Shreevatsa (Pune)

Last updated

Shreevatsa is a care centre for the family deprived children which is located in Pune, a city in Maharashtra a western Indian state. The centre offers its orphans for adoption. It is operated by "Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospitals", a charitable organisation associated with Sassoon Hospital, Pune. [1] [2] The centre was established on 6 October 1973, the day of Vijayadashami. 2574 of its orphans were legally adopted into families between 1974 and 2009. [3]

Contents

On 5 July 2011, Women and Child Welfare Department of the government of Maharashtra inspected its premises. Four unwed pregnant women were found illegally housed in the centre. [4] It is considered that unwed mothers would be prone to abandon babies, therefore centres that offer its residents for adoption are not allowed to provide lodging for unwed pregnant women. [5] The centre had its licence to work as an adoption agency temporarily suspended by the Central Adoption Resource Authority in June 2012, in response to complaints regarding overcharging of fees. [6]

In 1982, documentary and feature film director Prakash Jha created a documentary film Shree Vats about the centre. The film has interviews of adoptive families in it. [7]

Notable former orphans

Related Research Articles

Pune Metropolis in Maharashtra, India

Pune, known as Poona until 1978, is the second-largest city in the Indian State of Maharashtra, after Mumbai, and the eighth most populous city in India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million as of 2020. It has been ranked as "the most livable city in India" several times. Along with the municipal corporation limits of PCMC and the three cantonment towns of Camp, Khadki and Dehu Road, Pune forms the urban core of the eponymous Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR). According to the 2011 census the urban area had a combined population of 5.05 million whilst the population of the metropolitan region was estimated at 7.4 million. Situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau on the right bank of the Mutha river, Pune is also the administrative headquarters of its namesake district.

Baba Amte

Murlidhar Devidas Amte, commonly known as Baba Amte, was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy. He has received numerous awards and prizes including the Padma Vibhushan, the Dr. Ambedkar International Award, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Templeton Prize and the Jamnalal Bajaj Award. He is also known as the modern Gandhi of India.

The international adoption of South Korean children started as a result of a large number of orphaned mixed children from the Korean War after 1953. Religious organizations in the United States, Australia, and many Western European nations slowly developed into the apparatus that sustained international adoption as a socially integrated system.

Sassoon Hospital Hospital in Maharashtra, India

Sassoon General Hospital is a large state-run hospital in Pune, India with over 1500 beds. The B. J. Medical College, Pune and a Nurses training School is attached to it.

Mohan Agashe Indian psychiatrist and actor

Mohan Agashe is an Indian psychiatrist and actor. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 in theatre.

Prakash Jha Indian film director and producer (born 1952)

Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), including multi-starrer movies like Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011) Chakravyuh (2012), and Satyagraha (2013). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Faces After The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).

Lisa Sthalekar Australian cricketer

Lisa Caprini Sthalekar is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer and captain of Australia's international women's cricket team. In domestic cricket she represents New South Wales. She is a right-handed all rounder who bowls off spin, and was rated as the leading all rounder in the world when rankings were introduced. She is the first woman to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in ODIs. She announced her retirement from international Cricket a day after Australian team won the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Antilia (building)

Antilia is a private residence in the billionaires row of Mumbai, India. It is the residence of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani & his family, who moved into it in 2012; at 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), and with amenities such as three helipads, air traffic control, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, swimming pool, spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls, the skyscraper-mansion is one of world's largest and most elaborate private homes. The architectural design of Antilia has been fashioned along the lines of the lotus and the sun. The top six floors of the building have been set aside as the private full-floor residential area. It is also designed to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.

Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park

The Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, commonly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Zoo or Katraj Zoo, is located in Katraj, Pune district, Maharashtra State, India. It is managed by the Pune Municipal Corporation. The 130-acre (53 ha) zoo is divided into three parts: an animal orphanage, a snake park, and a zoo, and includes the 42-acre (17 ha) Katraj Lake.

Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

Padmashri Dr.Sindhutai Sapkal (Maai), affectionately known as the "Mother of Orphans", is an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India. She was conferred the Padma Shri in 2021 in Social Work category, a Doctorate in Literature by the DY Patil Institute of Technology and Research in 2016 and the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2017.

Prakash Thorat is an Indian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Mohan Joshi Indian film, television and theatre actor.

Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri films.

Sports in Pune

Popular games and sports in Pune include athletics, cricket, basketball, badminton, field hockey, football, tennis, kabaddi, paragliding, kho-kho, rowing and chess. The Pune International Marathon is an annual marathon conducted in Pune. The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune.

Maher is an interfaith and caste-free Indian non-governmental organisation based near Pune with remote homes in Ranchi, Ratnagiri, Miraj and Ernakulam. The objective of the organisation is to provide shelter and support to destitute women and children. It was founded by Sister Lucy Kurien in 1997 in the village Vadhu Budruk.

Balewadi Stadium

The Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium, nicknamed Balewadi Stadium, is a football stadium in Pune, Maharashtra that is the home of the Bengaluru of the (2019–20) and DSK Shivajians of the I-League. The stadium is part of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. It also hosted Davis Cup in February, 2017 after the suggestion of Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association. The complex is situated in Balewadi, Mahalunge Pune, about 14–15 km from Pune downtown and 5 km from Hinjawadi, Pune.

Keki Byramjee Grant was an Indian cardiologist from Pune, Maharashtra, one of the first and respected cardiologists in the country and the founder of Grant Medical Foundation, which runs the Ruby Hall Clinic, a nationally accredited hospital in Pune. The Government of India honoured him, posthumously in 2011, with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the medical science.

Lucy Kurien

Sister Lucy Kurien is the founder and director of Maher, a community and interfaith organization for abused and destitute women and children, headquartered in Pune, India.

Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar are an Indian filmmaker duo working predominantly in Marathi cinema and Marathi theatre. Bhave and Sukthankar have made seventeen feature films, more than fifty short films, and four TV serials; all of which have been written by Bhave. Sunil Sukthankar, a Film and Television Institute of India graduate (1989) is also an actor and a lyricist. He has written more than 90 songs for their own films as well as various other Marathi and Hindi films so far. The duo have won various national and international accolades. In 2016 their feature film 'Kaasav' won the prestigious President Golden Lotus National Award.

References

  1. ↑ "About us". Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Mascarenhas, Anuradha (9 November 2007). "New home for abandoned toddlers at Sassoon". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Mascarenhas, Anuradha (19 November 2010). "Pune youth grapple with live-in relationships' googlies". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Nambiar, Nisha (13 July 2011). "Showcause notice to adoption agency unit". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Gurjar, Kaumudi (14 July 2011). "More than 20 orphanages checked for irregularities". Mid Day. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "CARA officials conduct checks at SOFOSH". The Indian Express. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Filmography - Shree Vats". Prakash Jha . Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Lele, Sunandan (24 February 2013). "लिसाची अद्भुत कहाणी". सकाळ सप्तरंग (in Marathi). Pune: Sakal. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Visit by Lisa Sthalekar" (PDF). Newsletter. SOFOSH. January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.