Padma Shri for HVPM Chief Shri Prabhakar Vaidya.....!!

Padma Shri for HVPM Chief Shri Prabhakar Vaidya (My Native Place Resident)......!!

This Republic Day would be doubly special for Amravati residents. The president of Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal (HVPM), Prabhakar Vaidya, has been bestowed with the prestigious Padma Shri award. 
It is after 53 years that an Amravati resident has been selected for one of country's highest civilian awards. The previous recipient from Amravati, Dr Shivaji Patwardhan, too served as HVPM president.


Shri. P.A. Vaidya (Hon. General Secretary)

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This is age-old institution of sports and physical education in the country. Established in the year 1914 and celebrating its centenary in the year 2014.This holy place is blessed with foot prints of freedom fighters, social workers, social reformers of all the time. It has a very rich heritage promoting Indian traditional sport and physical culture. The activities of the institution blended patriotism and quality education in blood of its students. It is a mini India wherein you can see students right from Jammu & Kashmir up to Kanyakumari every year seek admission and shape their future in the field of sports and physical education. This is the first of its kind a fully developed sports complex established and managed by private management. The sports facilities for many competitive sports are indigenously developed by the Institution with coaching facility. We believe in the fact that "A sound mind lives in a sound body" therefore physical fitness training and education should cater together. Social responsiveness is also very essential and should impart in the training programme. This Institution is active in many social activities: The 'Help Line' is established to help any person especially Girls/Women who are in trouble. 
The 'Child Line' is established to help children in need. We started 'Shetkari Jagruti Abhiyan' to help the family of farmers who committed suicide and to boost up moral of their family members. Hon. Prime-Minister of India has taken note of this and appreciated this activity. The institution is marching ahead with its policies and principles. Our slogan is "Age Badho Sabse Age Badho".

@ HVPM (Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal)

Shree H. V. P. Mandal, Amravati, established in 1914 and is registered under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 and Societies Registration Act 1860. It is a Voluntary, Social, Non-Political & Secular Institute, managed with democratic principles & practices. It is founded by Vaidya Brother's namely Shri. Ambadaspant & Shri. Anant Krishna Vaidya with their colleagues, freedom fighters on the broader principles of equality, fraternity & social justice. 
Honorable National leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Dr. Rajendra Prasad visited & blessed this organization. Martyrs Rajguru & D.S. Deshpande were the two illustrious students of this institution. To standardize and popularized India's traditional system of physical culture and develop 
sport and allied science and employ them strategically towards welfare of the masses, Institute has timely organized various tours in India (J&K, Delhi, Calcutta, Ahmadabad, Lucknow, Amritsar, Panji, etc.) as well as abroad (U.S.A., Berlin, U.S.S.R., Finland, France, Japan, England, Germany, Argentina, 
Brazil, etc) for Propagation of Indian Traditional sport since year 1928. After Independence, to propagate traditional Indian Sports and Yoga, the Mandal concentrated its efforts on the training of teachers in Physical Education and Yoga, and gradually diversified its activities to the field of Ayurvedic medicine, tribal and school education and Engineering and Technology. The Mandal is the recipient of prestigious "Aadivasi Seva Sanstha Puraskar - 1997 of Maharashtra Government" for its work in tribal regions and the "State Government Award -2002" for Educational institutions. The work of the Mandal has been 
appreciated by many organizations and received honours in the form of awards and certificates from time to time.German Dictator Adolph Hitler has also honored this Institute with a medal for its breath taking demonstrations in Berlin Olympics Games in the year 1936.