Kranti Shah

Born| 1942

Sangli

Nationality| Indian
Organization| Yuvak Biradari
Honours| Padma Shri
Website| www.biradari.org

Kranti Shah is an Indian social worker and the founder and director of Yuvak Biradari (Bharat) which is a voluntary, social, educational, cultural and youth movement of India. He has championed the cause of social welfare and youth development since 1974.[1][2] He was awarded the Padma Shri by Govt. of India in 2010 in the field of Social work[3]

## Biography

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He comes from an illustrious family of freedom fighters and philanthropist-businessman of Sangli in Maharashtra. He is a Graduate from Fergusson College, Pune. His own public life began during his school days when he was actively involved in Rashtra Seva Dal, then with Sane Guruji's Antar Bharati movement and later he was elected as President of the Maharashtra Students’ Council. He proceeded to set up a Coffee Club for youngsters to engage in social reconstruction. At the time he led disaster relief and rehabilitation work in the 60's and 70's for Koyna earthquake victims, Bangladeshi refugees in the aftermath of the Indo-Pak war as well as in the drought and famine struck regions. As his work shaped up over time, he founded the organisation Yuvak Biradari in 1974.[4]

Over the years under his leadership, Yuvak Biradari's awareness campaigns (long marches) have traversed 35,000 km through padayatra or cycle yatra by hundreds of youngsters and artists across 22 Indian states and were titled as Jodo Bharat Yatra (National Integration and brotherhood), Shanti Yatra (Peace marches), Vasundhara Bachao Abhiyaan (Save the Earth through environment protection), Swachhata Abhiyaan (Cleanliness and Hygiene) and Kanya Bachao Abhiyaan (Save the girl child) among others. A few examples of these marches are: ‘Ba se Bapu’ (from Pune-2 October to Delhi-14 November 1984), Sabarmati se Brahmaputra (from Ahmedabad-31 October to Guwahati-31 December 1989 and Shilong-12 January 1989), Mandovi se Yamuna (Panaji-18 December 1998 to Delhi-30 January 1999), Dandi Smriti Sankalp Abhiyaan (75 towns of Maharashtra and Gujarat from 11 March – 6 April 2005) etc.

In the last three decades more than one lakh trees have been planted with volunteers in different regions. He conceptualised the Ek Sur Ek Taal social and value education programme using the medium of music and till date 21 lakh students have been directly trained in India by their faculty. The social themes of Biradari's 2500 cultural presentations have created long lasting impressions on Indians. These have been ballet productions which were the brain child of Shah to raise social awareness and consciousness. He has organised numerous educational camps, self-employment workshops for rural youth for their economic empowerment, art workshops which have trained 20000 youth till date and developed a generation of responsible citizens. His organisation's relief and rehabilitation work for riot-hit, earthquake, flood and drought victims kindled hope among many groups. Cultural inter-state programmes organised by him across the length and breadth of India have been memorable events in the organisation's history. Seminars on issues relevant for social change, grassroot projects by youngsters, mentoring to hundreds of youth have been his continuous activities. During this journey, many national public figures from the fields of literature, art, social activism, politics, business and academia rendered support to his movement. Thousands of Biradars (members) from around 10 states of the nation were integrated in this long journey.

## Awards and recognition

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* Shah was the recipient of Maharashtra Government's first Shiva Chhatrapati Yuva Award in 1983.

* Accolades to Yuvak Biradari (Bharat) like the ‘National Youth Award’ by the Government of India in 1993

* the ‘Indira Gandhi National Integration Award’ by the Government of Maharashtra in 1992 were recognitions for his lifetime's contribution.

* In 2010 he received the prestigious Padma Shri Award (social work) from the Government of India.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Big B, a breath of fresh air for villagers". The Times of India. 7 May 2004.
2. ^ "Meet on environment talks of Mumbai's future". Indian Express. 2 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
3. ^ Padma Shri Govt. of India portal.
4. ^ "ओ गंगा, तुम बहती हो क्यूँ?". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
5. ^ "Padma Shri Awards". India Today. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

## External links

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* Yuvak Biradari, website

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Social Work

1950s|

* Mary Clubwala Jadhav (1955)
* R. S. Subbalakshmi (1958)
* Sailabala Das (1959)
* Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1959)

