Prabhakar Vaidya

Prabhakar Vaidya is an Indian physical educationist, academic and the honorary secretary of Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, a century-old organization and a national institution working towards modernizing the traditional systems of Sports & Games. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.

Biography Prabhakar Vaidya was born in Amravati in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He graduated in Physical Education from the renowned Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior in 1960 and later secured a master's degree from the same university, in 1966. in 1967 where he spent his entire career as a teacher of physical education. He retired from academic teaching in 1992 as the Principal of the college. and has held the post of vice president of Maharashtra State Association of Sports Medicine and Maharashtra State Gymnastic Association. at Stock Holm, Sweden (1949) and the III World Congress of Physical Education at Istanbul, Turkey (1953). The Government of India awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri to Vaidya in 2012.