Prakash and Mandakini Amte.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Magsaysay for another generation of Amtes \|url= http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-magsaysay-for-another-generation-of-amtes-1181051 \|website= www.dnaindia.com\|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. \|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Dr. Prakash and Dr. Mrs. Mandakini Amte - International Awards - Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services - 2009-2010\|url=http://hmaward.org.ae/profile.php?id=186 \|publisher=Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences\|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>		* 1995 - The [[Principality of Monaco]] issued a postal stamp to honour Prakash and Mandakini Amte.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Magsaysay for another generation of Amtes \|url= http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-magsaysay-for-another-generation-of-amtes-1181051 \|website= www.dnaindia.com\|date= August 2008 \|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. \|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Dr. Prakash and Dr. Mrs. Mandakini Amte - International Awards - Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services - 2009-2010\|url=http://hmaward.org.ae/profile.php?id=186 \|publisher=Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences\|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>
	* 1984 - Adivasi Sevak Award, from [[Government of Maharashtra]], India		* 1984 - Adivasi Sevak Award, from [[Government of Maharashtra]], India
	* 2019 - Lifetime Achievement Award from ICMR presented by Bill Gates.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bill Gates Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Amte\|url=https://icaonline.org/news/bill-gates-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-to-dr-amte/\|access-date=2020-12-01\|website=ICA\|language=en-US}}</ref>		* 2019 - Lifetime Achievement Award from ICMR presented by Bill Gates.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bill Gates Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Amte\|url=https://icaonline.org/news/bill-gates-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-to-dr-amte/\|access-date=2020-12-01\|website=ICA\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	The biographical film ''[[Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - The Real Hero\|Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero]]'' starring [[Nana Patekar]] as Prakash Amte and [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Mandakini Amte<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> was released on 10 October 2014.<ref>~~http~~://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/~~Biopic~~-on-Dr-~~Prakash~~-~~Amte~~-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms</ref> The film has been released in three languages, Hindi, Marathi and English.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Biopic on Dr Prakash Amte to be released in three languages\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/biopic-on-dr-prakash-amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms \|access-date=5 March 2021 \|~~publisher~~=The Times of India \|date=12 Jan 2017 \|language=en}}</ref>		The biographical film ''[[Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - The Real Hero\|Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero]]'' starring [[Nana Patekar]] as Prakash Amte and [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Mandakini Amte<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> was released on 10 October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Biopic on Dr Prakash Amte to be released in three languages\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/biopic-on-dr-prakash-amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-08-10\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> The film has been released in three languages, Hindi, Marathi and English.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Biopic on Dr Prakash Amte to be released in three languages\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/biopic-on-dr-prakash-amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms \|access-date=5 March 2021 \|work=The Times of India \|date=12 Jan 2017 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Prakash Amte is the second son<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> of Magsaysay awardee [[Baba Amte]]. He obtained a medical degree from Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />,and he met his wife Mandakini during their post graduation studies at Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> Prakash and Mandakini joined Baba Amte and helped her father and others overcome the taboo and fear of leprosy.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />		Prakash Amte is the second son<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> of Magsaysay awardee [[Baba Amte]]. He obtained a medical degree from Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur,<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> and he met his wife Mandakini during their post graduation studies at Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> Prakash and Mandakini joined Baba Amte and helped her father and others overcome the taboo and fear of leprosy.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />

	==Lok Biradari Prakalp==		==Lok Biradari Prakalp==
	In 1973, Amte moved to [[Hemalkasa]] to start the Lok Biradari Prakalp,<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> a project for the development of tribal people, most of whom were the Madia [[Gondi people\|Gond]] in the forests of [[Gadchiroli]] district.<ref>Deshmukh, A (2002) Letter from Nagpur, ''Indian Journal of Medical Ethics''10(2)[http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/102le027.html Available online]</ref> He lived and worked there for almost twenty years performing emergency surgical procedures without electricity. The project transformed into a hospital, [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] Davakhana, a residential school, [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] [[Ashram]] Shala, and an orphanage for injured wild animals, the [[#Amte.E2.80.99s Animal Ark\|Amte's Animal Park]].<ref>{{ cite news \|title=Amte's Animal Ark \|url=http://lokbiradariprakalp.org/lbp-activities/amtes-animal-ark/}}</ref> The project provides health care to about 40,000 individuals annually. The [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] [[Ashram]] School has over 600 students, residents and day scholars.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://mss.niya.org/people/amte.php \|title=Website of the Maharogi Sewa Samiti \|access-date=3 August 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213133627/http://mss.niya.org/people/amte.php \|archive-date=13 February 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Work of Amte's for Gond tribals and their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in [[Gadchiroli]] district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] also won them recognition.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> Dr Prakash and his family also run a large animal conservation facility in Hemalkasa in [[Gadchiroli]] district of [[Maharashtra]] where rare,protected,and endangered animals are cared and have freedom to roam.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> The family's legacy in ~~philantrophy~~ and animal conservation is now carried over by their sons Digant and Aniket and their respective families who are helping their parents now.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />		In 1973, Amte moved to [[Hemalkasa]] to start the Lok Biradari Prakalp,<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> a project for the development of tribal people, most of whom were the Madia [[Gondi people\|Gond]] in the forests of [[Gadchiroli]] district.<ref>Deshmukh, A (2002) Letter from Nagpur, ''Indian Journal of Medical Ethics''10(2)[http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/102le027.html Available online]</ref> He lived and worked there for almost twenty years performing emergency surgical procedures without electricity. The project transformed into a hospital, [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] Davakhana, a residential school, [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] [[Ashram]] Shala, and an orphanage for injured wild animals, the [[#Amte.E2.80.99s Animal Ark\|Amte's Animal Park]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amte's Animal Ark \|url=http://lokbiradariprakalp.org/lbp-activities/amtes-animal-ark/}}</ref> The project provides health care to about 40,000 individuals annually. The [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] [[Ashram]] School has over 600 students, residents and day scholars.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://mss.niya.org/people/amte.php \|title=Website of the Maharogi Sewa Samiti \|access-date=3 August 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213133627/http://mss.niya.org/people/amte.php \|archive-date=13 February 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Work of Amte's for Gond tribals and their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in [[Gadchiroli]] district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] also won them recognition.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> Dr Prakash and his family also run a large animal conservation facility in Hemalkasa in [[Gadchiroli]] district of [[Maharashtra]] where rare, protected, and endangered animals are cared and have freedom to roam.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> The family's legacy in philanthropy and animal conservation is now carried over by their sons Digant and Aniket and their respective families who are helping their parents now.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
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	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	The biographical film ''[[Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - The Real Hero\|Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero]]'' starring [[Nana Patekar]] as Prakash Amte and [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Mandakini Amte<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> was released on 10 October 2014.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Biopic-on-Dr-Prakash-Amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms</ref> The film has been released in three languages, Hindi, Marathi and English.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Biopic on Dr Prakash Amte to be released in three languages ~~- Times of India~~ \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/biopic-on-dr-prakash-amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms \|access-date=5 March 2021 \|publisher=The Times of India \|date=12 Jan 2017 \|language=en}}</ref>		The biographical film ''[[Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - The Real Hero\|Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero]]'' starring [[Nana Patekar]] as Prakash Amte and [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Mandakini Amte<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> was released on 10 October 2014.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Biopic-on-Dr-Prakash-Amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms</ref> The film has been released in three languages, Hindi, Marathi and English.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Biopic on Dr Prakash Amte to be released in three languages\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/biopic-on-dr-prakash-amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms \|access-date=5 March 2021 \|publisher=The Times of India \|date=12 Jan 2017 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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|name =Dr. Prakash Baba Amte
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|caption = Prakash Amte with a rescued owl at his animal shelter.
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|website = [http://www.lokbiradariprakalp.org/ www.lokbiradariprakalp.org]
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|known_for = [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]]
|years_active = 1973 - present
| parents = [[Baba Amte]] <small> (Father)</small>
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2002)<br> [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (2008)
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'''Prakash Baba Amte''' is a social worker from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Amte and his wife, [[Mandakini Amte]], were awarded the [[Magsaysay Award]] for 'Community Leadership'<ref name=Magsaysay>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html Citation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827114435/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html |date=27 August 2008 }} from the [http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php website of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731145810/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php |date=31 July 2008 }}</ref> in 2008 for their [[philanthropy|philanthropic]] work<ref name="Prakash Reference1">{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Kirti |title=Family tree of Baba Amte: Sons Prakash and Vikas Amte; who was Sheetal Amte and her role at Anandwan |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/family-tree-of-baba-amte-sons-prakash-and-vikas-amte-who-was-sheetal-amte-and-her-role-at-anandwan/689042 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=www.timesnownews.com |date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> in the form of the [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] amongst the [[Madia Gond]]s in the [[Gadchiroli]] district of [[Maharashtra]] and the neighbouring states of [[Telangana]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]]. In November 2019 he was awarded with ICMR Lifetime Achievement Award by [[Bill Gates]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=FIT|date=2019-11-18|title=Bill Gates Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Health Heroes|url=https://fit.thequint.com/health-news/bill-gates-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-to-kiran-mazumder-shaw-cyrus-poonawalla-and-prakash-baba-amte|access-date=2020-12-01|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Prakash Amte is the second son<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> of Magsaysay awardee [[Baba Amte]]. He obtained a medical degree from Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />,and he met his wife Mandakini during their post graduation studies at Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> Prakash and Mandakini joined Baba Amte and helped her father and others overcome the taboo and fear of leprosy.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />

