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	'''Sulabh ~~india ( TERI india )~~''' is an [[India]]-based social service organization that 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.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080718/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2008-10-07 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Sulabh International gets U.N. recognition \| date=2008-10-05}}</ref> Sulabh International is the largest nonprofit organization in India.<ref>{{cite book \|last= George \|first= Rose. \|title= [[The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters]] \|publisher= [[Metropolitan Books]] \|date=September 2008 \|isbn= 978-0-8050-8271-5}}</ref>		'''Sulabh International''' is an [[India]]-based social service organization that 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.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080718/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2008-10-07 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Sulabh International gets U.N. recognition \| date=2008-10-05}}</ref> Sulabh International is the largest nonprofit organization in India.<ref>{{cite book \|last= George \|first= Rose. \|title= [[The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters]] \|publisher= [[Metropolitan Books]] \|date=September 2008 \|isbn= 978-0-8050-8271-5}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	==Criticism==		==Criticism==
	The organization has ~~come under severe criticism~~ by ~~scholars like~~ Mukul Sharma ~~(2017)~~ in his book Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics. Sharma~~'s criticism majorly pertains to how a~~ Brahmin and Gandhian activist Bindeshwar Pathak ~~employ~~ patronising and glorifying methods while dealing with caste based occupation like manual scavenging and sanitation work in general.<ref>https://muse.jhu.edu/article/666057</ref>		The organization has been criticised by Mukul Sharma in his book ''Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics'' (2017). Sharma writes that the Brahmin and Gandhian activist Bindeshwar Pathak employs patronising and glorifying methods while dealing with caste based occupation like manual scavenging and sanitation work in general.<ref>{{Cite journal\|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/666057\|doi = 10.1353/bio.2017.0009\|title = Brahmanical Activism as Eco-Casteism: Reading the Life Narratives of Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh International, and "Liberated" Dalits\|year = 2017\|last1 = Sharma\|first1 = Mukul\|journal = Biography\|volume = 40\|pages = 199–221\|s2cid = 149170105}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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	'''Sulabh ~~International~~''' is an [[India]]-based social service organization that 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.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080718/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2008-10-07 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Sulabh International gets U.N. recognition \| date=2008-10-05}}</ref> Sulabh International is the largest nonprofit organization in India.<ref>{{cite book \|last= George \|first= Rose. \|title= [[The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters]] \|publisher= [[Metropolitan Books]] \|date=September 2008 \|isbn= 978-0-8050-8271-5}}</ref>		'''Sulabh india ( TERI india )''' is an [[India]]-based social service organization that 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.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080718/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2008-10-07 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Sulabh International gets U.N. recognition \| date=2008-10-05}}</ref> Sulabh International is the largest nonprofit organization in India.<ref>{{cite book \|last= George \|first= Rose. \|title= [[The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters]] \|publisher= [[Metropolitan Books]] \|date=September 2008 \|isbn= 978-0-8050-8271-5}}</ref>

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[[File:A delegation of sanitary workers from various parts of the country working with the Sulabh International with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on 16, May 2006.jpg|thumb|A delegation of sanitary workers from various parts of the country working with the Sulabh International with the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on 16, May 2006]]
'''Sulabh International''' is an [[India]]-based social service organization that 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.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080718/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100555200700.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2008-10-07 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Sulabh International gets U.N. recognition | date=2008-10-05}}</ref> Sulabh International is the largest nonprofit organization in India.<ref>{{cite book |last= George |first= Rose. |title= [[The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters]] |publisher= [[Metropolitan Books]] |date=September 2008 |isbn= 978-0-8050-8271-5}}</ref>

==History==
Sulabh was founded by [[Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak|Bindeshwar Pathak]] from Bihar State in 1970, and have 50,000 volunteers Innovations include a scavenging-free two-pit pourflush toilet (''Sulabh Shauchalaya''); safe and hygienic on-site human waste disposal technology; a new concept of maintenance and construction of pay-&-use [[public toilet]]s, popularly known as Sulabh Complexes with bath, laundry and urinal facilities being used by about ten million people every day and generates [[bio-gas]] and [[biofertilizer]] produced from [[excreta]]-based plants, low maintenance waste water treatment plants of medium capacity for institutions and industries. Other work includes setting up English-medium public school in [[New Delhi]] and also a network of centres all over the country to train boys and girls from poor families, specially [[scavenger]]s, so that they can compete in open job market.

