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| PHDCCI, Punjab Chairman, 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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