Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke

Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke knows as Covid warrior. He had started two-time world's first private covid center during Corona. In which a record breaking 33,500 people were successfully treated. Due to the various treatment methods and the measures taken to allay the fears of the patients about Covid, they became known in the country. In 2019, he was elected MLA of the Parner-Nagar Assembly constituency in Maharashtra. Born on 10th March 1980, at a young age, he wanted a letter of recommendation from an MLA for a job, but as he did not get it, he tried many different professions but was unsuccessful. Since then, he started his social activities. Seeing his social work, many youths get influenced by him and joined him. He was elected MLA in 2019. Before that he was only elected as Gram Panchayat member. FIRST COVID CENTRE WORK Due to the first sudden lockdown in India in 2020 due to COVID-19, many people had to face different problems. In this, the number of poor, workers and displaced people was high. Since the second day of the lockdown, he set up a food stall on different place and distribute free meal to more than 2 lack peoples, put sandals for barefoot peoples. He distributed groceries kit for more than 5 thousand families and made arrangements to take the people of the village outside to their homes through vehicles. He provided these services for more than two consecutive months. He also started India’s first private covid center in first wave of covid-19, in Parner tehsil. It was one thousand bed covid center and around five thousand patients, which was from different places was successfully recover from that centre. SECOND COVID CENTRE WORK With experience of 1st covid wave, in second wave of covid-19 in 2021, he set up a one thousand one hundred bed with hundred oxygen bed covid center. Which lasted for more than six months and treated around 29 thousand people. This Covid center had patients from different districts of Maharashtra and other states. In this covid center patients were given nutritious food, daily different cultural programs were organized in the covid center to remove their fear of covid. Some patients were treated naturally and also arranging plasma donation camp. A marriage was also organized in this Covid center. Along with the state of Maharashtra, people from different regions of the country visited here and get information. AWARDS Shri Nilesh Lanke has been conferred several prestigious awards. He received the international ‘Global Humanitarian Award 2022’ by the ‘Word Records Union’ for the public health. He received ‘World Book of Records London- 2021’certificate of commitments. He has also received ‘Lokmat Mharashtrian of The Year 2020’ and ‘Maharashtra Covid Yodha- 2021’. In addition, he has received several awards and honours from leading institutions, organization of Maharashtra.