Prakash Amte Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

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Age: 71 Years

Hometown: Anandawana, Maharashtra

Father: Baba Amte

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Prakash Baba Amte
Profession	Social worker
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet inches- 5’ 8”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Career
Awards, Honours, Achievements	1984: Awarded Adivasi Sevak Award from the Government of Maharashtra, India 2002: Honoured with Padma Shri award by the Government of India 2008: He jointly received Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership with his wife, Mandakini Amte 2009: Awarded Godfrey Philips Lifetime Achievement Award 2012: Received Lokmanya Tilak Award Jointly with Dr. Vikas Amte (his brother) 2014: Awarded Mother Teresa Awards for Social Justice
Personal Life
Date of Birth	26 December 1948 (Sunday)
Age (as in 2019)	71 Years
Birthplace	Anandawana, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Anandawana, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India
College/University	Government Medical College (Nagpur)
Educational Qualification	M.B.B.S. MS General Surgery
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Reading, Cycling, Listening To Radio
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Mandakini Amte (Doctor, Social Worker)
Children	Son(s)- Dr. Digant Amte, Aniket Amte Daughter- Arti Amte
Parents	Father- Baba Amte Mother- Sadhana Tai Amte
Siblings	Brother- Vikas Amte (Doctor, Social Worker) Sister- None

Some Lesser Known Facts About Prakash Amte

Prakash Amte is the son of Magsaysay awardee, Baba Amte (Social Worker).
Prakash Amte with his parents and wife

When Prakash was studying M.S., the Government of Maharashtra granted land to Lok Biradari Prakalp (a social organisation founded by his father in 1973). Prakash left his study to take the legacy of his father of social work and moved to Hemalkasa along with his family.

Lok Biradari Prakalp includes a school, a hospital, and an animal orphanage. The institution works for the development of Madia Gond, situated in Hemalkasa. Amte lived there without electricity for almost 20 years and even executed some major emergency surgeries without electricity.
Prakash Amte treating tribals

In 1995, a postage stamp was issued by the Principality of Monaco in the honour of Prakash and Mandakini.

Amte founded an animal park, Animal Ark, which is a wildlife orphanage and sanctuary. It is basically for those animals whose parents were killed by the tribal people to fulfil their need for food and not for entertainment.

The story behind opening the ‘Animal Ark’ is based on Amte’s real-life experience: Once Amte and his wife were walking through the Dandarayana forest when they had an encounter with some Gond tribals accompanied by a dead and an alive baby monkey. On being asked, the tribal group told Amte that they hunt to feed their community. Amte bartered the alive baby monkey with some rice and clothes. He named the baby monkey, Babli and that’s how Babli went on to become the first of the residents of the Animal Ark.

Today, Animal Ark shelters many wild animals like leopards, jackals, jungle cats, rhesus macaques, sloth bears, rat-tail langurs, blackbuck antelopes, four-horned antelopes, rat snakes, crocodiles, Indian pythons, etc.
Prakash Amte with leopards at Animal Ark

On being asked about the safety measures of Amte’s family, he stated that,

I have interacted with these animals for 44 years and I have felt their love and affection. Also, I am still alive.

Prakash holds great love and trust for the Adivasis of the jungles of Hemalkasa. He still continues to repair their watches and radios.

In 2014, a biopic, ‘Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero’ was made on Amte’s life, starring Nana Patekar and Sonali Kulkarni.

In November 2017, his license to house the wild animals got expired which he obtained in 1991. It is against the wildlife protection laws for Prakash to house the animals until the license gets renewed.

In 2018, he appeared in the game reality show, Kaun Banega Crorepati along with his wife.

Padma Shri Dr. Prakash Amte aur unki patni, Dr. Mandakini Amte aa rahein hain lekar apni preranadayee kahaani, aaj raat #KBC Karamveer Special par @SrBachchan ke saath, 8 baje. pic.twitter.com/atVwVJfGnN

— Sony TV (@SonyTV) September 7, 2018

Prakashvata which means Pathways to Light is Prakash Amte’s autobiography. He has also authored the book, Raanmitra (Jungle Friends), in which he has shared his experiences with his “wild friends.”