Ramaswami Balasubramaniam

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam

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  • Name:
  • Ramaswami Balasubramaniam
  • Born:
  • May 4, 1965

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam Biography

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam, also called R. Balasubramaniam is an Indian author, scholar, activist and advocate from Bengaluru, Karnataka. He is a medical doctor by profession, and known for Public Health, Public Policy, Adaptive Leadership, Community-led development etc.  He spent nearly 26 years in development work among rural and tribal people. As an activist, he founded the organization Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), at the age of only 19. The organization based in Saragur is engaged in building a new civil society in India, with priorities in health, education and community development.

 

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam was born in Bangalore in 1965. He completed his MBBS degree from Mysore Medical College. Since college days he was interested in volunteering and rural healthcare work, and was involved in these activities too. He founded SVYM in 1984 at the age of 19 while doing his medicine course. Health care, water and sanitation remained the top priority of this organization. SVYM started schools and developed community based education programs that reached 50000 rural children in Karnataka. He also fought for the rights of the tribal people, worked for their health care for more than two decades.

 

He was appointed as the special Investigator for the Karnataka Lok Ayukta, and he investigated issues related to corruption in the Public Distribution System during 2006-2011. He regularly conducts leadership workshops for private sector companies, NGOs, government officials and students. He was honoured with the Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in 2000. India Pride awards by Dainik Bhaskar Group in 2011 and Vivekananda Award for Human Excellence from the Ramakrishna Mission in 2014 are other major awards. He has also authored many non-fictional works and published them over the years.

Published: September 01, 2018

Updated: September 01, 2018

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