Raju Kendre comes from Pimpri Village located in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
“I come from an agricultural background. My parents and elder brother are farmers. I did my primary schooling in a government school in Pimpri and went to Buldana district for further studies. I’ve stayed away from my family since then. I graduated in Public Services through distance learning.”
Post his graduation, Raju worked with an organisation and was placed in tribal belt of Mel Ghat in Amravati district of Maharashtra.
Raju is currently pursuing his post graduation in Social Entrepreneurship from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
“I kept visiting my village every now and then. I was always active into social issues and had a good repo with people from my village. It was around 2013 that my attention was drawn to corruption in MNREGA project. I spoke to local authorities, filed RTIs and questioned the concerned parties. It was an NCP…
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