Anurag Chauhan
| Anurag Chauhan | |
|---|---|
 Chauhan at DLF 2017 | |
| Born |
July 15, 1994 Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India |
| Residence | New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | PadMan, PadWarrior [1] |
| Alma mater | Amity University |
| Occupation | Director of Humans For Humanity |
| Organization |
Humans For Humanity Dehradun Literature Festival |
Anurag Chauhan (born 1994) is an Indian social worker and founder of Humans For Humanity, a non-governmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Dehradun, India.[2][3] He is founder-director of Dehradun Literature Festival. He is known for his work towards menstrual hygiene.[1][4][5]
He was awarded the Karmavir Chakra Award by the United Nations[2] for social work in the year 2016. In July 2016, he was conferred the Bharat Nirman Award 2016 by Union Minister Dr. Najma Heptulla for entrepreneurship and excellence in social work at the India International Centre, New Delhi.[6]
Works
In 2015, Anurag started a project called WASH - Women, Sanitation, Hygiene, that works towards educating women about menstrual hygiene, providing them sanitary napkins and giving training to them for making bio-degradable sanitary napkins. Chauhan founded his NGO "Humans For Humanity" in 2014, after reading an article written about deaths caused due to lack of menstruation hygiene.[7] His cause received support from actress Twinkle Khanna.[8] Anurag runs awareness programs in many villages of Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka, reportedly by Dainik Jagaran.[2][9]
Other
Chauhan acted in an film, based on Clean India Campaign, an initiative by PM Narendra Modi.[10] In 2016, he launched the Dehradun Literature Festival, an annual literary fest in Dehradun.[11]
In September, 2017, Chauhan started an online compaign #TheDoorChallenge to promote ethnic Indian attire among youngsters.[12]
Awards & recognition
- Karmavir Chakra Award by the United Nations, 2016.[2][13]
- Bharat Nirman Award by Najma Heptulla, the Union Minister of India, at the India International Centre, 2016.[6][14]
- Delhi Achievers Award 2015 by Aaj Ki Delhi magazine.[15]
- Speaker at Manipal University Jaipur.[16]
References
- 1 2 Ahuja, Aastha (June 1, 2018). ""If Today We Don't Think And Act About Poor Menstrual Hygiene, It Will Become As Big As Polio And Then It Will Be Too Late", Says Delhi's Pad-Warrior". NDTV.
- 1 2 3 4 Negi, Deepika (29 May 2018). "यह हैं रियल लाइफ के पैडमैन, सेनेटरी पैड लेकर कर रहे हैं जागरूक" (in Hidni). Dainik Jagaran.
- ↑ Shobhaa De (February 26, 2017). "Voice of sanity". The Week.
- ↑ "Delhi youth reaches out to the needy". Asian News International. March 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Breaking The Bloody Taboo For Girls In India". Femalista. May 15, 2018.
- 1 2 "Social worker honoured". Tribune India. July 24, 2016.
- ↑ Chopra, Avantika (May 28, 2018). "World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2018: Two men's efforts to spread awareness about women's personal hygiene". Indian Express.
- ↑ Budhwar, Yeshika (December 2, 2017). "Twinkle Khanna supports NGO's women hygiene cause". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Chuhan calls on Governor". HTNS. January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Chopra, Jaskiran (September 21, 2015). "Doon lad shooting for movie on Swachchh Bharat". Daily Pioneer.
- ↑ "Doon lit fest begins today". Tribune India. February 17, 2017.
- ↑ Vohra, Akshita (September 23, 2017). "Dehradun's #TheDoorChallenge goes global". The Times of India.
- ↑ "उत्तराखंड का 'रियल लाइफ पैडमैन' जिसे 'यूनाइटेड नेशन' ने सम्मानित किया..." (in Hindi). Rajya Sameeksha. 28 May 2018.
- ↑ "Anurag Chauhan awarded Bharat Nirman Award 2016". Newsdogapp. July 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Inbrief". Daily Pioneer. December 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Awareness Campaign on WASH - Women Sanitation and Hygiene". Manipal University Jaipur. April 2018.