1960s|

* Nanabhai Bhatt (1960)
* Bina Das (1960)
* Sophia Wadia (1960)
* Kamalabai Hospet (1961)
* Mithuben Petit (1961)
* N. Ramaswami Ayyar (1962)
* Mother Teresa (1962)
* Brij Krishna Chandiwala (1963)
* Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963)
* Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963)
* Ambujammal (1964)
* Mona Chandravati Gupta (1965)
* Lakshmi Mazumdar (1965)
* Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas (1965)
* John Richardson (1965)
* Manibhai Desai (1968)
* Bhaurao Gaikwad (1968)
* Shalini Moghe (1968)
* Sis Ram Ola (1968)
* Kalyan Singh Gupta (1969)
* Mangru Ganu Uikey (1969)

1970s|

* Indumati Chimanlal Sheth (1970)
* Maniben Kara (1970)
* Baba Amte (1971)
* Robin Banerjee (1971)
* Lila Ramkumar Bhargava (1971)
* Savita Behen (1971)
* Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav (1971)
* Yudhvir Singh (1971)
* Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1971)
* Badri Prasad Bajoria (1972)
* Kanta Saroop Krishen (1972)
* Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya (1972)
* Chandraprabha Saikiani (1972)
* Sarojini Varadappan (1973)
* Queenie H. C. Captain (1974)
* L. Kijungluba Ao (1976)
* Bishambhar Nath Pande (1976)
* Ismail Ahmed Cachalia (1977)
* Dhani Prem (1977)

1980s|

* Kunwar Singh Negi (1981)
* Bhagat Puran Singh (1981)
* Claire Vellut (1981)
* Swami Kalyandev (1982)
* Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya (1982)
* M. P. Nachimuthu (1983)
* Omem Moyong Deori (1984)
* Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala (1984)
* Ela Bhatt (1985)
* Ratnappa Kumbhar (1985)
* Anutai Wagh (1985)
* Chandi Prasad Bhatt (1986)
* Mahasweta Devi (1986)
* Krishan Dev Dewan (1986)
* Tushar Kanjilal (1986)
* Avdhash Kaushal (1986)
* Narayan Singh Manaklao (1986)
* Bunker Roy (1986)
* Begum Zaffar Ali (1987)
* Jaya Arunachalam (1987)
* Darshan Singh Vohra (1988)
* Mithu Alur (1989)
* Vedaratnam Appakutti (1989)
* Rajmohini Devi (1989)
* Krishnammal Jagannathan (1989)
* Mag Raj Jain (1989)
* Edward Kutchat (1989)

1990s|

* Anna Hazare (1990)
* Renana Jhabvala (1990)
* Silverine Swer (1990)
* Silverine Swer (1991)
* Vimla Dang (1991)
* T. G. K. Menon (1991)
* Jagdish Kashibhai Patel (1991)
* D. Y. Patil (1991)
* Sundaram Ramakrishnan (1991)
* Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (1991)
* Shanthi Ranganathan (1992)
* Vidyaben Shah (1992)
* Leonarda Angela Casiraghi (1998)
* Antony Padiyara (1998)
* Shantha Sinha (1998)
* Kanta Tyagi (1998)
* Acharya Ramamurti (1999)
* T. Sailo (1999)
* Natwar Thakkar (1999)

2000s|

* Neidonuo Angami (2000)
* Jagan Nath Kaul (2000)
* Patricia Mukhim (2000)
* Janaky Athi Nahappan (2000)
* Hanumappa Sudarshan (2000)
* Rabindra Nath Upadhyay (2000)
* Tulasi Munda (2001)
* Norma Alvares (2002)
* Prakash Amte (2002)
* Kiran Martin (2002)
* Prema Narendra Purao (2002)
* Sivananda Rajaram (2002)
* Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty (2003)
* Queenie Rynjah (2004)
* Hema Bharali (2005)
* Nana Chudasama (2005)
* Lalsawma (2005)
* Theilin Phanbuh (2005)
* Gladys Staines (2005)
* Suwalal Bafna (2006)
* Anil Prakash Joshi (2006)
* Sudha Murty (2006)
* Sudha Varghese (2006)
* Melhupra Vero (2006)
* Runa Banerjee (2007)
* S. M. Cyril (2007)
* M. A. Yusuff Ali (2008)
* Sheela Borthakur (2008)
* Karuna Mary Braganza (2008)
* V. R. Gowrishankar (2008)
* Kshama Metre (2008)
* Kutikuppala Surya Rao (2008)
* Madan Mohan Sabharwal (2008)
* Vikramjit Singh Sahney (2008)
* Bilkees Latif (2009)
* Keepu Tsering Lepcha (2009)
* C. K. Menon (2009)
* Joseph H. Pereira (2009)
* Sunil Kanti Roy (2009)
* Mitraniketan Viswanathan (2009)

