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N. A. Shah Ansari

A promising young talent with multi dimensional qualities, a rare uprising talent, taking life as a mission towards a fairer world. Having completed his schooling in native village school he has done his Masters in several subjects like Public Administration, Rural Development, Business Administration & Journalism from different universities. Also he has undertaken several national & international courses to widen his academic pursuit. Now continuing PhD in Dept of Sociology, Utkal University, Odisha (India). He has made up his mind right from his student days to heal the bitter wounds of our society that cause social inequality and injustice in Indian society. He has got more dynamism, having associated himself actively in National Service Scheme in college life where he got the spirit of social transformation, quality of leadership and the vision to work in international fora.

He has taken several innovative steps in the field of social development i.e. •	Started ‘SOOCHANASHREE ‘ Award for effective RTI users of Odisha. It is the first kind of award in the country. •	Established ‘Radio Namaskar” the first ever community radio of Odisha. •	Established www.volunteersindia.in the only such initiative in the country to promote database of Indian volunteers. •	Established www.eshg.in, such type first initiative in country to make the self help groups digital & ICT friendly. •	Started ‘Konark Youth Fest’ at Konark ,Odisha the only regular national level youth event in the country organised by a NGO (Young India). •	Started Konark Film Fest’ at Konark, the national level film fest with humane touch. •	Started Digital Panchayat programme first time in Orissa to make all the Gram panchayats digital. •      Started first such-type community newspaper of the country 'NAMASKAR' which follows "Each Reader Is Reporter" concept, published from Konark, India.

As sincerity never goes unawarded, he is conferred upon with several honors and awards. Few of such are •	National Youth Award (1999-2000) (Govt of India) •	Indira Gandhi NSS Award (1996-97) (Govt of India) •	International Community Participation Award ,UK (2007) •	State NSS Award (Govt of Orissa) •	District Youth Award (Govt of India) •	Best NSS Volunteer Award. Utkal University)

At present he is associated with several local, National & International organizations & Media houses. Few of such are •	President of Young India, a civil society organization based at Konark, India. In his leadership Young India has received National Youth Award (2009-2010). •	Executive Director of Centre for Development Studies & Research, a national level social research organization. •	Chairperson of Radio Namaskar, the first community radio of Orissa. •	Moderator in Chief of www.volunteersindia.in, such type first initiative in the country to promote database of Indian volunteers. •	Moderator of Chief of www.eshg.in, such type first initiative to make the self help groups digital & ICT friendly. •	Associate Editor of www.hotnhitnews.com, an e-news portal. •      Editor of 'NAMASKAR' the first such-type community newspaper of the country. •	National Convener of Indira Gandhi NSS Awardee Forum, India. •	National Vice President, Community Radio Association of India. He is experienced in HRD/HRM aspects, Micro Credit, Food Security, Gender Equality, Local Governance & Rural Micro Planning, HIV/AIDS, Youth Development, Leadership, Organization Mgt, PME, ICT based Rural Dev. Tech, Disaster Mgt, Community Based Journalism, Peoples Organization in development Perspective & related fields and has facilitated trainings for several National / International Agencies as Resource Person/ Facilitator. Mr N. A. Shah Ansari a social activist, journalist, columnist, writer, translator, poet, facilitator and organizer with ample potentiality is in making of his dreams true. There are miles to go till his search makes him out……