Pawar is a former president of the [[Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture]] (MCCIA), Pune, the [[Indian Newspaper Society]] and 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" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2014, 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>
