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Ram Ingole
OccupationSocial worker
OrganizationAmrapali Utkarsh Sangh; Vimalashram Gharkul; Navin Desai Residential School
Known forRehabilitation of sex-workers and their children; Rehabilitation of orphans; Education of children of migrant quarry workers
AwardsBade Dilwale Award; Literacy Hero Award; Nashikrao Tirpude Lifetime Achievement Award; Lokmata Swayamsevi Sanstha Puraskar (for Vimalashram Gharkul); Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Jeevan Sadhana Award

Ram Ingole is an Indian social worker based in Nagpur, Maharashtra.[1][2]

Career

Ingole works to rehabilitate sex-workers and their children in Nagpur.[3][4] He founded an NGO called Amrapali Utkarsh Sangh in 1993.[5][6][7][8][9] Today, some of the rehabilitated children have gone on to become lawyers and engineers.[10][11]

Ingole runs an orphanage called Vimalashram Gharkul in Nagpur.[12][13]

Ingole runs Navin Desai Residential School near Nagpur which provides free education to children of migrant quarry workers.[1][5]

Awards

  • Ingole received the Bade Dilwale Award in 2013 and the Literacy Hero Award in 2017.[1][14]
  • Ingole was awarded the Nashikrao Tirpude Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.[15]
  • Ingole received the Lokmata Swayamsevi Sanstha Puraskar on behalf of Vimlashram Gharkul in 2019.[2]
  • Ingole has also been felicitated by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation.[16]
  • Ingole has received the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Jeevan Sadhana Award.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Karelia, Gopi (2020-02-24). "For 30 Years, This Nagpur Man Has Rescued And Educated Children of Sex Workers!". The Better India. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mayor lauds SmitaKolhe, Rambhau Ingole for service to needy, deprived". The Times of India. 2019-12-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ↑ "कहाणी विमलाश्रमच्या राम इंगोलेंची". Loksatta (in मराठी). 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ↑ NYOOOZ. "Focus on self-employment, Chandra tells youngsters | Nagpur NYOOOZ". NYOOOZ. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Now, a school for quarry workers' kids". The Times of India. 2007-11-18. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Social workers for well-planned method to eradicate flesh trade". The Times of India. 2015-02-08. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  7. ↑ Karelia, Gopi (2021-01-26). "These 15 Changemakers Are Exactly The Ideals India's Constitution Expects of You!". The Better India. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  8. ↑ "Sex workers are victims of social ills, should be rehabilitated not evacuated - The Live Nagpur". 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  9. ↑ "Gupta of Hotel The Nagpur Ashok donates Rs 21 lakh". www.thehitavada.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  10. ↑ Peddulwar, Anita (2018-04-27). "रेड लाइट एरिया के इन नौनिहालों की बदली तकदीर, कोई बना इंजीनियर कोई वकील". www.bhaskarhindi.com (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  11. ↑ "वारांगनांच्या निराधार चिमुकल्यांचे आयुष्य घडविणारा मसीहा Ram Ingole". www.lokmat.com. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  12. ↑ "'Aamhi Khaas' Foundation visit to Ram Ingole's Vimalashram Gharkul". Nagpur Today : Nagpur News. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  13. ↑ "अनाथांचा बाप". Loksatta. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  14. ↑ "Red FM's "Sabse Bade Dilwale" awards 2013". Nagpur Today : Nagpur News. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  15. ↑ Watan, Divya (2024-01-18). "राम इंगोले यांना स्व. श्री. नाशिकराव तिरपुडे जीवनगौरव पुरस्कार". Divya Watam. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  16. ↑ "NMC to felicitate prominent Nagpurians today". The Times of India. 2011-02-14. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  17. ↑ "UGC committed to making education student-centric: Dr Patwardhan". www.thehitavada.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.