Nagpur: Kishor Rithe, Member, State Board for Wildlife (SBWL), will be given to the ‘Maharashtrachi Girishikhare’ award for his contribution to forest conservation and wildlife in the past three decades.
Rithe will be among 50 savings receivers in the state of various fields that contribute to their respective fields to be given to large functions on December 26, in Mumbai, by the Governor of Bhagat Singh Koshyari and the Ministry of Department of Walse-Patil Diliped Stairs.
This event was organized by the People’s Art Center.
Some of the leading personality that will get awards including Sharad Pawar (Politics), Dr.
Jayant Naralikar (Science), Sunil Gavascar (Cricket), Amol Palekar and Rohini Hattangadi (acting), Usha Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar (singing), Bhalchandra Nemade (literature) , Dr.
Uday Mahorkar (medicine), and others from all spectrums.
Rithe, computer engineer-bearer conservationist, established the Nature Conservation Society, Amravati (NCSA), and the Foundation of Satpuda where it has worked in Central India for wildlife conservation and welfare of villagers living in the outskirts of national parks, succuaries and tiger reserves .
He has written several books and has bagged many awards and scholarships in the past.
Rithe has also attended a variety of global about climate change and conservation.
He is a member of several government expert committees established for improving the environment, forests and wildlife.