Kolar Gold Fields, Mysore State, Dominion of India (now Karnataka, India)
Died
13 October 2018(2018-10-13) (aged 71)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality
Indian
Occupation(s)
Community leader, housing activist
Organization
Slum Dwellers International
Awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award Padma Shri
Jockin Arputham (15 August 1947 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian community leader and activist, known for his campaigning work of more than 40 years on issues related to slums and shanty towns. He was born in Karnataka, India and moved to Mumbai, where he quickly became politicized and established himself as a community leader. In 2014, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside the organisation he helped to found, Slum Dwellers International.[1] In 2011, he received the Padma Shri in New Delhi for his contributions to social work, presented by the President of India.[2]
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JockinArputham (15 August 1947 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian community leader and activist, known for his campaigning work of more than 40 years on...
National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) in India was established by JockinArputham when he fought on behalf of a community of 70,000 to appeal a 1976...
Republic. Retrieved June 26, 2022. Srinath Perur (June 12, 2014). "JockinArputham: from slum dweller to Nobel Peace Prize nominee". The Guardian. Retrieved...
Leadership, 1971 M. S. Subbulakshmi, for classical carnatic genre, 1974 JockinArputham, for Peace and International Understanding, 2000 Kulandei Francis,...
and Local Governments and Cities Alliance. SDI's former president JockinArputham said in 2012: "Global solidarity of the urban poor has been a long-term...
democracy in the Philippines and in the world." 1999 Not awarded 2000 JockinArputham (1947–2018) India "for extending the lessons of community building...
are pavement dwellers, with very few possessions. Activists such as JockinArputham, Prema Gopalan and Sheela Patel are working for better living conditions...
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