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In the early 1980s, Sadgopal played a major role in efforts to establish an institute dedicated to innovation in education. These culminated in the setting up of [[Eklavya foundation|Eklavya]] in 1982. With this, the intervention that had begun with HSTP entered a new phase, and Sadgopal ceased to be involved in the day-to-day running of HSTP. Following the [[Bhopal disaster|Bhopal gas leak tragedy]] in December 1984, he moved on to a different level of activism, working to secure justice for the gas leak victims. He set up a body called Zahreeli Gas Kand Sangharsh Morcha (Poisonous Gas Affair Struggle Front), which sought to draw attention to the plight of victims by organising conferences, rallies etc.<ref name="datelinebhopal">{{cite book |last1=Chishti |first1=Anees |title=Dateline Bhopal: A Newsman's Diary of the Gas Disaster |date=1986 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |location=New Delhi |page=101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGAJ9fNozXoC&q=sadgopal&pg=PA101 |accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref> | |||
When the [[Acharya Ramamurti]] Committee was constituted in 1990 to review the [[National Policy on Education|National Education Policy of 1980]], Anil Sadgopal was nominated as one of the members. However, he resigned from the committee in protest against what he perceived as the government's "backtracking on the goal of universalisation of elementary education".<ref name="frontlinevasanthasurya">{{cite news |last1=Surya |first1=Vasantha |title=A vision for India's schools |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1716/17160700.htm |accessdate=13 December 2018 |work=Frontline |issue=Volume 17 - Issue 16 |date=5–18 August 2000}}</ref> | When the [[Acharya Ramamurti]] Committee was constituted in 1990 to review the [[National Policy on Education|National Education Policy of 1980]], Anil Sadgopal was nominated as one of the members. However, he resigned from the committee in protest against what he perceived as the government's "backtracking on the goal of universalisation of elementary education".<ref name="frontlinevasanthasurya">{{cite news |last1=Surya |first1=Vasantha |title=A vision for India's schools |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1716/17160700.htm |accessdate=13 December 2018 |work=Frontline |issue=Volume 17 - Issue 16 |date=5–18 August 2000}}</ref> | ||