Rohit Rajendra Pawar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rohit Rajendra Pawar

• Rohit Rajendra Pawar, who belongs to the politically influential Pawar family, is actively engaged in public service as part of its fourth generation.

  

• He became the CEO of Baramati Agro Pvt. Ltd. at the age of 21. Under his leadership, the company distributed about 170 water tankers daily to areas in Ahmednagar, Beed, and Man-Khatav in Satara.

  

• He served as the youngest president of the Indian Sugar Mill Association (ISMA) from September 2018 to 2019.

• Rohit Pawar defeated the BJP candidate Ram Shinde by 43,347 votes in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections; Rohit contested the elections on a ticket from the Nationalist Congress Party from the Karjat Jamkhed constituency.

• After becoming an MLA, he founded the Karjat Jamkhed Integrated Development Foundation (KJIDF) to address local issues and promote development in the region.

• He then established the Srujan Foundation with a vision centred on youth development. Under his leadership, the foundation organised events such as the National-Level Srujan Bhajan Competition, Durgaraj Fort Building Competition, Maharashtra Kesari Bullock Cart Race, and Cricket Tournament.

• Rohit has launched programs like the ‘Srujan Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme’ to mentor over 1,000 students to develop entrepreneurship skills and help them achieve their business aspirations.

• Rohit has provided free guidance to JEE/NEET aspirants through the Karjat Jamkhed Integrated Development Foundation (KJIDF). He has collaborated with Tata Motors on the ‘SEED Program,’ which helped over 800 students from Karjat and Jamkhed in Maharashtra to prepare for JEE/NEET exams.

• He once introduced the ‘Moving Planetarium’ for Zila Parishad schools through KJIDF to spark interest in space among students.

• Rohit, in collaboration with the Agricultural Development Trust, has overseen the training and hiring of over 544 girls from different regions in Maharashtra to help them join the police force.

• During his tenure as an MLA, Rohit introduced several schemes that helped women gain technical skills like sewing, beauty parlour management, fashion designing, and computer training to help them achieve financial independence. He has also provided them with advanced home appliances and modern machinery through exhibitions.

• Through his ‘Vatsalya Yojana’ initiative, Rohit has helped about 1,100 orphaned children and women who have lost their families. As part of this initiative, he provided about 164 flour mills and 44 sewing machines to aid their livelihoods.

• He has taken a step towards women’s safety by launching the ‘Bharosa Cell.’ He has also launched other initiatives such as ‘Healthy Girl, Bright Future’ to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene, and ‘Muktai Textiles’ to offer employment opportunities in sewing and garment manufacturing for girls and women.

• He upgraded ITI Jamkhed by providing a BS4 engine in partnership with Piaggio, making it the only institute in the state to have such an engine.

• In collaboration with the Giriraj Hospital, Baramati, Rohit organised a health camp on Sharad Pawar‘s birthday. The camp conducted 4745 surgeries, 3145 angiographies, 1069 angioplasties, and 421 bypass surgeries for free. He also inaugurated 5 ambulances and a mobile clinic for women to ensure healthcare access for the underprivileged.

• He has also organised various campaigns for causes like COVID-19 vaccination, blood donation, eye check-ups, and spectacles distribution.

• During the COVID-19 pandemic and Lumpy Skin Disease outbreaks, he organised large vaccination camps. In September 2022, he distributed 1 lakh vaccination doses, making Karjat-Jamkhed the first constituency in Maharashtra to achieve 100% vaccination for Lumpy Skin Disease.

• Rohit has taken steps to address water scarcity issues by launching ‘Parivartan Parva’ in about 207 villages of Karjat and Jamkhed. The initiative aimed to educate villagers about watershed management and increase water literacy among about 50,000 residents through awareness programs.

• Rohit has also focused on supporting farmers, particularly those marginalised ones in Maharashtra. He has distributed about 65 tractors and 338 agricultural tools in his constituency through various schemes.

• Rohit tackled the issue of high drip irrigation costs by securing government subsidies (80% for small farmers and 75% for others), which benefited about 1485 farmers with Rs. 2.95 crore in aid. He also obtained Rs. 190 crore in insurance payments for farmers during the Kharif season.

• During the pandemic, he launched the #MyVillageMySchool initiative under which he provided digital panels to 435 Zilla Parishad schools.

• He once partnered with Amazon India to distribute 250 smart tablets to 76 primary schools and set up coding labs in schools up to 8th grade in Karjat and Jamkhed.

• Under his leadership, about 1,300 teachers and 662 Anganwadi staff were trained through the ‘Quality Educational Development Program’ for the first time. He also distributed about 40 types of educational items to Anganwadi children.

• Under his leadership, the ‘Swarajya Dhwaj’ was hosted at the Shivpattan Fort of Kharda in Maharashtra on 15 October 2021.

• In 2023, Rohit Pawar became the president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) without facing any opposition.

  

• Rohit has a great interest in sports and often plays games like cricket and badminton.