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Prakash Amte was born on 26 December, 1948 in Anandwan, Central Provinces and Berar, India (present-day Maharashtra, India), is an Indian medical doctor and social worker. Discover Prakash Amte's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Occupation Social worker
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 26 December, 1948
Birthday 26 December
Birthplace Anandwan, Central Provinces and Berar, India (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Nationality India

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His wife is Mandakini Amte

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Parents Baba Amte (Father)
Wife Mandakini Amte
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Children 3

Prakash Amte Net Worth

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Prakash Baba Amte is a social worker from Maharashtra, India.

1973

In 1973, Amte moved to Hemalkasa to start the Lok Biradari Prakalp, a project for the development of tribal people, most of whom were the Madia Gond in the forests of Gadchiroli district.

He lived and worked there for almost twenty years performing emergency surgical procedures without electricity.

The project transformed into a hospital, Lok Biradari Prakalp Davakhana, a residential school, Lok Biradari Prakalp Ashram Shala, and an orphanage for injured wild animals, the Amte's Animal Park.

The project provides health care to about 40,000 individuals annually.

The Lok Biradari Prakalp Ashram School has over 600 students, residents and day scholars.

Work of Amte's for Gond tribals and 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 also won them recognition.

Dr Prakash and his family also run a large animal conservation facility in Hemalkasa in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra where rare, protected, and endangered animals are cared and have freedom to roam.

The family's legacy in philanthropy and animal conservation is now carried over by their sons Digant and Aniket and their respective families who are helping their parents now.

Amte has published two autobiographies, Prakashvata (Pathways to Light), originally written in Marathi and now translated into English, Gujarati and Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi and Raanmitra (Jungle Friends).

Amte has received many national and international awards, which include:

2008

Amte and his wife, Mandakini 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 the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.

2014

The biographical film Dr Prakash Baba Amte : The Real Hero starring Nana Patekar as Prakash Amte and Sonali Kulkarni as Mandakini Amte was released on 10 October 2014.

The film has been released in three languages, Hindi, Marathi and English.

2019

In November 2019 he was awarded with ICMR Lifetime Achievement Award by Bill Gates.

Prakash Amte is the second son of Magsaysay awardee Baba Amte.

He obtained a medical degree from Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur, and he met his wife Mandakini during their post graduation studies at Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur.

Prakash and Mandakini joined Baba Amte and helped her father and others overcome the taboo and fear of leprosy.