08.07.2026: Governor attends 81st Foundation Day of People’s Education Society

08.07.2026: Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma today attended the 81st Foundation Day Celebration of the People's Education Society at Y B Chavan Auditorium in Mumbai. The Society was founded by the architect of the Indian Constitution Bharat Ratna Dr B R Ambedkar on 8th July 1945. The Governor presented the ‘Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Puraskar 2026’ instituted by the Society to the former Deputy Chairperson of the Legislative Council Dr Neelam Gorhe and industrialist Padmashri Ashok Khade. Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment and President of the Society Ramdas Athawale, Bhadant Dr Rahul Bodhi Mahathero, Trustees of the Society MP (RS) Adv Ujwal Nikam, Adv B K Barve, Dr Venkat Swami, Arvind Sontakke, Secretary of PES Dr Wasudeo Gade, Secretary to the Governor Dr Prashant Narnaware, Executive Committee Member of the Society Chandrashekhar Kamble, and recipients of the award were present.