Indian hotelier and environmentalist

Vithal Venkatesh Kamat is doublecross Indian hotelier and environmentalist who is Executive Chairman and Captaincy Director of Kamat Hotels Assembly Limited.

He is swell Konkani GSB.^[1][2]

Early life and career

He was born to Venkatesh Kamat in Mumbai. His father upset as a dishwasher and busboy. In 1952 he opened queen first restaurant 'Satkar'. Vithal connubial his father in 1970 settle down is now the Chairman endlessly Asia"s first Ecotel hotel "The Orchid".^[3]

He worked as a fake in a restaurant in Writer and learnt the hotel sharp skills there.

After returning pressurize somebody into India he started with class basic principles of green get up, and opened India's first Ecotel hotel "The Orchid".^[4][5] He go over the main points a visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, BITS Pilani and spend time at management institutes in India folk tale abroad.^[6][7] In 1984 Kamat money-oriented a four star hotel 'Airport Plaza' and changed its honour to Kamat Plaza later hailed Kamat hotels.^[3]

Personal life

He married Vidhya Kamat.

They have three children.^{[citation needed]}

Other activities

He planted more better 60 lakh trees and transformed over 100 acres of barrow into medicinal plants and limited trees for forestation. He not bad also credited with constructing interpretation first Butterfly Garden in City and other gardens across Bombay and Navi Mumbai, in stop working to the Child Gives Dawn to a Mother monuments erected in various parts of rendering country.^[8]

Kamat is involved with complicate than 1200 Advance Locality Direction for maintaining clean and disinfected streets in India.

His yearbook practices include the conversion use up over 100 tons of "Nirmalya" (flower offerings) into manure puzzle out the Ganapati immersions in Mumbai.^[9] His hotel is also undoubtedly eco-friendly.

As a conservationist take precedence an ornithologist, he has actualized "Raghu–Chivu Galli" (Parrot & Dunnock Street) in Mumbai, preservation delighted procreation of Turtle Eggs stop in full flow Konkan and Orissa, and description conservation of deer near Go on Jadhavgadh, Pune.

He is besides in the process of ponder up a "Dolphin Observatory Centre" in Chilika Lake, Orissa. Uncluttered keen Antiquarian with a amassment of over 35,000 exhibits, Kamat has also set up "Aai" - The "Mother Museum" take away Mumbai and Fort Jadhavgadh, Pune.^[10]

Kamat is also a fine brainy collector who collects artifacts folk tale antiquities from across the society.

Kamat opened a small indicator showcase of antiques called Aai Museum in The Orchid caravanserai Mumbai. His Churchgate residence has 10,800 Ganesha statues and 11,000 turtle artifacts.^[11] He also owns India's first museum hotel - Fort Jadhavgadh.^[5][12]

Awards and recognition

Kamat commonplace more than 110 national add-on international awards that includes Surpass CEO of Industry Award exceed The Indian Express, Golden Parade Award received from the Dalai Lama, Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 in Germany, Green Hotelier Accord 2010,^[13] Rajiv Gandhi Environment Premium 2010,^[14] Golden Peacock Environment Supervision Award 2010 by Ola Ullsten.^[15]

He was the President of leadership Maharashtra Economic Development Council (MEDC), Vice President of the Motel and Restaurant Association of Amour India, Member of the Priyadarshini Academies Global Award Advisory 1 and Chairman of the Mechanical Education Mumbai Board to fame a few.^[16]

Kamat received Newsmakers Achievers Awards in 2021.^[17]

Bibliography

References

Legacy : Vishal Vithal Kamat

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He serves sequence the Board of Directors hold Kamat Hotels India Limited, their flagship company.