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{{Infobox person
| name = Ranjit Poojari Naik
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|10|22}}
| birth_place = Naginayanichervu Tanda village
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|7|30|1933|10|22}}
| death_place = Mumbai
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for = Social work
| occupation = Architect and social worker
| spouse = {{marriage|Chandrakala Naik|1962|}}
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'''Ranjit Poojari Naik''' (22 October 1933{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} – 30 July 2004) was an architect and social worker who helped [[Mumbai]] slum dwellers.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} He had an involvement in nearly 50 slum redevelopment projects and was director of the People's Participation Programme.<ref>{{cite book |title=Squatters as Developers?: Slum Redevelopment in Mumbai |first=Vinit |last=Mukhija |publisher=Routledge |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-35189-842-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuVADgAAQBAJ&pg=PT162 |pages=140, 162}}</ref> An activist for the [[Banjara]] people,<ref>{{cite book |title=The World of Nomads |first=Shyam Singh |last=Shashi |publisher=Lotus Press |year=2006 |pages=143 |isbn=978-8-18382-051-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Otppyf6MbxgC&pg=PA143}}</ref> Naik spoke at the second [[World Romani Congress|World Romani Conference]] in 1978, where he delivered a paper titled ''Banjara (Indian Roma) from Barothan''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle : Commitment in Romani Studies: A Collection of Papers and Poems to Celebrate Donald Kenrick's Seventieth Year |editor1-first=Donald |editor1-last=Kenrick |editor2-first=Thomas Alan |editor2-last=Acton |publisher=University of Hertfordshire Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-90280-601-3 |chapter=The Emergence of Romani as a Koine Outside of India |first=Ian |last=Hancock |pages=xxvi, 13 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGWFAQ9RZ0oC&pg=PA13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Saarc {{!}} Home|url=http://www.foundationsaarcwriters.com/heritage.php?hri_id=3|access-date=2021-01-16|website=www.foundationsaarcwriters.com}}</ref>

Naik, who came from [[Anantapur district]], died in a Mumbai hospital on 30 July 2004. At the time of his death, he was incumbent president of the All-India Banjara Seva Sangh and the Sevalal Maharaj Charitable Trust in [[Sevagarh]].<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Homage paid to Banjara leader |date=31 July 2004 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/31/stories/2004073104880300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2018-02-10}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
Naik's writings include:

* All India Banjara Sevak Shibir Report (1966) - contributor{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* a report submitted on the All India Banjara Study Team Report (1969)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Art and Literature of Banjara Lambanis: A Socio-cultural Study |first=Dhanasing B. |last=Naik |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=2000 |isbn=978-8-17017-364-9 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXcn-PhP3AwC&pg=PA145}}</ref>
* editor of ''Banjara'' published fortnightly in the [[Telugu language]] between 1972 and 1975{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* editor<ref name="death"/> of ''Roma – Banjara'', published fortnightly in [[Hindi]] and English between 1982 and 1986 from Mumbai{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

He was listed in the acknowledgements of a guide to Banjara embroidery produced by the Census Department, Government of India in 1981.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgxSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22ranjit+naik%22 |title=Handicraft Survey Report on Banjara Embroidery: Maharashtra |publisher=Census Department, Government of India |year=1981}}</ref>

He was invited to present a paper on Asian Regional Policy Consultation ([[Habitat II]] of the United Nations) on 'Access to Land and Security of Tenure for Sustainable Development', Jakarta (Indonesia), 1995. Invited at the Preparatory Committee of United Nation's Human Settlement Conference (Habitat-II), New York, 1996. Invited to World City Summit at [[Istanbul]], June 1996. He was nominated as one of the 100 'Best Practices in the world' and awarded "UNCHS 1998 Awards for Excellence in improving Living Environment' by United Nation's Habitat-II. This firm has been recognised and awarded a plaque by the Urban Development Ministry of India on achieving this honour.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

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