2010s|

* Anu Aga (2010)
* J. R. Gangaramani (2010)
* Deep Joshi (2010)
* Sudha Kaul (2010)
* Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (2010)
* Kurian John Melamparambil (2010)
* Sudhir M. Parikh (2010)
* Kranti Shah (2010)
* Baba Sewa Singh (2010)
* Mamraj Agrawal (2011)
* Jockin Arputham (2011)
* Nomita Chandy (2011)
* Martha Chen (2011)
* Azad Moopen (2011)
* Sheela Patel (2011)
* Anita Reddy (2011)
* Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor (2011)
* Shamshad Begum (2012)
* Reeta Devi (2012)
* P. K. Gopal (2012)
* G. Muniratnam (2012)
* Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya (2012)
* Uma Tuli (2012)
* S. P. Varma (2012)
* Phoolbasan Bai Yadav (2012)
* Binny Yanga (2012)
* Jharna Dhara Chowdhury (2013)
* S. K. M. Maeilanandhan (2013)
* Nileema Mishra (2013)
* Reema Nanavati (2013)
* Manju Bharat Ram (2013)
* Narendra Dabholkar (2014)
* Mukul Chandra Goswami (2014)
* Durga Jain (2014)
* J. L. Kaul (2014)
* Mathur Savani (2014)
* Ashok Bhagat (2015)
* Janak Palta McGilligan (2015)
* Meetha Lal Mehta (2015)
* Veerendra Raj Mehta (2015)
* Bimla Poddar (2015)
* Madeleine Herman de Blic (2016)
* Madhu Pandit Dasa (2016)
* Ajoy Kumar Dutta (2016)
* Damal Kandalai Srinivasan (2016)
* Sunitha Krishnan (2016)
* Sundar Menon (2016)
* Arunachalam Muruganantham (2016)
* P. Gopinathan Nair (2016)
* Sudharak Olwe (2016)
* Girish Bharadwaj (2017)
* Appasaheb Dharmadhikari (2017)
* Bipin Ganatra (2017)
* Karimul Haque (2017)
* Anuradha Koirala (2017)
* Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar (2017)
* Daripalli Ramaiah (2017)
* Balbir Singh Seechewal (2017)
* Damodar Ganesh Bapat (2018)
* Sitavva Joddati (2018)
* Subhasini Mistry (2018)
* Sulagitti Narasamma (2018)
* Abdullah Bin Othman (2018)
* Sampat Ramteke (2018)
* Draupadi Ghimiray (2019)
* Bulu Imam (2019)
* Friederike Irina Bruning (2019)
* Chinna Pillai (2019)
* Shabbir Sayyad (2019)
* Jyoti Kumar Sinha (2019)
* Saalumarada Thimmakka (2019)
* Jamuna Tudu (2019)
* Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (2019)

2020s|

* Jagdish Lal Ahuja (2020)
* Popatrao Baguji Pawar (2020)
* Usha Chaumar (2020)
* Lia Diskin (2020)
* Sangkhumi Bualchhuak (2020
* Tulsi Gowda (2020)
* Harekala Hajabba (2020)
* Tetsu Nakamura (2020)
* S. Ramakrishnan (2020)
* Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri (2020)
* Mohammed Sharif (2020)
* Ramjee Singh (2020)
* Agus Indra Udayana (2020)
* Sundaram Verma (2020)
* Sindhutai Sapkal (2021)
* Girish Prabhune (2021)
* Prabhaben Shah (2022)
* Savaji Bhai Dholakia (2022)
* Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai (2022)
* Om Prakash Gandhi (2022)
* K V Rabiya (2022)
* Srimad Baba Balia (2022)
* Prem Singh (2022)
* Baba Iqbal Singh Ji (2022)
* S Damodaran (2022)
* Basanti Devi (2022)
* Bhiku Ramji Idate (2023)
* Bikram Bahadur Jamatia (2023)
* Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme (2023)
* Hirabai Lobi (2023)
* Moolchand Lodha (2023)
* Gajanan Jagannath Mane (2023)
* Uma Shankar Pandey (2023)
* V. P. Appukutta Poduval (2023)
* Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (2023)
* Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar (2023)
* Laxman Singh (2023)
* Palam Kalyana Sundaram (2023)
* Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) (2023)
* Sangthankima (2024)

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