Recognition

Achievements & Milestones

Recognition earned in service of rural India, the Panchayati Raj system, and the communities that depend on it.

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  • Two men jointly holding an All India Panchayat Parishad letterhead document in an officeMilestone

    Appointed National Secretary, All India Panchayat Parishad

    All India Panchayat Parishad · 26 December 2024

    Took charge as National Secretary of the All India Panchayat Parishad, the organisational leadership role responsible for strengthening Panchayati Raj institutions and carrying grassroots concerns to national policymakers.

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    Honoured at IIT Delhi for Rural Social Service

    Presented at IIT Delhi

    Recognised for his contribution to rural social development and to strengthening the Panchayati Raj system, and presented with an ang vastra and a memento by the Director of IIT Mumbai. He spoke at the institution on the subject of rural development.

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Context

The Scale of the Work

The Panchayati Raj system is the largest experiment in local self-governance anywhere in the world. These are the numbers that frame it.

2,75,000+

Panchayats Nationwide

The scale of the Panchayati Raj system across India, as reported at the time of his appointment as National Secretary.

73rd

Constitutional Amendment

The 1992 amendment that gave Panchayati Raj its constitutional foundation, and the basis of the Parishad's policy advocacy.

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