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PUNE, India, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Panchshil Foundation, the CSR Arm of Panchshil Realty, Congratulates Chahal

    Iqbal Singh Chahal, I.A.S., Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal

Corporation of Greater Mumbai, has become the first Indian bureaucrat to be

recognised and receive global acknowledgment for his contribution in

controlling the novel coronavirus infection in India's financial capital and

for working to 'flatten the curve' in congested areas of the city, including

Asia's biggest slum Dharavi.

    The 1989-batch Maharashtra cadre officer - with 3 decades of rich and

diverse experience with the Government of India and the Government of

Maharashtra - has been conferred the top 'Covid Crusader Award-2020' by the

Indo American Chamber of Commerce(IACC) in the Indian Bureaucrats Category.

    The IACC, established in 1968, is the apex bi-lateral Chamber synergizing

India-US Economic Engagement. The award was instituted by the IACC and the US

Consulate in Mumbai. The award was conferred by the Hon. Maharashtra Governor

Bhagat Singh Koshyari at a virtual ceremony.

    "It is my honour and privilege to receive this award and I accept this

recognition with a sense of great humility. I am grateful to the Indo American

Chamber of Commerce. I am also thankful to the jury. The 4 pillars of our

Covid-19 fight namely testing, ambulances, patient management, hospital

management, have all been put on auto pilot. I am sure the other nominees are

equally competent and deserving and they are winners in their own right,"

Chahal said in his acceptance address.

    "It is a matter of great pride that a civic chief from Maharashtra has

received global recognition and I congratulate Chahal for receiving this

prestigious global award for his dedicated, focused  and relentless crusade

against the novel coronavirus which has disrupted normal life as we know it. I

wish him the very best in his on-going efforts to tackle this pandemic," said

Atul Chordia, Chairman, Panchshil Realty.

    The Panchshil Foundation undertakes initiatives in the areas of Covid-19

relief, education, health, art & culture, sports, infrastructure and social

initiatives. Panchshil Realty's main business verticals are commercial office

space, hospitality and residential real estate. A significant chunk of

Panchshil Realty's office portfolio is anchored by Blackstone Real Estate

Private Equity Fund, sponsored and managed by Blackstone Group LP. For more

information about Panchshil, please visit www.panchshil.com

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Caption: BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal

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Caption: Panchshil Foundation

Source: Panchshil Realty