1. Dr Vikas Mahatme was born on 11 December 1957 and is Padmashri Awarded Indian ophthalmologist, social entrepreneur, visionary and a former member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha.
36 Facts About Vikas Mahatme
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Vikas Mahatme is well known across Maharashtra for his charitable and social works.
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Vikas Mahatme received the Padma Shri for his charitable community work as an ophthalmologist.
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In June 2016, Mahatme was the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections, which he won unopposed.
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Vikas Mahatme's candidature was strongly backed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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Vikas Mahatme has expressed support for implementing Scheduled Tribe reservation for Dhangar community in Maharashtra and is its first community member to get elected to parliament.
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Vikas Mahatme is currently a member of the Indian Nursing Council.
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Vikas Mahatme used to go to a friends house to study under the light, as he didn't have electricity at his house.
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Vikas Mahatme recollects a childhood incident when he walked in a mango orchard and asked the gardener that who owns all the trees.
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Vikas Mahatme moved to Nagpur while his father was serving in a central excise job where he continued his education until postgraduation in the Government Medical College situated there.
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Vikas Mahatme has been a lecturer in the Department of Ophthalmology in Government Medical College at Nagpur.
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Dr Vikas Mahatme has had a bright professional career as an eye surgeon.
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Vikas Mahatme earned an international stature, evident by him being invited to demonstrate his surgical skills in various countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, Egypt, Iraq and various places in India.
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Vikas Mahatme developed a pigment for Corneal Tattooing and Filtration Enhancing knot for glaucoma surgeries.
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Vikas Mahatme is an eye surgeon of international repute and has successfully performed over one lakh eye surgeries.
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Vikas Mahatme is the first ophthalmologist to demonstrate live surgery that was telecasted via-two way audio-video conferencing in 32 cities in India simultaneously.
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Vikas Mahatme's contributions are widely accepted throughout the ophthalmologist community.
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Vikas Mahatme has been the President, Geriatric Society of India.
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Vikas Mahatme has worked with various international NGOs like Sight Saver, Help-Age India, Impact India, Empathy Foundation, Orbis International, RPG Foundation, SAAD Foundation, Volkart Foundation, Vision 2020.
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Vikas Mahatme is a member of the Indian Nursing Council.
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Vikas Mahatme is working for community outreach programmes in eye care since 1986.
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Vikas Mahatme pioneered setting up hospitals and mobile eye-units at several places including Nagpur, Mumbai, Amravati, Gadchiroli Melghat, Yavatmal, Gondia, Chandrapur, etc.
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Vikas Mahatme started Aankhwali Pum-Pum equipped with all gadgets for an eye check-up to cater to remote rural areas.
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Vikas Mahatme is energetic in spreading health awareness in the society through TV shows, newspaper articles, public forums and road shows.
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Vikas Mahatme has launched the 'Right to Health Movement' to make people aware about their health rights and about various government health schemes available to common man.
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Vikas Mahatme famously gave the slogan- 'Health is my Womb-right.
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Vikas Mahatme is a firm believer in the balance between physical, social, emotional and academic components of education.
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Vikas Mahatme came to an interesting narrative presentation titled "Happy Meaningful Life" and has been invited to several places in India and abroad to make this thought-provoking presentation.
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Vikas Mahatme started the 'Institute of Science of Happiness' which gives emphasis on developing thinking skills amongst young generation and empowering them with ten life skills underlined by the World Health Organisation.
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Vikas Mahatme is an eminent leader of the Dhangar community and continuously works on their problems in Maharashtra.
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Vikas Mahatme further organized a huge convention of the community on 4 January 2015 and 5 November 2017, which were attended by the Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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Vikas Mahatme is the Former President of a Maharashtra-based association called Dhangar Samaj Sangharsh Samiti, Maharashtra Rajya which aims for reservation for Dhangar community in government offices and educational institutions.
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Vikas Mahatme is currently pursuing the matter with the government about passes for sheep grazing confined sheep rearing etc.
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Vikas Mahatme went on to develop a model of totally confined sheep farm near Nagpur, inaugurated by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
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Vikas Mahatme has been a Member in Central Coordination Committee, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, Currently he is member Committee on Health and Family Welfare, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes, member Railway Consultative committee, Member Indian Nursing Council.
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Vikas Mahatme married Sunita in 1992, who is a Gynaecologist by profession.