Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar Explained

Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar is the former Mayor of Mumbai and an advocate. She was elected as the mayor in year 1994.[1] Part of the Indian National Congress party, Prabhavalkar is the second female mayor[2] of the metropolitan.[3] She was also the chief functionary of Centre for Study of Social Change (CSSC) and part of National Commission for Women.[4] [5] Nirmala was part of the 10 member committee formed by Women and Child Department of Maharashtra that aimed to reduce child marriages in the state.[6]

Awards

References

  1. Web site: Deshpande. Haima. 2007-02-08. 'Tough task for new woman mayor'. 2021-04-21. DNA India. en.
  2. Book: Quarterly Journal of the All-India Institute of Local Self-Government, Bombay. 1996. The Institute. en.
  3. Web site: ADV. NIRMALA SAMANT PRABHAVALKAR(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- MALAD(Mumbai-Suburban) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. 2021-10-16. myneta.info.
  4. News: Mengle. Gautam S.. 2019-03-12. Workshop for cops on senior citizens' rights. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-04-21. 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: 2014-02-04. 'National Commission for Women toothless'. 2021-04-21. Hindustan Times. en.
  6. Web site: Maharashtra: 214 child marriages stopped amid lockdown. 2021-04-21. Free Press Journal. en.
  7. Web site: Adv. Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, Member, NCW was awarded Sahyadri Hirkari Award, 2014 at Doordarshan Kendra, Mumbai National Commission for Women. 2021-04-21. ncw.nic.in.

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