Vikas Vaidya

By Vikas Vaidya Government has identified a land on Amravati road situated approximately 20 kms away from Nagpur (near Mohgaon) for proposed National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER). Under dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, lands have been already identified for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT) while IIM has already began functioning from VNIT premises. Ending all speculation about location of proposed pharmaceutical institution, the administration has identified a 66 acre land near Mohgaon to house NIPER. Already many national level institutions like NBSS&LUP, NRCC and JNARDCC are located on Amravati road so also the sprawling campus of Nagpur University. Even the National Academy of Defence Production is located within premises of Ambajhari Ordnance Factory and NIPER will be another addition to this list. Union Finance...

Dr T P Lahane talking to the patients while Dr Gopal Arora look on. Dr Tatyarao Lahane and Dr Ragini Parekh checking the patients after surgery. Dr Tatyarao Lahane explaining the case to Dr Pinak Dande. Dr V G Pol look on.   By Vikas Vaidya It was in 1999 when Baba Amte found that the leprosy patients might lose vision after some time as their pupils get reduced. He came to know about Dr T P Lahane, fondly known as Tatyarao Lahane. Tatyarao visited Anandvan, checked the patients and his association with Anandvan began. Dr Lahane started visiting Anandvan every year to give sight to the needy. This particular activity did not remain to leprosy patients alone. The people from near peripherry started visiting the camp to get themselves checked up. Dr Lahane was instrumental in giving smile to them. For the past 15 years, doctors from JJ Hospital of which Dr Lahane is Dean and coordinators from iCare Foundation, a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation (NGO)...

By Vikas Vaidya The philanthropic approach of Dr Pinak Dande saved life of poor farmer’s wife. Dr Dande has not only came forward to save her, but also gave complete treatment free of cost. Ashraf Bee, the patient was discharged in a glittering function at hospital itself. Tanekhan, a poor farmer of Adgaon, Tahsil Ner, district Yavatmal was facing burden of loan. In between he lost his young married son who committed suicide as he couldnt see plight of his father. To add to the woe of Tanekhan, his wife developed tumor at knee. He took her to Wardha, Nagpur, Yavatmal for the treatment and spent some 4-5 lakh rupees but in vain! Two young professionals came across the plight of  poor farmer’s wife. Sensibility in them did not allow them to sit idle. They approached Dr Pinak Dande. They did not have to convince him, on the contrary Dr Dande himself showed willingness to treat the woman free of cost. Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Satyajeet Jagtap and Anaesthesiologist Dr Girish Thak...

By Vikas Vaidya Taking up the task of putting the ambitious Multimodal International Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on fast track of development, Maharashtra Government has decided to send a tough signal to 63 companies that have got lands in MIHAN-SEZ but have remained ‘idle’ so far. The Government has decided to issue ‘notice of termination’ to these 63 companies that have not started work on ground. These companies, which are mostly in SEZ area, will get notice within seven days. This was decided in second meeting of Special Task Force on MIHAN, held at Ramgiri on Sunday. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister; Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Surface Transport and Highways; Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Guardian Minister of Nagpur district; Krupal Tumane, Ramtek MP; Vishwas Patil, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), and others were present in the meeting. Gadkari is the Chairman of the Special Task F...