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Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) deputy municipal commissioner Ranjana Lade has been honoured with Sandvik India Gender Awards couple of days ago.Lade was finalized for the award in government organization category, which is one of the eight categories for the award. Nominations for the award were received from Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra. She has been instrumental in planning and execution of various schemes related to women empowerment.She has played a key role in successful implementation of Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission that aimed to mobilize women from low income group and form self-help-groups for their empowerment.Sandvik Group has constituted the awards to support gender initiatives and recognize excellence and commitment to gender equality, diversity and inclusion in areas such as education and social change..