Amravati/Delhi, May 21 -- Veteran social worker and educationist Janardan Bapurao Bothe will be conferred the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu at a civil investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 25.
Bothe, who has dedicated over six decades to social service and rural upliftment, serves as the General Secretary of the All-India Shri Gurudev Seva Mandal at Gurukunj Ashram, founded by revered saint Tukdoji Maharaj.
Born in Maharashtra's Washim district in 1939, Bothe began his association with the Seva Mandal as a student.
He later became a full-time sevak and a close aide of Tukdoji Maharaj.
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