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'''Madhav Chavan''' (born 1954) is a social activist and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the educational non-profit, [[Pratham]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/in-depth_interview_dr._madhav_chavan|title=Dr. Madhav Chavan (SSIR)}}</ref> He also started the [[Read India]] campaign, which aims to teach basic reading, writing and arithmetic to underprivileged children across India. Pratham has been recognized by the [https://www.claremontmckenna.edu/kravisprize/spotlight-2012-wise-prize-for-education-awarded-to-prathams-chavan/ Kravis Prize] and the [http://www.skollfoundation.org/entrepreneur/madhav-chavan/ Skoll Award] for its innovativeness and leadership as a social entrepreneurial organization in the area of education. Chavan was the 2012 recipient of the [[World Innovation Summit for Education#The WISE Prize for Education|WISE Prize for Education]], which is widely considered the equivalent of the [[Nobel Prize]] in the field of education and recipient of Leading-Social-Contributor-Award which is the highest degree award in India for exemplary work in the area of operation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20272305|title=Madhav Chavan wins education 'Nobel prize'|work=BBC News|date=13 November 2012}}</ref> He was also the 2011 recipient of the [[Skoll Foundation|Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/146172/madhav-chavan-gets-skoll-award.html|title=Madhav Chavan gets 'Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship'|date=16 March 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Madhav Chavan was born in [[Maharashtra]] to Yashwant Chavan, the founder of the Lenin-inspired Lal Nishan Party. He went to B.P.M High School in Khar and [[Jai Hind College]]. He received his B Sc and M Sc degrees in Chemistry from the Institute of Science in Mumbai. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Ohio State University in 1983.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Madhav Chavan taught Chemistry at the [[University of Houston]] and the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]], Mumbai before getting involved with adult literacy in the [[National Literacy Mission]] in the slums of Mumbai in 1989.<br />
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He returned to India in 1983. After producing literacy programmes for [[Doordarshan]] for a few years, he was invited to work with a [[Unicef]] project to teach in Mumbai’s slums.<br />
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He was a member of [[National Advisory Council]] from 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Putting-education-on-fast-track/Article1-547804.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-06-05 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527053959/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Putting-education-on-fast-track/Article1-547804.aspx |archivedate=2010-05-27 }}</ref> He is also a member of the Governing Council of the [[Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan|Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission]] (SSA) of the Government of India and has been a member of four half-yearly Joint Review Missions of SSA.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[http://www.livemint.com/Companies/4dkjUmkuEQkgpPnyqgQGVJ/Madhav-Chavan--Empowering-India-through-education.html Empowering India through education]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://pratham.org/}}<br />
* [http://www.prathaminstitute.org www.prathaminstitute.org]<br />
* [http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/23213930/There-is-lack-of-leadership-on.html Interview]<br />
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