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Nationality
  
Indian

Occupation
  
Social activist


Name
  
Avdhash Kaushal

Residence
  

Margadarsi - Avdhash Kaushal - మార్గదర్శి - 16th March 2014


Avdhash Kaushal is an academic, and an activist who has been appointed by the Government of India on numerous policy review works. Kaushal taught public administration at the famous academy of civil servants in Mussoorie for many years. Most recently he was appointed by the Union Ministry of Rural Development for monitoring of the rural job guarantee scheme NREGA. In 2005, Kaushal was appointed to review the functioning of the Ekal Vidyalayas run by the Friends of Tribal Society, and following his report on the Ekal Vidyalayas spreading hatred in the tribal areas, the MHRD withdrew the funding of such schools. He is a recipient of Padmashree award.He has a NGO called RLEK.Mr. Avdhash Kaushal was nominated Man of the Year by The Week Magazine for the year 2003.

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Early life

Avdhash Kaushal was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

Career

Avdhash Kaushal was an Associate professor for many years in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie.

He heads an NGO Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) which works, among others, to promote the cause of the Van Gujjars: an indigenous forest-dwelling nomadic tribe of the northern Himalayas. Campaigns include literacy, elementary health and veterinary care, and community forest management.

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Avdhash Kaushal Wikipedia