Arvind Kajrewal
Arvind Kejriwal (born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician and social activist. Born in Haryana, Kejriwal is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. He is a former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and former Joint Commissioner in theIncome Tax Department. He is well known for his role in drafting janlokpal bill and his efforts to bring and implement the Right to Information (RTI) act at grassroots level.
Kejriwal won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006 for his contribution to the enactment of the Right to Information Act and for his efforts to empower the poorest citizens of India. In 2006, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as corpus fund to found a NGO, Public Cause Research Foundation.[1]In November 2012, he launched a political party named Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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Activism[edit source | editbeta]
Parivartan[edit source | editbeta]
In December 1999, while he was still in service with the Income Tax Department, he helped found a movement named Parivartan(which means change), focused on assisting citizens in navigating income tax, electricity and food ration matters in parts of Delhi.He believes "Change begins with small things".[5] It also helped push the withdrawal of an effort to privatise Delhi's water supply by the Delhi Jal Board in 2005. It also aids other groups in educating citizens nationwide about India’s Right to Information Act, which has proved very effective in Delhi in settling people’s grievances with government departments. It is studying the institutionalization of local self-governance, taking the model in rural areas in which a general body decides how much money should be spent and on what projects, and holds government officials to account if these plans are not implemented correctly.[2]
Right to Information[edit source | editbeta]
In July 2006, following the introduction of
Kejriwal won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006 for his contribution to the enactment of the Right to Information Act and for his efforts to empower the poorest citizens of India. In 2006, after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay award money as corpus fund to found a NGO, Public Cause Research Foundation.[1]In November 2012, he launched a political party named Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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Activism[edit source | editbeta]
Parivartan[edit source | editbeta]
In December 1999, while he was still in service with the Income Tax Department, he helped found a movement named Parivartan(which means change), focused on assisting citizens in navigating income tax, electricity and food ration matters in parts of Delhi.He believes "Change begins with small things".[5] It also helped push the withdrawal of an effort to privatise Delhi's water supply by the Delhi Jal Board in 2005. It also aids other groups in educating citizens nationwide about India’s Right to Information Act, which has proved very effective in Delhi in settling people’s grievances with government departments. It is studying the institutionalization of local self-governance, taking the model in rural areas in which a general body decides how much money should be spent and on what projects, and holds government officials to account if these plans are not implemented correctly.[2]
Right to Information[edit source | editbeta]
In July 2006, following the introduction of