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{{Infobox person
| name = Harsha Raj Gatty
| image = RTI_Activist_Harsha_Raj_Gatty.jpg
| caption = Harsha Raj Gatty at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|05|05}}
| birth_place = [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation = [[Right to Information Act]] trainer
}}

'''Harsha Raj Gatty''' (born 5 May 1987, Mangalore, India){{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} is a [[Right to Information Act]] trainer from [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. He was born to a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] speaking family in [[Mangalore]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Personal life==
Gatty completed his elementary education from [[Rosario High School, Pandeshwar]] and higher primary at [[Canara High School]].

Gatty is an alumnus of [[St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)|St. Aloysius College]] in Mangalore having pursued his post-graduate studies in mass communication and media studies. He has worked for various media organizations including The news minute, The Indian Express . He is the editor of StoryInfinity. He has also worked as a guest faculty in Nitte Institute of Communication.

He was a [[research fellow]] on the [[Right to Information Act]] conducted by the Department of Personnel and Training and leads vocational training to students and others on how to properly access and use the Right to Information Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/160207/children-get-hands-rti.html|title = Children get hands on RTI|date = 9 May 2011}}</ref><ref>http://expressbuzz.com/edition/print.aspx?artid=278654{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3838402.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Mohit M. | last=Rao | title=Get some help with that tricky Right to Information application | date=30 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themanipaljournal.com/?p=715|title = RTI workshop held at MIC to spread awareness|date = 11 August 2012}}</ref>

==Activism==
Gatty is a Right to Information trainer from Mangalore. He has cleared his [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518211155/http://rtiocc.cgg.gov.in/login.do RTI online certificate course] conducted by the [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)#Department of Personnel and Training|Department of Personnel and Training]], [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)#Department of Personnel and Training|Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]], [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rtiocc.cgg.gov.in/login.do?mode=showResults&actionMode=showresultslist&batchID=35 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826103741/http://rtiocc.cgg.gov.in/login.do?mode=showResults&actionMode=showresultslist&batchID=35 |archive-date=2011-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Gatty found Whitewhistle on May 2, 2011 to create awareness of Right to Information among both public servants and citizens alike.<ref>http://www.themanipaljournal.com/index.php?news=1084</ref> The [[non-governmental organization]] not only assists people to file a right to information, but also engages classes on right to information awareness classes for school children as well as to the government officials.<ref name=undefined>http://www.deccanherald.com/content/186501/this-whistleblower-helps-clean-system.html</ref>

Gatty has been awarded a fellowship on the Right To Information act by the Indian Department of Personnel and Trainings and will be examining the issue of "Lack of adequate capacity on the part of the marginalized groups to utilise the RTI effectively in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/230530/rti-activist-selected-fellowship.html| title=RTI activist selected for fellowship| date=27 Feb 2012| accessdate=27 Feb 2012| publisher=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-01/mangalore/31112775_1_rti-act-rti-applications-dopt | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716105425/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-01/mangalore/31112775_1_rti-act-rti-applications-dopt | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=He helps masses use RTI effectively | date=1 March 2012}}</ref><ref>http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36916:harsha-raj-gatty-selected-for-rti-fellowship&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=18</ref><ref>http://mangaloretoday.com/mt/index.php?action=profile&type=51</ref>

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