Anurag Chauhan
| Anurag Chauhan | |
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 Anurag Chauhan at DLF.jpg Chauhan at DLF 2017 | |
| Born | July 15, 1994 Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India |
| 🏡 Residence | New Delhi, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | PadMan, PadWarrior [1] |
| 💼 Occupation | Social Worker, Entrepreneur |
| 📆 Years active | 2010 - present |
| 🏢 Organization | Humans For Humanity Dehradun Literature Festival |
| Known for | Social Activism, Indian Attire, Social Entrepreneurship |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Vijaylaxmi Chauhan Bharat Singh Chauhan |
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 and festival director of Dehradun Literature Festival. He is widely known for social work, particularly 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]
Chauhan was honoured with International Women Empowerment Award 2019 by IWES, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India & UNICEF. The award was presented by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for WASH project which is the pilot project of Anurag’s NGO, Humans For Humanity. Anurag Chauhan & Prasoon Joshi were the only male recipients of this prestigious award. Other recipients of this award were Mary Kom, P. T. Usha, Bachendri Pal, Raveena Tandon, Deepa Malik, Laxmi Agarwal, Ira Singhal & Sushma Seth.[7]
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 started this after reading an article written about deaths caused due to lack of menstruation hygiene.[8] His cause received support from actress Twinkle Khanna.[9] Anurag runs awareness programs in many villages, slums, schools & colleges of Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka, reportedly by Dainik Jagaran.[2][10]
Other
Chauhan acted in a film as a lead actor, shot in Rajasthan. The film is based on Clean India Campaign, an initiative by PM Narendra Modi.[11] In 2016, he launched the Dehradun Literature Festival, an annual literary fest in Dehradun. Ruskin Bond and Shobhaa De are the ambassadors of the festival. [12]
In September, 2017, Chauhan started an online compaign #TheDoorChallenge to promote rich Indian cultural heritage and traditional Indian attire among youngsters. The challenge was well received and garnered support from many countries such as Australia, Canada, Bangladesh to name a few.[13]
Awards & recognition
- Karmaveer Chakra Award by the United Nations, 2016.[2][14]
- Bharat Nirman Award by Najma Heptulla, the Union Minister of India, at the India International Centre, 2016.[6][15]
- Delhi Achievers Award 2015 by Aaj Ki Delhi magazine.[16]
- Chauhan was honoured with International Women Empowerment Award 2019 by Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan [17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Negi, Deepika (29 May 2018). "यह हैं रियल लाइफ के पैडमैन, सेनेटरी पैड लेकर कर रहे हैं जागरूक" (in Hindi). Dainik Jagaran.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Shobhaa De (February 26, 2017). "Voice of sanity". The Week. Archived from the original on February 20, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Social worker honoured". Tribune India. July 24, 2016.
- ↑ . Times Of India. February 14, 2019 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/an-award-ceremony-for-achievers-from-different-fields/articleshow/67995269.cms. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 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. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ↑ 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.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 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.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Anurag Chauhan awarded Bharat Nirman Award 2016". Newsdogapp. July 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Inbrief". Daily Pioneer. December 2, 2015.
- ↑ . Times Of India. February 14, 2019 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/an-award-ceremony-for-achievers-from-different-fields/articleshow/67995269.cms. Missing or empty
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