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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launches Prabha Khaitan Foundation's website

by Trans World Features | @twfindia 16 Dec 2020, 10:04 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/TWF: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the official website of Kolkata-based Prabha Khaitan Foundation.

The website was launched virtually.

Lauding late Indian novelist-poet-entrepreneur Prabha Khaitan, on whose name the foundation has been created, Gadkari said, "Prabha Khaitan in her life had worked with social responsibility in various fields. Her mission was only working for people in life.

"It is our duty to help all those who are helpless in our society."

"Prabha Khaitan had worked for women empowerment in art and culture and literature. She had tried to make her life sustainable by developing her talents. I am happy that her works are carried forward by the foundation which has been created in the name of Prabha Khaitan," he added.

Prabha Khaitan Foundation is engaged in promoting folk art and culture, literature, music and also the empowerment of women, education for children and support for the elderly. Prabha Khaitan Foundation organizes various literary events in more than 25 cities of India and also in London, Birmingham and Dubai.