Ram Ingole
Indian social worker
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Ram Ingole is an Indian social worker based in Nagpur, Maharashtra.[1][2]
OccupationSocial worker
Organization(s)Amrapali Utkarsh Sangh; Vimalashram Gharkul; Navin Desai Residential School
KnownforRehabilitation 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 | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Social worker |
| Organization(s) | Amrapali Utkarsh Sangh; Vimalashram Gharkul; Navin Desai Residential School |
| Known for | Rehabilitation of sex-workers and their children; Rehabilitation of orphans; Education of children of migrant quarry workers |
| Awards | Bade Dilwale Award; Literacy Hero Award; Nashikrao Tirpude Lifetime Achievement Award; Lokmata Swayamsevi Sanstha Puraskar (for Vimalashram Gharkul); Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Jeevan Sadhana Award |
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]