to promote Road safety. Ravi Gaikwad, the founder of the series got together with Yohan Blake, Olympic Gold Medallist to promote the noble cause of road safety in this series. Public safety Gaikwad worked as the head regional transport officer of the Andheri RTO. In 2009, he was accused in controversies related to registration of imported bikes. (Ultimately he was exonerated of all charges). Subsequently, he was transferred to Beed but he did not join the office there. In 2015, Gaikwad was appointed as the deputy regional transport officer. He also held the office of Borivali Regional Transport Office, Mumbai as the Chief. Currently he is the head of RTO Thane and Konkan. In 2018, Gaikwad organized the 'Horn Not Ok' campaign to increase road safety awareness. The drive was attended by Indian cricketers Hardik Pandya and Shikhar Dhawan. During the coronavirus lockdown, in May 2020, Gaikwad saw action against illegal transport of migrants with them issuing 250 memos to such vehicles. Shant Bharat Surakshit Bharat Ravi Gaikwad is the chairman of "Shant Bharat Surakshit Bharat" a philanthropic trust. US Hall of Fame Ravi Gaikwad has been inducted in US Hall of fame. The others inducted in Hall of fame Since its inception are several former cricket stars including Sir Donald George Bradman, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Leonard Hutton, Sir Vivian Richards, Abid Sayed Ali, Alvin Kallicharran, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath. Awards Guinness World Record for the largest handball class conducted to encourage the playing of handball in India. Road Safety Award from Government of Maharashtra for spreading awareness and in turn reducing the number of deaths and road accidents in the state. Guinness book of world record for Road Safety in 2016 CSR Times Award 2020 for promoting road safety, sports, and social welfare. In May 2021, Gaikwad has been honoured with INDIA CORONA AWARD by Wockhardt Foundation. In the same year he has also been honoured with COVID FIGHTERS AWARD by Government of Maharashtra. Mother Teresa International Award 2022 for Social Justice by Governor of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar for promotion of Road Safety. Zee Lifetime Achievement Award in Engineering, Science and Technology Times Lifetime Achievement Award,Times Brand Icon by Times Group in Sports CNBC Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Personal life Gaikwad is married with Dr Nirmala who is a practicing physician and they have two children. References External links See