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{{Short description|Indian human rights activist (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the [[Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|27|df=y}}
| image =
| birth_name = Shailendra Pandya
| birth_place = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], India
| education = [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]
| occupation = *Social Activist
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2022
| name = Shailendra Pandya
}}

'''Shailendra Pandya''' (born 27 March 1987, Udaipur) is an Indian child rights activist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=बालश्रम से जुड़े तथ्यों पर बालश्रम प्रकोष्ठ प्रभारी डॉ. शैलेन्द्र पण्ड्या से मुलाक़ात |url=https://udaipurtimes.com/people/Dr-Shailendra-Pandya-on-child-labor/cid7890418.htm |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=udaipurtimes.com |language=hi}}</ref> and former member of the [[Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights]], [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Iqbal |first=Mohammed |date=2023-05-30 |title=In Udaipur, court injunction a new deterrent against child marriages |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/in-udaipur-court-injunction-a-new-deterrent-against-child-marriages/article66901295.ece |access-date=2023-12-24 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2022, he became the director of Gayatri Seva Sansthan (GSS).

In October 2024, he received recognition for contributions to child welfare at the Indo-Arab Leader summit in Dubai.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molwala |first=Heena |title=Udaipur's Dr. Pandya Receives International Award in Dubai |url=https://udaipurtimes.com/people/udaipur-dr-pandya-received-international-award-in-dubai/cid15455187.htm}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Pandya was born in 1987 in [[Udaipur district|Udaipur]], Rajasthan. He graduated from the [[University of Rajasthan]] in 2009 with a degree in computer engineering. He completed his master's degree in social work at [[Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth|Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University]] in 2012.

== Career ==
Pandya began his professional career working to protect child rights and joined the [[Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights]] as state in charge of Child Labour Cell. There he was involved in policies and programs for the eradication and rehabilitation of [[Child labour in India|child labour]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-11 |title=Rajasthan: 27 children rescued from jewellery units |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/rajasthan-27-children-rescued-from-jewellery-units/articleshow/72012150.cms |access-date=2023-11-06 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/banswara/news/rajasthan-news-banswara-rajasthan-child-rights-protection-commission-member-shailendra-pandya-081504-4958987.html|title=बांसवाड़ा|date=July 9, 2019|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref>

== Notable works ==
In 2019, during an interstate rescue in [[Surat]] with [[Rajasthan Police]], he rescued 138 children workers who had been brought there to work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=138 child labourers, between 10 and 16, rescued from Surat |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/12/29/138-child-labourers-between-10-and-16-rescued-from-Surat.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref> 128 of the children were from Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-30 |title=Rajasthan cops rescue 138 child labourers from Surat |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/138-child-labourers-rescued-in-interstate-raids-from-puna-area-of-city/articleshow/73021289.cms |access-date=2023-11-05 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

On 12 June 2022, he was involved in a 'Child Labour Free Udaipur' project<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Iqbal |first=Mohammed |date=2023-07-14 |title=36 children rescued in Udaipur after campaign against child labour |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/36-children-rescued-in-udaipur-after-campaign-against-child-labour/article67080137.ece |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> in which 91 children were rescued from various workplaces and 17 [[First information report|FIRs]] were registered against 54 employers. 60 of the children were re-enrolled in education.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-24 |title=30 child labourers rescued from Udaipur, minor found pregnant |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/30-child-labourers-rescued-from-udaipur-minor-found-pregnant/articleshow/91040272.cms |access-date=2023-11-05 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] he conducted a Situational Analysis of Tribal Child Labour,<ref>{{Cite web| title=RAKSHIN - A Journal of Rajasthan Police Academy | url=https://home.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/homeportal/RajasthanPoliceAcademy/PDF/RakshinBook2022.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106190148/https://home.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/homeportal/RajasthanPoliceAcademy/PDF/RakshinBook2022.pdf | archive-date=2023-11-06}}</ref> where 865 migrant children returned to their villages for rehabilitation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/delhi-73-child-labourers-rescued-from-factories-children-mostly-from-up-and-bihar-1920564-2022-03-04 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He worked with the district administration, creating a helpline to report cases, which prevented 15 [[Child marriage in India|child marriages]].<ref name=":1" />

He was a speaker at Tedx Pradhikaran at D Y Patil Vidyapeeth in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TEDxPradhikaran {{!}} TED |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/54816 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.ted.com}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
*Leadership Excellence Award: Outstanding Contribution for Protection of Child Rights in India (2022)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Narayan |first=Aditya |title=Rajasthan: Dr. Shailendra Pandya The Child Rights Activist Will Be Awarded In Delhi As "Desh Ratna" By BYWA |url=https://thebharatnewsnetwork.in/Dr.-Shailendra-Pandya-Child-Rights-ActivistDesh-Ratna--Delhi-Rajasthan}}</ref>
*India’s 100 under 40 ‘Social Leaders’ award: Child Rehabilitation and Child Rights in India (2022){{citation needed|date=December 2023}}<ref name=":2" />
* Social Change Makers award: Child protection (2017){{citation needed|date=December 2023}} <ref name=":2" />
* Laadli Award: child protection and girl child education in tribal areas (2014){{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTlZ2Hz8aKgkItBKefQBOGg Shailendra Pandya], YouTube

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