Mandakini Amte

Mandakini Amte
Mandakini Amte and Prakash Amte during the interactive session at MIT college.
Born
Mandakini Deshpande
NationalityIndian
EducationMBBS
Post-graduate Diploma in Anesthesia
Alma materGovernment Medical College (Nagpur)
OccupationSocial worker
Years active1973 - present
Known forLok Biradari Prakalp
SpousePrakash Amte
Children3
AwardsRamon Magsaysay Award 2008
Websitewww.lokbiradariprakalp.org www.lbphemalkasa.org.in

Mandakini Amte popularly known as Manda Amte is a medical doctor and social worker from Maharashtra, India. She along with her husband, Prakash Amte were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership' in 2008 for their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. She is the daughter-in-law of Baba Amte.

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