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Gaikwad began community-oriented work in 2007–08 by supporting educational initiatives in tribal schools.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=The man who turned social media into a tool for tribal empowerment |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-man-who-turned-social-media-into-a-tool-for-tribal-empowerment-1503478473.html |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref> In 2010, after an incident in which a girl in a village died due to water scarcity, Gaikwad began focusing on issues related to rural water and development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-24 |title=अकरा आदिवासी गावे श्रमदानातून झाली पाणीटंचाई मुक्त |url=https://www.lokmat.com/nashik/eleven-tribal-villages-were-relieved-work-water-shortage-free/ |website=Lokmat |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022 |title=25 गावे टँकरमुक्त, 15 वाचनालयांची स्थापना; अजून बरेच काही: सोशल नेटवर्कींगचे प्रमोद गायकवाड ठरले ‘आउटस्टँडींग सिटीझन’ |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/nashik/news/25-villages-made-tanker-free-15-libraries-established-much-more-social-networking-forums-pramod-gaikwad-named-outstanding-citizen-130039631.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref> |
Gaikwad began community-oriented work in 2007–08 by supporting educational initiatives in tribal schools.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=The man who turned social media into a tool for tribal empowerment |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-man-who-turned-social-media-into-a-tool-for-tribal-empowerment-1503478473.html |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref> In 2010, after an incident in which a girl in a village died due to water scarcity, Gaikwad began focusing on issues related to rural water and development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-24 |title=अकरा आदिवासी गावे श्रमदानातून झाली पाणीटंचाई मुक्त |url=https://www.lokmat.com/nashik/eleven-tribal-villages-were-relieved-work-water-shortage-free/ |website=Lokmat |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022 |title=25 गावे टँकरमुक्त, 15 वाचनालयांची स्थापना; अजून बरेच काही: सोशल नेटवर्कींगचे प्रमोद गायकवाड ठरले ‘आउटस्टँडींग सिटीझन’ |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/nashik/news/25-villages-made-tanker-free-15-libraries-established-much-more-social-networking-forums-pramod-gaikwad-named-outstanding-citizen-130039631.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref> |
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That same year, he established the Social Networking Forum (SNF),<ref>{{Cite web |last=सकाळवृत्तसेवा |date=2017-06-20 |title=सोशल नेटवर्किंग फोरमच्या जल अभियानात सातवे गाव टॅंकरमुक्त |url=https://www.esakal.com/uttar-maharashtra/nashik-news-social-networking-53884 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Marathi News Esakal |language=Mr}}</ref> which initially operated through social media under the banner “Social Networking for Social Cause” to highlight water-related issues in tribal regions. The organization was formally registered as a non-profit in 2014. |
That same year, he established the Social Networking Forum (SNF),<ref>{{Cite web |last=सकाळवृत्तसेवा |date=2017-06-20 |title=सोशल नेटवर्किंग फोरमच्या जल अभियानात सातवे गाव टॅंकरमुक्त |url=https://www.esakal.com/uttar-maharashtra/nashik-news-social-networking-53884 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Marathi News Esakal |language=Mr}}</ref> which initially operated through social media under the banner “Social Networking for Social Cause” to highlight water-related issues in tribal regions. The organization was formally registered as a non-profit in 2014. |
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Pramod Gopalrao Gaikwad is an Indian social worker and founder of the Social Networking Forum (SNF), a non-profit organization based in Maharashtra. His work focuses on rural and tribal development, particularly in the areas of water access, education, health, and malnutrition.[1]
Early life and education
Gaikwad was born on 1 January 1973 in Gosrane village, Kalwan taluka, Nashik district, Maharashtra, to Gopalrao and Rajani Gaikwad, both government school teachers.[2] He completed his early schooling in Zilla Parishad schools in rural Nashik and later attended the Government Public School (Shaskiy Vidya Niketan) in Dhule. He subsequently joined the Services Preparatory Institute in Aurangabad. Gaikwad earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Arts, Science & Commerce College, Satana, and an MBA in Finance from the PIRENS Institute of Business Management, Loni.[3]
Career
Gaikwad began community-oriented work in 2007–08 by supporting educational initiatives in tribal schools.[4] In 2010, after an incident in which a girl in a village died due to water scarcity, Gaikwad began focusing on issues related to rural water and development.[5][6]
That same year, he established the Social Networking Forum (SNF),[7] which initially operated through social media under the banner “Social Networking for Social Cause” to highlight water-related issues in tribal regions.[8] The organization was formally registered as a non-profit in 2014.[2][9]
