Mr. Arvind Kejriwal in TAMU
Institute of Pacific Asia, AID-TAMU & India Association
Present
MAGSAYSAY AWARD, Asia's greatest honor, winner for
EMERGENT LEADERSHIP
Mr. Arvind Kejriwal
Wednesday, October 25
MSC 201
5:30 pm
About Arvind Kejriwal:
Arvind Kejriwal is the eminent Indian leader and activist who was awarded the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership for his contributions to the landmark Right To Information law in India and for "activating the right to information movement at the grassroots". His work has empowered Indian citizens to fight corruption and resulted in community-lead efforts that have uncovered massive laundering of funds and corruption in various Government projects.
Arvind was an officer in the Indian civil services and was serving as Joint Commissioner in the Indian Revenue Services when he resigned to devote his time fully to fight corruption in India. He founded an Indian based citizens' movement Parivartan (in 2000) that has been fighting for just, transparent and accountable governance. He graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (in 1989). His other honors include the Ashoka Fellowship (since 2004) and the Satyendra Dubey Award from IIT Kanpur (2005).
About Right to Information (RTI):
The Right to Information Act 2005 was enacted by the Parliament of India giving Indians access to Government records. Under this Act, any citizen of India may request the Central Government, State Government or a Public Sector company for information related to their functioning. The government body is expected to comply within thirty days, failing which the officials responsible for non-compliance face financial penalties and, in persistent cases, jail terms. The RTI is being increasingly used by Indian citizens to expose corruption and misuse of funds in the government.
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