Australian Awards Award for World Record Blood Donor

Centenary world record blood donor and journalist Dr. Dilip Kothavade, whose birthplace is Satana in Nashik district and his workplace is Nashik, started donating blood on his 18th birthday in 1988 and completed a century of blood donation in 2014.

Centenary world record blood donor and journalist Dr. Dilip Kothavade, whose birthplace is Satana in Nashik district and his workplace is Nashik, started donating blood on his 18th birthday in 1988 and completed a century of blood donation in 2014.

Dr. Dilip Kothavade, who has won more than 150 awards in the 35 years from 1990 to 2025, is the only journalist in the world to complete a century of blood donation.

While doing his own business and journalism, he feels that he owes something to the society around him, and with this feeling, he has provided blood to needy patients, organized blood donation camps for informal reasons from time to time, constantly tried to remove misconceptions about blood donation, got help from capable people in the society for orphaned boys/girls, destitute elderly and disabled, helped disaster victims in natural disasters, created awareness in tribal areas to understand the importance of blood donation and not only that, but also arranged food and water for birds, animals and wildlife. He has done such social work.

Dr. who has done various works  Dilip Kothawade has donated whole blood 144 times till date and has never donated platelets, which is why Dr. Kothawade's blood donation is considered special. Journalist Dr. Dilip Kothawade's blood donation century has been recorded in the Maharashtra Book of Records, India Book of Records, Asia Book of Records, World Book of Records, Bravo Book of World Records as the only journalist in the world to donate whole blood.

Dr. Dilip Kothawade has been selected among the 101 inspiring personalities of the world in 2021. In addition, on the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in 2024, he has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Gandhi Peace Foundation of Nepal. On Dr. Dilip Kothawade's birth anniversary, May 29, 2025, his world record of donating whole blood 145 times has been recorded in the Australian Awards.