Vijay Kumbhar

Vijay Kumbhar is a Right to Information activist and Journalist from Pune, India. He has worked with noted social activists like Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Aruna Roy, Shailesh Gandhi and filed more than 80 RTIs.

Vijay Kumbhar
Born (1962-07-02) 2 July 1962
Karad, Satara, Maharashtra, India
OccupationIndian activist

In 2006, he started the Surajya Sangharsh Samiti, to bring clarity into the government via RTI. However, his brand of activism began much before the groundbreaking RTI Act came into being in 2005.[1]

Life and career

Vijay Kumbhar is known for his public activism and is an RTI Crusader.[2][3] In 2014, Kumbhar won the Pune Hero award presided by Pratibha Patil, former President of India. The Times Group award was given to Kumbhar for being a person of substance in Pune. He was selected for the award by an online voting method.

He was the first ever citizen in the country to conduct inspections of public office under Section 4 of the RTI Act and helped spread the movement across Maharashtra.[4] Kumbhar has used the Right to Information Act effectively and has also educated others about the power and scope of it through books and lectures.[5]

References
  1. "Pune Heroes: Vijay Kumbhar". Pune Heroes. Pune Mirror.
  2. Deshmukh, Vinita (17 November 2011). "Public Activism: Relentless Crusader". Moneylife.
  3. "Pune's RTI crusader Vijay Kumbhar" (PDF). Harmony Magazine.
  4. Deshmukh, Vinita (5 December 2018). "Hurrah! Pune Pioneered Inspection of Files Under Section 4 of the RTI Act; Nine years later, it Spreads Across Maharashtra". Moneylife.
  5. Shinde, Kirtikumar (29 January 2010). "RTI Activists". Lokprabha.
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