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Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar is the former Mayor of Mumbai and an advocate. She was elected as the mayor in year 1994.[1] Part of the Indian National Congress party, Prabhavalkar is the second female mayor of the metropolitan. She was also the chief functionary of Centre for Study of Social Change (CSSC) and part of National Commission for Women.[2][3] Nirmala was part of the 10 member committee formed by Women and Child Department of Maharashtra that aimed to reduce child marriages in the state.[4]
Awards
- Sahyadri Hirkari Award, 2014[5]
References
- ↑ Deshpande, Haima (2007-02-08). "'Tough task for new woman mayor'". DNA India. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ↑ Mengle, Gautam S. (2019-03-12). "Workshop for cops on senior citizens' rights". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ↑ "'National Commission for Women toothless'". Hindustan Times. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ↑ "Maharashtra: 214 child marriages stopped amid lockdown". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ↑ "Adv. Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, Member, NCW was awarded Sahyadri Hirkari Award, 2014 at Doordarshan Kendra, Mumbai | National Commission for Women". ncw.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-04-21.