Bindeshwar Pathak
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Dr. Bindheshwar Pathak is the founder of Sulabh International, which is a social service organization which works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation, non-conventional sources of energy, waste management and social reforms through education. The organization counts 50,000 volunteers. Pathak is also a Padma Vibhushan recipient from the Government of India. Dr. Pathak holds a PhD in sociology.
Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International recently earned the prestigious 'Energy Globe Award'. Pathak had earlier received the Dubai International Award for Best Practices and the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Environment.
He has made innovative use of biogas creation by linking Sulabh toilets to fermentation plants, he had designed over three decades ago and which are now becoming a byword for sanitation in developing countries all over the world. One of the distinctive feature of Pathak's project lies in the fact that besides producing odour-free bio-gas, it also releases clean water rich in phosphorous and other ingredients which are important constituents of organic manure. His sanitation movement ensures cleanliness and prevents greenhouse gas emission.
