Pranav Pandya (AWGP)

This article is about a religious leader. For writer and poet, see Pranav Vinodbhai Pandya.

Pranav Pandya is Hindu religious leader and physician who is the head of All World Gayatri Pariwar^[1][2][3] and Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya.^[4][5] He is the son-in-law of Shriram Sharma.^[6] He is also the member of Yug Nirman Yojana^[7] and currently serving as Chief Editor of Akhand Jyoti.^[8] In 1997, he attend Hindu New Year festival in United States along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee.^[9]

Award and honours

• In 2013, he got Tarun Kranti Award.^{[10][11][12][13]}
• In 2014, he got Pride of India award from Parliament of the United Kingdom^[14][15]
• In 2016, he was nominated for Rajya Sabha by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

References

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3. Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer Netherlands. 24 December 2021. ISBN 978-94-024-1187-4.
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6. Tackes, Nick (18 August 2021). "COVID-19 First Responders: The Gayatri Pariwar and the Immune Ritual Body". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 89 (3): 1006–1038. doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfab057. ISSN 0002-7189. PMC 8385989.
7. "जानिये कौन हैं प्रणव पंड्या जिन्होंने राज्यसभा जाने से किया इन्कार". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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14. "UK Parliament gives Pride of India award to Pranav Pandya". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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16. "Gayatri Pariwar head Pranav Pandya declines Rajya Sabha membership". The Hindu. 6 May 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
17. "संसद में ये काम करेंगे गायत्री परिवार के मुखिया". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
18. "प्रणव पंड्या ने मोदी का ऑफर ठुकराया, कहा मेरा वर्तमान पद राज्यसभा से बड़ा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
19. Jai, Shreya (8 May 2016). "Pranav Pandya: The monk who declined RS membership". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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