Mumbai :- Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais presented the ‘Swatantryaveer Savarkar Award for Bravery’ to Major Kaustubh Rane posthumously. The award instituted by the Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak was accepted by Major Rane’s mother Jyoti Rane in Mumbai on Sunday (21 May).
The Governor also presented the ‘Swatantryaveer Savarkar Smriti Chinha’ award to Pradeep Parulekar for his work of promotion and propagation of the thoughts of Savarkar. The ‘Swatantryaveer Savarkar Award for Social Service’ was given to ‘Maitri Parivar Sanstha’ for its work of tribal welfare. The Director of IIT Kanpur Dr Abhay Karandikar was presented the ‘Swatantryaveer Savarkar Science Award’.
President of the Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak and former DGP Pravin Dixit, Executive Chairman Ranjit Savarkar, trustee Manjiri Marathe and Swapnil Savarkar and invitees were present. Veermata Jyoti Rane replied to the felicitation.