==Lok Biradari Prakalp==
In 1973, Amte moved to [[Hemalkasa]] to start the Lok Biradari Prakalp,<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> a project for the development of tribal people, most of whom were the Madia [[Gondi people|Gond]] in the forests of [[Gadchiroli]] district.<ref>Deshmukh, A (2002) Letter from Nagpur, ''Indian Journal of Medical Ethics''10(2)[http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/102le027.html Available online]</ref> He lived and worked there for almost twenty years performing emergency surgical procedures without electricity. The project transformed into a hospital, [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] Davakhana, a residential school, [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] [[Ashram]] Shala, and an orphanage for injured wild animals, the [[#Amte.E2.80.99s Animal Ark|Amte's Animal Park]].<ref>{{ cite news |title=Amte's Animal Ark |url=http://lokbiradariprakalp.org/lbp-activities/amtes-animal-ark/}}</ref> The project provides health care to about 40,000 individuals annually. The [[Lok Biradari Prakalp]] [[Ashram]] School has over 600 students, residents and day scholars.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mss.niya.org/people/amte.php |title=Website of the Maharogi Sewa Samiti |access-date=3 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213133627/http://mss.niya.org/people/amte.php |archive-date=13 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Work of Amte's for Gond tribals and their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in [[Gadchiroli]] district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] also won them recognition.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> Dr Prakash and his family also run a large animal conservation facility in Hemalkasa in [[Gadchiroli]] district of [[Maharashtra]] where rare,protected,and endangered animals are cared and have freedom to roam.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> The family's legacy in philantrophy and animal conservation is now carried over by their sons Digant and Aniket and their respective families who are helping their parents now.<ref name="Prakash Reference1" />

==Bibliography==
Amte has published two autobiographies, ''Prakashvata'' (Pathways to Light), originally written in Marathi and now translated into English, Gujarati and Kannada, and ''Raanmitra'' (Jungle Friends).<ref>http://lokbiradariprakalp.org/publications/</ref>

==Awards==
Amte has received many national and international awards,<ref>{{ cite news |title=List of Awards |url=http://lokbiradariprakalp.org/awards-2 }}</ref> which include:

* 2014 - [[Mother Teresa Awards]] for Social Justice.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice held on Sunday|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mother-teresa-memorial-international-award-for-social-justice-held-on-sunday-2033914|access-date=14 December 2014|work=dna|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.|date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
* 2012 - Lokmanya Tilak Award<ref>{{ cite news |title=Lokmanya Tilak Award |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Tilak-award-for-Amte-brothers/articleshow/15220055.cms }}</ref> - Jointly with his brother Vikas Amte
* 2009 - [[Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards#Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Service|Godfrey Philips Lifetime Achievement Award]]
* 2008 - [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Community Leadership - jointly with his wife Mandakini Amte
:: '''Citation''': ''"In electing Prakash Amte and Mandakini Amte to receive the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the board of trustees recognizes their enhancing the capacity of the Madia Gonds to adapt positively in today's India, through healing and teaching and other compassionate interventions."''
* 2002 - [[Padma Shri]], [[Government of India]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* 1995 - The [[Principality of Monaco]] issued a postal stamp to honour Prakash and Mandakini Amte.<ref>{{cite web |title=Magsaysay for another generation of Amtes |url= http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-magsaysay-for-another-generation-of-amtes-1181051 |website= www.dnaindia.com|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. |access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Prakash and Dr. Mrs. Mandakini Amte - International Awards - Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services - 2009-2010|url=http://hmaward.org.ae/profile.php?id=186 |publisher=Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>
* 1984 - Adivasi Sevak Award, from [[Government of Maharashtra]], India
* 2019 - Lifetime Achievement Award from ICMR presented by Bill Gates.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Gates Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Amte|url=https://icaonline.org/news/bill-gates-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-to-dr-amte/|access-date=2020-12-01|website=ICA|language=en-US}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The biographical film ''[[Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - The Real Hero|Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero]]'' starring [[Nana Patekar]] as Prakash Amte and [[Sonali Kulkarni]] as Mandakini Amte<ref name="Prakash Reference1" /> was released on 10 October 2014.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Biopic-on-Dr-Prakash-Amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms</ref> The film has been released in three languages, Hindi, Marathi and English.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biopic on Dr Prakash Amte to be released in three languages - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/biopic-on-dr-prakash-amte-to-be-released-in-three-languages/articleshow/19148320.cms |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=The Times of India |date=12 Jan 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hanumappa Sudarshan|H. Sudarshan]]
*[[Adhik Kadam]]
*[[Baba Amte]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://bharari.net/india/report-on-lbp-hemalkasa Report on Lok Biradari Prakalp, Hemalkasa]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080827114435/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationAmtes.html Citation and other details from the website of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation]

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