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 | name               = Shantha Sinha
 | birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|01|07}}
-| birth_place        = Nellore
+| birth_place        = [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
 | nationality        = Indian
 | other_names        =
-| awards             = [[Padma Shri (1998)]]
+| awards             = [[Padma Shri]] (1999)<br/>[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (2003)
-[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]
-Social Work
 | image              = Prof._Shantha_Sinha.jpg
 | caption            = Prof. Shantha Sinha in her office
-| occupation         = Social Work
+| occupation         = Social worker, professor
-| organization       = Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, India.
 }}
-'''Shantha Sinha''' (born January 7, 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uohyd.academia.edu/SSinha/CurriculumVitae|title=Shantha Sinha {{!}} University of Hyderabad - Academia.edu|website=uohyd.academia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> is an Indian anti-[[child labour]] activist. She is the founder of Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation, popularly known as MV Foundation (which is named in memory of her grandfather Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiah), and is a professor in the Department of Political science in [[Hyderabad Central University]]. She headed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for two consecutive terms (three years each); The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, an Act of Parliament (December 2005). Sinha was its first chairperson. She was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India in 1998.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
+'''Shantha Sinha''' (born 7 January 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uohyd.academia.edu/SSinha/CurriculumVitae|title=Shantha Sinha {{!}} University of Hyderabad - Academia.edu|website=uohyd.academia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> is an Indian anti-[[child labour]] activist. She is the founder of Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation, popularly known as MV Foundation (which is named in memory of her grandfather Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiah), and is a professor in the Department of Political science in [[Hyderabad Central University]]. She headed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for two consecutive terms (three years each); The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, an Act of Parliament (December 2005). Sinha was its first chairperson. She was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India in 1998.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
-==Early life and background==
+== Early life ==
-Shantha Sinha is an alumnus of [[St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/06/12/stories/2006061201550400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626060304/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/06/12/stories/2006061201550400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2006|date=12 June 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=St Ann's — Shining on |author=Syeda Farida}}</ref> up to class 8. She studied from classes 9 to 12 in Keyes High School for Girls, Secunderabad.
+Shantha Sinha was born on 7 January 1950 in [[Nellore district]] of coastal [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She completer her early schooling in [[St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/06/12/stories/2006061201550400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626060304/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/06/12/stories/2006061201550400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2006|date=12 June 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=St Ann's — Shining on |author=Syeda Farida}}</ref> After obtaining a master's degree in [[political science]] from [[Osmania University]] in 1972, she earned her doctorate from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in 1976 and joined the faculty of the University of Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jafri |first1=Syed Amin |title=Shantha Sinha wins Magsaysay Award for anti-child labour activities |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jul/30magsay1.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=22 November 2021 |date=31 July 2003}}</ref>
-==College education==
-She went on to complete her M.A in Political Science from Osmania University in 1970. She obtained her Ph.D from JNU in 1976.
 ==Career==
-Sinha is an academician with Hyderabad Central University. She gained the internationally renowned 2003 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award|Ramon Magsaysay award]]<ref>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationSinhaSha.htm] Thirty-sixth Foundation Day Lecture delivered by Dr Shantha Sinha-Source-IIM Bangalore</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jul/30magsay1.htm] Shantha Sinha wins Magsaysay Award for anti-child labour activities-Source-Rediff News</ref> for community leadership. She has also been awarded the [[Padma Shri]] (1999),<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=859] Padma Shri Awardees-Source-india.gov.in</ref> and the Albert Shanker International Award (1999) from [[Education International]]. She has also been awarded with Hyderabad Women of the Decade Achievers Award for Social Service by ASSOCHAM Ladies League.<ref>{{YouTube|bEtHX9gn9iAA}}</ref> A rights activist, her contribution to a phenomenal reduction in child labour in nearly 1200 villages of Ranga Reddy district in Telangana is perhaps unparalleled. Recognizing her work, the Government of India appointed her as the first chairperson of the newly formed NCPCR.
+Sinha is an academician with Hyderabad Central University. In 2003, she was given the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Community Leadership, in recognition of her work in "guiding the people of [[Andhra Pradesh|AP]] to end the scourge of child labour and send all of their children to school".<ref>{{cite news |title=Shantha Sinha, Lyngdoh get Magsaysay awards |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july31/i4.asp |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040222222447/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july31/i4.asp |archive-date=22 February 2004 |date=31 July 2003}}</ref> She has also been awarded the [[Padma Shri]] (1999),<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=859] Padma Shri Awardees-Source-india.gov.in</ref> and the Albert Shanker International Award (1999) from [[Education International]]. She has also been awarded with Hyderabad Women of the Decade Achievers Award for Social Service by ASSOCHAM Ladies League.<ref>{{YouTube|bEtHX9gn9iAA}}</ref> A rights activist, her contribution to a phenomenal reduction in child labour in nearly 1200 villages of Ranga Reddy district in Telangana is perhaps unparalleled. Recognizing her work, the Government of India appointed her as the first chairperson of the newly formed NCPCR.
 Sinha, Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Protection of Child Rights]] ([http://ncpcr.gov.in/ NCPCR]) advocated amendment of the Child Labour Act and also requested for including adolescent labourers under its purview in presence of [https://dryogeshdube.com/ Yogesh Dube], Member of [http://ncpcr.gov.in/ NCPCR] and Neela Gangadharan, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, in a function organised by [[International Labour Organization|ILO]], [[National Commission for Protection of Child Rights|NCPCR]] and United Nations Children's Fund on the occasion of Anti-Child Labour Day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ncpcr-for-change-in-child-labour-act-seeks-cover-for-teens-1701369|title=NCPCR for change in Child Labour Act, seeks cover for teens}}</ref>
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 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021173050/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/10/stories/2006101009370500.htm ''Tough action sought against child labour on farms'', The Hindu, 10 October 2006]
-* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/05/stories/2003080500450100.htm Interview, ''Striving for better lives '', The Hindu, 5 August 2003]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031004014319/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/05/stories/2003080500450100.htm Interview, ''Striving for better lives '', The Hindu, 5 August 2003]
 * [http://southasia.oneworld.net/weekend/education-an-antidote-to-child-labour/ Interview, "Education, an antidote to child labour", OneWorld South Asia, 19 June 2010]
 * [http://mvfindia.in/ MV Foundation]