Gashmeer Mahajani and Umesh Paricharak to Receive This Year’s Srujan Young Artist and Young Entrepreneur Awards

Yajnavalkya Entrepreneur Development Initiative (YUVA) to Celebrate Its 19th Anniversary; Aniruddha Deshpande of City Corporation Ltd. to Attend

Pune: The Yajnavalkya Entrepreneur Development Initiative (YUVA), an initiative of the Shukla Yajurvediya Madhyandin Maharashtriya Brahman Central Association, has organised a special programme to mark its 19th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, the Srujan Young Artist Award, sponsored by Srujan Art Gallery, and the Late Chandrakant Joshi Memorial Young Entrepreneur Award will be presented to popular actor Gashmeer Mahajani and Utopian Sugars Ltd. Director Umesh Paricharak, respectively. This information was shared by the organisation’s Working President Vishram Kulkarni at a press conference.

The press conference was attended by Working President Vishram Kulkarni, Secretary Shrikant Joshi, Dr. Chaitanya Saraf, Vivek Medhekar, Ajay Kulkarni, Pratibha Sangamnerkar, Apurva Devgaonkar, Manjusha Vaidya, Harshal Lele, Upendra Kelkar, Shrikant Joshi and Sachin Pandit, among others.

The anniversary समारोह will be held on Saturday, October 31, at 5 pm at Tilak Smarak Mandir. Aniruddha Deshpande of City Corporation Ltd. and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Medha Kulkarni, who is also the organisation’s YUVA Women’s President, will attend as chief guests. The awards will comprise a memento and a certificate of honour.

In previous years, the Srujan Young Artist Award has been presented to renowned personalities including Swapnil Joshi, Manoj Joshi, Bela Shende, Sandeep Khare, Sankarshan Karhade, Mukta Barve and Prasad Oak.

Along with the award ceremony and anniversary celebrations, the programme aims to bring together entrepreneurs from the Brahmin community. Attendees will also get an opportunity to listen to special interviews with both award recipients, highlighting their successful journeys and achievements. The event has been organised by the YUVA executive committee.

The programme is open to everyone and entry is free. The organisers have appealed to people in Pune to attend in large numbers.

The Shukla Yajurvediya Madhyandin Maharashtriya Brahman Central Association was established in 1940. The YUVA initiative was launched in 2004 under the leadership of Late Chandrakant Joshi during a convention held in Pandharpur.