Veteran social worker and educationist Janardan Bapurao Bothe will be conferred the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu at a civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 25.
Bothe, who has dedicated over six decades to social service and rural upliftment, is the General Secretary of the All-India Shri Gurudev Seva Mandal at Gurukunj Ashram in Maharashtra, founded by the revered saint Tukdoji Maharaj.