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| Karan Gilhotra |
Chandigarh: To coincide with the 74th Independence
Day celebrations Administrator, Chandigarh (UT) and Punjab Governor VP Singh
Badnore has honored a young entrepreneur, Karan Gilhotra who is also Chairman
(Punjab Region) of the prestigious industry chamber - PHD Chamber of Commerce
& Industry (PHDCCI), for his services during the Covid 19 pandemic. Through
the citation the Governor has recognised the leadership provided and holistic
social service meted out by Karan during the Corona crisis.
Karan Gilhotra said,"I am grateful
to the UT Administrator and Governor, Punjab for
having given me this honour. It gives me immense satisfaction to have rallied
around industrialists through PHDCCI to collect a whopping sum of Rs 528 crores
which was donated by the chamber to the PM Cares Fund. We also helped in
providing ventilators, water bottles, rations and PPE kits for the front line
warriors through. In order to overcome the loss accruing to labourers and
daily wagers due to the pandemic, I started serious discussions about the labor
law and the need to guarantee 12 hours of work to workers, which is a need of the
hour."
Gilhotra's proactive efforts against
the pandemic made Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh include Karan
in a 21 member committee headed by Montek Singh Ahluwalia former Chairman of
the Planning Commission, under the guidance of former Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, to deal with problems during the Corona crisis. It is noteworthy that,
Karan along-with his friend Bollywood actor Sonu Sood set an example of
humanity by offering to adopt 4 orphaned children, whose father - a rickshaw
driver died after drinking spurious liquor in a recent incident in Punjab. His wife too had died due to shock.
Karan's efforts against the pandemic
were quite unique & this was noted by the Governor's office. Karan used
technology to establish effective communication between industries in Chandigarh region & Punjab and
the central government. Since the lockdown started Karan has organised many
virtual meetings with central union ministers - Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal,
Suresh Prabhu etc. to discuss the situation on the spread of COVID 19 and ways
to counter it. What's more, Karan did something which no one was paying
attention to. He understood the need for good mental health during the corona
crisis, and initiated the path of mental peace by organizing an online session
with the country’s renowned spiritual leaders - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sister
Shivani and Shri Sadguru.
Karan's efforts were not limited to
just Chandigarh and Punjab but encompassed geographies like Andhra Pradesh and even
Mumbai. Karan in association with Sonu Sood presented many examples of human
service during the corona crisis. In a generous gesture Karan and Sonu teamed
up to provide a tractor to two daughters of a farmer from Andhra Pradesh, who
were forced to plow the field due to lack of bullocks. Karan also became the
voice of the badly affected Bollywood and media industry by reaching out to the
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with their issues. He also produced a song
'Be Strong' to ignite the fighting spirit among people against the virus in
which 16 Bollywood & cricket celebrities participated.
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