Akhil Gogoi
Male, Person
1976 –
Who is Akhil Gogoi?
Akhil Gogoi is a peasant leader and RTI activist from Assam. Over the years he has been leading many anti-graft movements in the state. Akhil came to national attention after he was awarded the Shanmugam Manjunath Integrity Award in 2008 for his relentless fight against corruption and attempts to bring transparency in government functionings. In 2010, he was awarded the national Right to Information Award by Public Cause Research Foundation for his role in exposing the 1.25 crore scam in Sampoorna Gram Rozgar Yojna and Rs 60 lakh scam in the Indira Awas Yojana in Golaghat district of Assam by using the RTI Act. He donated the entire sum of Rs. 2lakhs of the Award to his organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti.
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