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	~~\|birth_place=[[Howrah]], India~~
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	~~'''Sankar Kumar Sanyal''' was born on 30 July 1948 in a landlords family of [[Howrah]].~~
	~~==Early life and family==~~
	~~His father, Late Acharya Dr. Sailendranath Sanyal was an activist of [[Quit India Movement]] of 1942~~
	He received his Bachelor Degree in Arts in 1967, Bachelor of Laws in 1972 from [[University of Calcutta]]. His Special Academic Attainments consisted of Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] (FRSA), London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1975 and a top level Management Course on 'Managing Sustainable Rural Development' (MSRD) at [[Birmingham University]], UK on Government of India Scholarship. He started his career as an [[Advocate]] of [[Calcutta High Court]] and was appointed as [[Justice of Peace]] (J.P.) in the year 1972 by Sri [[A. L. Dias]], the then Hon'ble Governor of [[West Bengal]].

	On 24th May 2018, the [[Shobhit University]] conferred D.Litt. Doctorate - Honoris Causa to Sri Sanyal by the auspicious hands of Sri [[Ram Naik]], Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh for recognition of his exemplary and multifaceted works on Gandhian principles and values that sets certain goals for the youth to follow and his standards of intentions and works for the poor, the underprivileged and the marginalized section of the society has won their hearts

	~~==Social activities==~~
	~~[[File:Mother_teresa_and_shankar.jpg\|thumb\|Sankar Kumar Sanyal with [[Mother Teresa]] and [[Subbarao]]]]~~
	~~On 24 April 2013 Sankar Kumar Sanyal was unanimously elected President of the~~ [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]] founded by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1932.<ref>{{cite web \|date=28 January 2023 \|title=ANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022 \|url=https://www.indiaculture.gov.in/sites/default/files/Annual_Reports_Organizations/Annual_Report%2021-22_28_03_2023.pdf \|archive-url= \|access-date=3 March 2022 \|publisher=Ministry of Culture Government of India}}</ref>
	In addition to his prolific profile as an astute Gandhian and a dedicated constructive social worker, Sri Sanyal has contributed immensely to the cause of rural development. he has been serving as General Secretary of Rural Development Consortium (RDC), founded by Late Panna Lal Dasgupta, eminent revolutionary turned Gandhian leader, a pioneer networking rural development and support service training organization of Eastern India having 300 member organizations.
	~~In 1979, Sri Sanyal took up the work of rehabilitation and uplift of the Lodhas, ex-criminal tribes, was taken up at Santigarh, Jhargram, a remote village of [[West Bengal]]~~

	The [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]] has installed 5,31,018 improved smokeless chullahs in Birbhum, Medinipur, Murshidabad and Malda districts of West Bengal to ensure smoke free kitchens with the help of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
	He is also associated with Akhil Bharat Prakritik Chikitsha Parishad, [[Rajghat]], [[New Delhi]], an institution promoting natural treatment of diseases and with Federation of Consumer Associations.<ref>https://www.abpcp.co.in/</ref>

	~~==Recognitions==~~
	#He had been the Hon'y Secretary of the West Bengal Branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh (HSS) from 1978 to 2013<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.searchdonation.com/ngo/harijan-sevak-sangh-bengal.php\|title=Harijan Sevak Sangh Bengal NGO in West Bengal, office address- 97/3, Naskarpara Road P.O. Ghusuri, Howrah - 711107 West Bengal, India 9231401818 aiwchowrah@yahoo.com\|website=searchdonation.com\|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>

	~~# President, Howrah Chamber of Commerce~~
	~~Howrah<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://icmai.in/upload/Journal/May2017/files/basic-html/page74.html\|title=Page 74 - MA - May 2017\|website=icmai.in\|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>~~
	# DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARY President of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dpl.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/view_datails/NzI5Mg==\|title=President of India - Digital Library\|website=dpl.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in\|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>
	# President Akhil Bharatiya Prakritik Chikitsa Parishad <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.abpcp.co.in/about-us/\|title=About Us – Akhil Bharatiya Prakritik Chikitsa Parishad\|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>
	#Member, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samity, Rajghat (GSDS) – an autonomous body of Ministry of Culture, Government of India under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India.<ref>[https://gandhismriti.gov.in/ Gandhi Smriti]</ref>
	#
	~~==Honors==~~
	~~#Recipient of 'National Unity Award' from Gyani Zail Singh, former President of India for outstanding services, achievements and contributions in the field of social work in 1990.~~
	#Recipient of 'International Man of the Year - 1997-98' awarded by the Editorial Board of [[International Biographical Centre]] (IBC), Cambridge, England on 28th April 1998. The IBC is a non-political, secular organization publishing, among other works, many highly respected International Who's Who Biographical titles.<ref>[https://mohammadmohammadali.com/en/articles/NOMINATION-INTERNATIONAL-MAN-OF-THE-YEAR.pdf Nomination letter] mohammadmohammadali.com</ref>
	#In January 2023, he received the Karmasathi Ma-Swapno Award.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-01-28 \|title=Prof Sankar Kumar Sanyal gets ‘Karmasathi Ma-Swapno’ award \|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/prof-sankar-kumar-sanyal-gets-karmasathi-ma-swapno-award-575558 \|access-date=2023-10-02 \|website=[[The Business Standard]] \|language=en}}</ref>
	#Sri Sanyal is the recipient of a number of awards and honours : (1) 'National Unity Award' from [[Gyani Zail Singh]], former President of India in 1990<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://eastkhasihills.gov.in/event/sardar-patel-national-unity-award-2022/\|title=Sardar Patel National Unity Award-2022 \| East Khasi Hills \| India\|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~[[Category:Gandhians]]~~
	~~[[Category:20th-century Indian educators]]~~
	~~[[Category:1948 births]]~~
	~~[[Category:Social workers from West Bengal]]~~
	~~[[Category:University of Calcutta\| ]]~~
	~~[[Category:Justices of the peace\| ]]~~
	~~[[Category:Legal professions~~]]

