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Medha patkar as a social reformer...
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Medha Patkar
Indian social activist
Medha Patkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian Social activist working on social issues for tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India.
She is an alumna of TISS, a premier institute of social science research in India.[1][2]
Patkar is a founding member of Narmada Bachao Andolan with afnan ahmed in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
She is also one of the founders of the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), an alliance of hundreds of progressive people's organizations.[3] In addition to the above, Patkar was a commissioner on the World Commission on Dams, which did thorough research on the environmental, social, political and economic aspects and impacts of the development of large dams globally and their alternatives.[4] She was the national co-ordinator and then convenor of National Alliance of People's Movements for many years and now continues to be a