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Vivek Trivedi is an enthusiastic Social Work Professional, who has done Post Graduation in Social Work. His concern on social issues and understanding of social environment since childhood made him to become a Social Activists and Development Practitioner in Social Work arena. He made a breakthrough in Development Sector with Commonwealth Youth Programme, Commonwealth Secretariat. His work on Bridging the Digital Divide by Reaching the Unreached mainly marginalized and economically weaker in Youth Development made his selection among 2000 at a tender age in twenties for International Youth Parliament hosted by Oxfam Australia, Community Aid Abroad at Sydney, Australia in 2004. Oxfam sponsored him for Diplomacy Training Programme at University New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. He has worked on developmental projects with leading national and global inter-governmental organizations in various capacities in Youth Development, Public Health, Poverty, Livelihood, Financial Inclusion, HIV/AIDS etc. He represented many times internationally at Sydney (2004), Dhaka (2005), Melbourne (2009) and Jeju, Seoul (2012) in UN and other Summit, Conference and Seminars. In 2009, Noble laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore trained him on Leadership and was awarded a Al Gore Climate Leaders Fellowship for The Asia Pacific Summit hosted by Australian Conservation Foundation. Hindustan Times awarded him The Brightest Young Climate Leader at The British Council, New Delhi in 2010 for his activism and advocacy campaign on Environment and Climate Change. He is working as Social Development Specialists in State Urban Poverty Alleviation Cell, a programme of Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation at Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. Prior to this, he was Project Director to United Nation Development Programme and Govt. Of India project on Urban Poverty Alleviation & Livelihood under National Strategy for Urban Poor (NSUP). His visionary leadership made the UNDP/ GOI project integrated into a dedicated cell for urban poverty in Chandigarh, a first example in any state except southern states. “Treating Poor as Client with Human Dignity” has become his soul axiom. The most remarkable aspect of Mr Trivedi is his strong integrity and idealism in the present often cynical and denuded governance system. He is simple, possess pleasant persona and is blessed with poetic talent. His contributions and work in social development sphere including environment, reformation of prisoners, and youth in nation building, HIV/AIDS with leading institutions of the country has brought laurel to the city. His work in last 9 years in Chandigarh, combined with his tenacity and dedication, which has inspired many aspiring social development activists and professional who look up to him as a role model. His work has been praised for social innovation practices and recently been awarded with National Level HUDCO Best Practice Award 2012 to Improve the Living Environment.