Sunkyjay: Brief description of present President of the Harijan Sevak Sangh

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Brief description of present President of the Harijan Sevak Sangh

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'''Sankar Kumar Sanyal''' was born on 30 July 1948 in a landlords family of [[Howrah]].
==Early life and family==
His father, Late Acharya Dr. Sailendranath Sanyal was an activist of [[Quit India Movement]] of 1942
He received his Bachelor Degree in Arts in 1967, Bachelor of Laws in 1972 from [[University of Calcutta]]. His Special Academic Attainments consisted of Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] (FRSA), London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1975 and a top level Management Course on 'Managing Sustainable Rural Development' (MSRD) at [[Birmingham University]], UK on Government of India Scholarship. He started his career as an [[Advocate]] of [[Calcutta High Court]] and was appointed as [[Justice of Peace]] (J.P.) in the year 1972 by Sri [[A. L. Dias]], the then Hon'ble Governor of [[West Bengal]].

On 24th May 2018, the [[Shobhit University]] conferred D.Litt. Doctorate - Honoris Causa to Sri Sanyal by the auspicious hands of Sri [[Ram Naik]], Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh for recognition of his exemplary and multifaceted works on Gandhian principles and values that sets certain goals for the youth to follow and his standards of intentions and works for the poor, the underprivileged and the marginalized section of the society has won their hearts

==Social activities==
[[File:Mother_teresa_and_shankar.jpg|thumb|Sankar Kumar Sanyal with [[Mother Teresa]] and [[Subbarao]]]]
On 24 April 2013 Sankar Kumar Sanyal was unanimously elected President of the [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]] founded by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1932.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2023 |title=ANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022 |url=https://www.indiaculture.gov.in/sites/default/files/Annual_Reports_Organizations/Annual_Report%2021-22_28_03_2023.pdf |archive-url= |access-date=3 March 2022 |publisher=Ministry of Culture Government of India}}</ref>
In addition to his prolific profile as an astute Gandhian and a dedicated constructive social worker, Sri Sanyal has contributed immensely to the cause of rural development. he has been serving as General Secretary of Rural Development Consortium (RDC), founded by Late Panna Lal Dasgupta, eminent revolutionary turned Gandhian leader, a pioneer networking rural development and support service training organization of Eastern India having 300 member organizations.
In 1979, Sri Sanyal took up the work of rehabilitation and uplift of the Lodhas, ex-criminal tribes, was taken up at Santigarh, Jhargram, a remote village of [[West Bengal]]

The [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]] has installed 5,31,018 improved smokeless chullahs in Birbhum, Medinipur, Murshidabad and Malda districts of West Bengal to ensure smoke free kitchens with the help of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
He is also associated with Akhil Bharat Prakritik Chikitsha Parishad, [[Rajghat]], [[New Delhi]], an institution promoting natural treatment of diseases and with Federation of Consumer Associations.<ref>https://www.abpcp.co.in/</ref>

==Recognitions==
#He had been the Hon'y Secretary of the West Bengal Branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh (HSS) from 1978 to 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.searchdonation.com/ngo/harijan-sevak-sangh-bengal.php|title=Harijan Sevak Sangh Bengal NGO in West Bengal, office address- 97/3, Naskarpara Road P.O. Ghusuri, Howrah - 711107 West Bengal, India 9231401818 aiwchowrah@yahoo.com|website=searchdonation.com|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>

# President, Howrah Chamber of Commerce
Howrah<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icmai.in/upload/Journal/May2017/files/basic-html/page74.html|title=Page 74 - MA - May 2017|website=icmai.in|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>
# DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARY President of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dpl.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/view_datails/NzI5Mg==|title=President of India - Digital Library|website=dpl.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>
# President Akhil Bharatiya Prakritik Chikitsa Parishad <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abpcp.co.in/about-us/|title=About Us – Akhil Bharatiya Prakritik Chikitsa Parishad|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>
#Member, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samity, Rajghat (GSDS) – an autonomous body of Ministry of Culture, Government of India under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India.<ref>[https://gandhismriti.gov.in/ Gandhi Smriti]</ref>
#
==Honors==
#Recipient of 'National Unity Award' from Gyani Zail Singh, former President of India for outstanding services, achievements and contributions in the field of social work in 1990.
#Recipient of 'International Man of the Year - 1997-98' awarded by the Editorial Board of [[International Biographical Centre]] (IBC), Cambridge, England on 28th April 1998. The IBC is a non-political, secular organization publishing, among other works, many highly respected International Who's Who Biographical titles.<ref>[https://mohammadmohammadali.com/en/articles/NOMINATION-INTERNATIONAL-MAN-OF-THE-YEAR.pdf Nomination letter] mohammadmohammadali.com</ref>
#In January 2023, he received the Karmasathi Ma-Swapno Award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-28 |title=Prof Sankar Kumar Sanyal gets ‘Karmasathi Ma-Swapno’ award |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/prof-sankar-kumar-sanyal-gets-karmasathi-ma-swapno-award-575558 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=[[The Business Standard]] |language=en}}</ref>
#Sri Sanyal is the recipient of a number of awards and honours : (1) 'National Unity Award' from [[Gyani Zail Singh]], former President of India in 1990<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eastkhasihills.gov.in/event/sardar-patel-national-unity-award-2022/|title=Sardar Patel National Unity Award-2022 | East Khasi Hills | India|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Gandhians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educators]]
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Social workers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta| ]]
[[Category:Justices of the peace| ]]
[[Category:Legal professions]]