{"id":12221,"date":"2020-02-03T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=12221"},"modified":"2020-02-11T05:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T05:57:19","slug":"padma-shri-for-prem-we-swell-with-pride","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/padma-shri-for-prem-we-swell-with-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Padma Shri for Prem!  We Swell with Pride!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prem-2009-HRx.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12222 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prem-2009-HRx-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Prem 2009 HRx\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prem-2009-HRx-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prem-2009-HRx-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prem-2009-HRx-630x840.jpg 630w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prem-2009-HRx-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax, has been honoured with the Padma Shri, one of India\u2019s highest civilian awards, in recognition of his contributions to transforming India, by the Government of India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Padma Shri recognises Prem&#8217;s significant contribution, including the initiatives of the Fairfax India Charitable Foundation (FICF), in delivering measurable social impact among India\u2019s poorest, and towards creating a sustainable ecosystem for the local community.\u00a0 Since its formation, the FICF has delivered over\u00a02 lakh dialysis sessions almost entirely free of cost to below-poverty-line patients, and installed\u00a0over 500 dialysis machines across India.\u00a0 In addition, the FICF has been responsible for opening over 100 dialysis centres, and creating a positive social impact across 15 states in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Madhavan Menon, <\/strong>our<strong> Chairman and Managing Director, <\/strong>said<strong>, \u201c<\/strong>Thomas Cook India<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is extremely proud of\u00a0 Prem Watsa, and his being awarded the distinguished Padma Shri by the Government of India recognises his vision to transform and give back to India &#8211; the country of his birth.\u201d He added<strong>, \u201c<\/strong>Having been acquired by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Fairfax in 2012, Thomas Cook India\u2019s fruitful growth story stands testament to\u00a0Prem&#8217;s visionary leadership &#8211; not only to provide outstanding business services, but also sustainability and giving back to the community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax, has been honoured with the Padma Shri, one of India\u2019s highest civilian awards, in recognition of his contributions to transforming India, by the Government of India. The Padma Shri recognises Prem&#8217;s significant contribution, including the initiatives of the Fairfax India Charitable Foundation (FICF), in delivering measurable&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/padma-shri-for-prem-we-swell-with-pride\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12221"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12221"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12290,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12221\/revisions\/12290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}