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'''Pratap Govindrao Pawar''' is an Indian industrialist, and the chairman and managing director at [[Sakal|Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd]].<ref>[http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Pratap-Govindrao-Pawar-088G77-E/biography/ Pratap Pawar]</ref> The Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Shri]] in 2014 for his contributions to trade and industry.<ref name=TI1>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/All-Pawars-not-related-to-NCP-leader/articleshow/12285830.cms | title=All Pawars not related to NCP leader | date=16 March 2012 | first=Rosy | last=Sequeira | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=18 December 2018 }}</ref><ref name="President confers 'Punyabhushan' on Pratap Pawar">{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/485953/president-confers-punyabhushan-pratap-pawar.html | title=President confers 'Punyabhushan' on Pratap Pawar | newspaper=Deccan Herald | date=26 June 2015 | accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref> He is also the Chairmanchairman of [[College of Engineering Pune]] located in [[Shivajinagar, Pune]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==Career==

Pawar is a former president of the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune, the [[Indian Newspaper Society]] and the Indian Language Newspapers Association.<ref name="Pratap Govind Rao Pawar on Bloomberg">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=23643767&privcapId=878366 | title=Pratap Govind Rao Pawar on Bloomberg | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2016 | accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref> He is a member of the executive committee of the [[World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers]], Paris, and a [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]-nominee at the [[Press Council of India]].<ref name="WAN-IFRA Executive Committee: Pratap Pawar">{{cite web | url=http://www.wan-ifra.org/articles/2011/01/21/wan-ifra-executive-committee-pratap-pawar | title=WAN-IFRA Executive Committee: Pratap Pawar | publisher=World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers | date=2016 | accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> He also serves on the director boards of several companies<ref name="Pratap Govind Rao Pawar on Bloomberg" /> and is a recipient of the [[Punyabhushan]] Award.<ref name="President confers 'Punyabhushan' on Pratap Pawar" /> In 2014, the Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest civilian honor, for his contributions to trade and industry.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==