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Prakash Amte Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 6, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth26 December 1948

Age76 Years

BirthplaceAnandawana, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India

ProfessionSocial worker

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseMandakini Amte

FamilyChildren: Dr. Digant Amte, Aniket Amte, Arti Amte; Parents: Baba Amte, Sadhana Tai Amte; Sibling: Vikas Amte

Prakash Amte Biography

Prakash Amte is an Indian social worker and physician known for decades of community service at Hemalkasa and for founding Lok Biradari Prakalp and Animal

Early life and background

Prakash Baba Amte was born on 26 December 1948 in Anandawana, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra. He is the son of noted social worker Baba Amte and Sadhana Tai Amte. Raised in a family committed to service, Prakash trained as a medical doctor, earning an M.B.B.S. and later studying for an M.S. in general surgery at Government Medical College, Nagpur.

Career

Rather than completing his surgical studies, Prakash Amte chose to take up the social-work legacy of his father. He relocated to Hemalkasa, where he and his family became central figures in Lok Biradari Prakalp, an organization that runs a school, a hospital and an animal orphanage serving the Madia Gond community. For many years he and his family lived there in primitive conditions; he has carried out emergency medical procedures in situations without electricity.

Lok Biradari Prakalp’s hospital and school aim to meet local health and education needs, while the animal sanctuary, called Animal Ark, shelters wildlife whose parents were killed or otherwise lost. The Animal Ark grew out of a direct encounter in the forest when Prakash and his wife Mandakini intervened to protect an orphaned baby monkey; that animal, named Babli, became the first resident. Over time the facility came to care for many species including leopards, jackals, jungle cats, rhesus macaques, sloth bears, various antelope species, snakes, crocodiles and Indian pythons.

Prakash has combined clinical practice and community work with outreach to the local Adivasi population. He is known for practical acts such as repairing watches and radios for people in Hemalkasa and for building long-term relationships with the Madia Gond.

Honours and recognition

Prakash Amte’s work has been recognized with a series of awards. In 1984 he received the Adivasi Sevak Award from the Government of Maharashtra. The Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri in 2002. In 2008 he and his wife Mandakini were jointly awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. Other recognitions include the Godfrey Phillips Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, the Lokmanya Tilak Award jointly with his brother Dr. Vikas Amte in 2012, and the Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice in 2014.

Public profile

Prakash Amte’s life and work have attracted public attention beyond his immediate region. In 1995 a postage stamp was issued by the Principality of Monaco in his and his wife’s honour. A Marathi-language biopic, Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero, with Nana Patekar and Sonali Kulkarni, told aspects of his story and was released in 2014.

He has written about his experiences in at least two books: an autobiography titled Prakashvata (Pathways to Light) and Raanmitra (Jungle Friends), which recounts episodes with the wild animals he has cared for.

Regulatory and media events

In November 2017 the licence that had allowed him to house wild animals, originally obtained in 1991, lapsed; under wildlife protection laws he could not legally continue to keep those animals until the licence was renewed. In 2018 Prakash and his wife appeared as guests on the Indian game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Personal life

Prakash Amte is married to Dr. Mandakini Amte, a doctor and social worker. They have three children: two sons, Dr. Digant Amte and Aniket Amte, and a daughter, Arti Amte. His brother is Dr. Vikas Amte, who is also involved in social work. Prakash’s hobbies include reading, cycling and listening to the radio.

Latest updates

As of 2024 Prakash Amte is 76 years old and continues to be identified with the work at Hemalkasa and Lok Biradari Prakalp. His life remains tied to service in the Chandrapur district and to the institutions he helped develop there.

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Recent Work

Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero (biopic)

A 2014 Marathi biographical film based on Prakash Amte’s life, starring Nana Patekar and Sonali Kulkarni.

2014
Appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati

Guest appearance on the Indian game show alongside his wife Mandakini Amte.

2018
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Career Highlights

  1. Co-founder and long-term leader of Lok Biradari Prakalp in Hemalkasa
  2. Established Animal Ark, a wildlife orphanage and sanctuary
  3. Padma Shri recipient (2002)
  4. Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership (2008, jointly with wife Mandakini)
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