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MUMBAI: Anupam Kher has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the Pratham Education Foundation.
As Goodwill Ambassador, Kher will undertake a planned trip to the USA later this year to meet and encourage supporters of the organisation along with the Foundations USA chapter.
Kher will also host Pratham‘s informative and educational TV programme called ‘Angrezi OK Please‘.
Recipient of the Padma Shri Award, Kher‘s critical and commercial success runs over 100 plays and almost 400 films. While his accomplishments as an actor are well known, it is his determination to use his eminence to help India‘s children go to school and learn well, that has led to his appointment as a Pratham Goodwill Ambassador.
Averred Kher, "I have always been drawn to the cause of children‘s education which is why I have founded a School of Life Programme. I am certain a lot of synergy will be unleashed in being appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Pratham and in leveraging my media image. By becoming Pratham‘s public face, I hope to augment in its fund raising, capacity enhancement and other initiatives dedicated to the cause of children‘s education."
Kher who also runs Anupam Kher Foundation that is conducted by Kher also has a programme module called ‘School of Life‘ for educating the street children in Mumbai.
