Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari presented the ‘Champions of Change Maharashtra’ awards to State Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Nana Patole and 32 others at a glittering function held in Mumbai recently.
Film stars Jackie Shroff and Dia Mirza, social worker Sindhutai Sapkal, Udit Narayan, Popatrao Pawar, Shantilal Mutha, Usha Kakde, Satyajit Bhatkal of Paani Foundation, Motilal Oswal were among those honoured with the Champions of Change Awards at the hands of the Governor.
In another event, Governor Koshyari applauded the work of Indian Red Cross Society Mumbai and appealed to Consulates to support the Red Cross in its humanitarian work. The Governor also distributed Sanitary Napkins and Redimmune Multivitamin Tablets to girls from underprivileged families during the event organized by the Indian Red Cross Society, Mumbai.
The Chairman of Indian Red Cross Society, Mumbai Suresh Deora, Honorary Secretary Vijay Kumar Singhal, Members of Managing Committee of Red Cross Society, Commissioner of Railway Police Qaiser Khalid, Consul General of South Africa in Mumbai Andrea Kuhn and Consulate officers from Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand and Poland were present at the event.
The Governor also recently met here with the Ambassador of Argentina to India Hugo Javier Gobbi, who highlighted Argentina’s ongoing cooperation with India in the field of nuclear research, and also called for strengthening cooperation with India in the areas of trade, tourism and culture.
Calling for increasing tourism between the beautiful countries of India and Argentina, the Ambassador lamented that barely 8,000 tourists from out of 13 million Indian tourists visited Argentina in the year 2019, while barely 14,000 tourists from Argentina’s 2 million tourists visited India.
Describing football as a popular sport in India, the Governor told the Argentina ambassador that there were probably more fans of football star +Messi+ in India than in Argentina, and that Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona remained a household name in the country.
The Consul General of Argentina in Mumbai Guillermo Devoto, Deputy Consul General Cecilia Risolo and Head of Political Section in the Embassy of Argentina Renato Morales were also present, a release stated.
