Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar is the former Mayor of Mumbai and an advocate. She was elected as the mayor in year 1994.[1] Part of the Indian National Congress party, Prabhavalkar is the second female mayor[2] of the metropolitan.[3] She was also the chief functionary of Centre for Study of Social Change (CSSC) and part of National Commission for Women.[4][5] Nirmala was part of the 10 member committee formed by Women and Child Department of Maharashtra that aimed to reduce child marriages in the state.[6]

Awards

  • Sahyadri Hirkari Award, 2014[7]

References

  1. ↑ Deshpande, Haima (8 February 2007). "'Tough task for new woman mayor'". DNA India. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Quarterly Journal of the All-India Institute of Local Self-Government, Bombay. The Institute. 1996.
  3. ↑ "ADV. NIRMALA SAMANT PRABHAVALKAR(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- MALAD(Mumbai-Suburban) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Mengle, Gautam S. (12 March 2019). "Workshop for cops on senior citizens' rights". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "'National Commission for Women toothless'". Hindustan Times. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Maharashtra: 214 child marriages stopped amid lockdown". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Adv. Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, Member, NCW was awarded Sahyadri Hirkari Award, 2014 at Doordarshan Kendra, Mumbai | National Commission for Women". ncw.nic.in. Retrieved 21 April 2021.


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