==Institution==
[[File:Sulabh Urinal complex.jpg|thumb|right|A Sulabh urinal complex in Chennai]]
[[File:Sulabh ecosan toilet.jpg|thumb|right|Example of two "ecosan" toilet slabs, found in a Sulabh complex in India]]
The [[United Nations Centre for Human Settlements]] has praised Sulabh's sanitation system as a global "Urban Best Practice" at the [[Habitat-II]] conference held at [[Istanbul]], Turkey, in June 1996.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} The [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|Economic and Social Council]] of the [[United Nations]] granted [[Special Consultative Status]] to Sulabh in recognition of its work.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111154820500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105090635/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111154820500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-05 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Sulabh know-how to go international | date=2008-11-11}}</ref>

Sulabh claims their plan on human waste disposal and social reforms has provided jobs directly to 35,000 people, and has created 10,000,000 (1 crore) mandays, making 240 towns scavenging free.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/sulab.pdf | title=Sulabh International Social Service Organization}}</ref>

Sulabh has established coordination with various national and international agencies, including [[British Council]], [[USAID]], [[BORDA]], a German organisation, Commission of [[European Union]], [[Belgium]], [[GERES]], [[France]], [[CEEIC]], [[HRIEE]], [[China]] and [[Haskoning and Euroconsult]], a Dutch firm.

Sulabh found mention in page 124 of the [[Human Development Index]] report for 2006. Sulabh was commended for bringing sanitation to the poor in India.

In October 2007, Sulabh announced the design of a cheap toilet system that [[recycle]]s human waste into [[biogas]] and [[fertilizer]].

Pathak has been conferred with the 2009 [[Stockholm Water Prize]] for his contributions towards his work.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sulabh-founder-wins-Swedish-prize/articleshow/4314727.cms | title=Sulabh founder wins Swedish prize|accessdate=2009-03-25 |date=2009-03-25 |publisher=TIMES OF INDIA }}</ref> Sulabh International awarded [[Gandhi Peace Prize]] for year 2016 jointly with [[Akshaya Patra Foundation]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=President confers Gandhi Peace Prize |url=http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=President-confers-Gandhi-Peace-Prize&id=360273 |publisher=[[All India Radio]] |date=February 26, 2019}}</ref>

== Sulabh International Museum of Toilets ==
{{Main|Sulabh International Museum of Toilets}}
In Sulabh International's premises in [[Delhi]], the company runs a museum dedicated to the history of sanitation and toilets.<ref>Lonely Planet India – 10th edition</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-404343.html |title=Sulabh International Museum of Toilets |date=June 26, 2009 |website=travelblog.org |publisher= |accessdate=November 19, 2014}}</ref>

==Criticism==
The organization has come under severe criticism by scholars like Mukul Sharma (2017) in his book Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics. Sharma's criticism majorly pertains to how a Brahmin and Gandhian activist Bindeshwar Pathak employ patronising and glorifying methods while dealing with caste based occupation like manual scavenging and sanitation work in general.<ref>https://muse.jhu.edu/article/666057</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.sulabhinternational.org/downloads/sulabh_case_studies_iim.pdf |title=A Case Study of Sulabh International Social Service Organisation |last1=Rastogi |first1=Siddhartha Kumar |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812205052/http://www.sulabhinternational.org/downloads/sulabh_case_studies_iim.pdf |archivedate=2011-08-12 |format= PDF (771 KB) |website=sulabhinternational.org |publisher=FPM II Economics – [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] |accessdate=2014-11-19}}
* [http://www.sulabhinternational.org/ Sulabh International]
* [http://www.energyinternational.org Energy International - NGO which constructs sulabh shauchalaya in rural and urban areas internationally]
* [https://archive.today/20130418173057/http://blip.tv/file/1607032/ Film on Sulabh: Scavenging Freedom, includes interview with founder], Total Running Time: 43 mins
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15amMIejJ_4 Nai Disha: Film on Scavengers of Alwar], Total Running Time: 7 mins
* [http://poopthebook.com/blog/2007/10/10/sanitary-visionary/ The Sanitary Visionary and Me (a profile of Sulabh and Bindeshwar Pathak)]

{{Gandhi Peace Prize laureates}}

[[Category:Waste organizations]]
[[Category:Water supply and sanitation in India]]
[[Category:Environmental organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organizations with general consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Gandhi Peace Prize]]