08.03.2025 : Governor, CM felicitates 10 outstanding women achievers on International Women’s Day

08.03.2025 : Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis presided over the State Level programme to celebrate the one decade of the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign on the occasion of International Women’s Day at Raj Bhavan Mumbai. The Governor and the Chief Minister felicitated 10 outstanding women achievers from the State on the occasion. The programme was organised by the Women and Child Development Department of Government of Maharashtra. Minister of Women and Child Development Aditi Tatkare, Minister of State Meghna Bordikar, Chairperson of the State Women’s Commission Rupali Chakankar, Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik and Secretary of the Women and Child Welfare Department Dr. Anup Kumar Yadav were present. Keya Hatkar, a young Divyang writer, Priyanka Ingle, the captain of the Indian Women’s Kho-Kho team, Antara Mehta, a fighter pilot from Nagpur, Apoorva Alatkar, the first woman loco pilot of Pune Metro, Mumtaz Kazi, the first woman loco pilot to operate a diesel engine train and journalist Rupali Badve were honoured on this occasion. Suman Dhamane, a social media star chef from Ahilyanagar, Diana Edulji, former captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, office bearers of Nagpur Mahila Samman Credit Cooperative Society and Sujata Sainik, the first woman Chief Secretary of the State, were also honored. The Governor and the Chief Minister unveiled the ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Rupe Card’. Commissioner of Women and Child Development Nayana Gunde administered the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ pledge to the attendees. The Governor released a book ‘The first 1000 Golden Days of a Child’ brought out by the Integrated Child Development Service Scheme.