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Distinguished Visitors

Dr. Robert J.Kim-Farley, WHO Representative to India, Mr. M.M. Dutta, Mr.
M.L. Gupta and Mr. Terence Thompson with Dr. Pathak at the Announcement
Ceremony of the Sulabh Global Sanitation Award to the WHO in April 2002

Dr. Uton Muchtar Rafei, Regional Director, WHO, S.E.A. region and Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland,
Director General, World Health Organisation, in a meeting with
Dr. Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Sanitation Movement.

The Sulabh International Social Service Organisation was founded in 1970 and the actual work started in 1973. Since then the Sulabh activities have attracted visitors, both from India and abroad. People from more than 100 countries have visited the Sulabh Centre. These visitors have been from many disciplines– politicians, administrators, engineers, sociologists, architects, students, teachers, doctors and para medical staff from hospitals and other institutions.

	Mr. Harry G. Barnes, U.S. Ambassador to India, at a Sulabh Project in Patna (Bihar).
World renowned agricultural scientist, Dr. M. S. Swaminathan inspecting the Sulabh toilet system in Patna.
	Mr. Rajendra Lal Das, a veteran Gandhian who inspired Dr. Pathak to start the campaign for the liberation of scavengers.
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, with Mr. Topio Soveri, Counsellor, Embassy of Finland at the Sulabh Sanitation Centre in New Delhi.
	Delegates from Vietnam.
Delegates from Vietnam seeing the making of mosaic pans at Patna.
	Dr. Pathak explaining the functioning of the biogas generator to Mr. Philip Boffy, Dy. Editor, New York Times.
Dr. Pathak speaking at the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH), Calcutta, where a seminar was organised by the W.H.O., Ministry of Urban Development and AIIH&PH on August 18, 1987.
	The President of India, Mr. R. Venkataraman with Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Nov. 11, 1988. Dr. Pathak called on the President after his visit to Nathdwara temple.
Mr. Rajiv Gandhi with sons and daughters of liberated scavengers who called on him on Nov. 8, 1988, in New Delhi after their visit to Nathdwara temple.
	The Vice-President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, with sons and daughters of liberated scavengers, who called on him on Nov. 5, 1988, in New Delhi after their visit to Nathdwara temple.
Mr. Romesh Bhandari Lt. Governor of Delhi, alongwith, Mr. Jag Pravesh Chandra Chief Executive Councillor, Delhi, inaugurating a Sulabh Toilet Complex at Subzi Mandi, New Delhi, in 1989.
	Sulabh Toilet Complexes provide additional employment. A women selling tooth cleaners at a Sulabh toilet
Providing dignity of labour is one of the missions of Dr. Pathak. Best Sulabh social worker of the year 1988, Mr. Uma Kant Choudhary, unfurling the flag on Republic Day. He was awarded Sulabh Ratna.
	A workshop on Evaluation Methodology of Low-cost Sanitation Programme in India, organised by Sulabh International in collaboration with Economie Et. Humanisme, (France) in New Delhi on May 23-24, 1989.
A study of sanitation methodology in Sweden.
	Sulabh training camp at Chittagoan, Bangladesh, demonstrating Sulabh technology. Chairman, WASA, inaugurating the camp.
Mr. B.B. Sahay, IAS, Commissioner and Secretary, Urban Development, Govt. of Bihar, visiting a Sulabh Complex in the slum area of Patna.
	Ganga Project: A view of joint efforts of Sulabh International and the Govt. of India on Ganga Action Plan
Members of the Indian Association of Action Sociologists visiting a Sulabh Toilet Complex at Patna.
	Sulabh campaigners visit door to door, educating people on the benefits of Sulabh Shauchalaya.
Mr. Richard Middleton (2nd from left) Project Manager, UNDP/World Bank Project on Low Cost Sanitation, Washington, on a visit to Patna to see Sulabh Shauchalaya.
	Visitors from Holland.
Mr. Philip Wan of UNICEF discussing with Dr. Pathak, masons' training in low-cost sanitation programme.
	Mr. Brian Goodwin is a biologist who led a team of students and experts under International Honours Programme to Sulabh Complex to study sanitation problems.
HUDCO Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. S.K. Sharma and Dr. Pathak at a conference in New Delhi.
	Mr. T.R. Bhaskaran, an eminent Public Health Engineer and Environmentalist, addressing a conference.
Sulabh community complexes are kept clean round the clock.
	Mr. K.K. Srivastava, IAS, Chief Secretary, Bihar, at a Sulabh laboratory
A Vietnamese delegate examining the Sulabh pan-making process.
	Dr. Wally N'Dow, Secretary General, Habitat II Conference, and Assistant Secretary General, UNCHS at the morning prayer at Sulabh English Medium School, Palam, New Delhi
Dr. Pathak with Prof. John Pickford, WEDC group leader at a seminar on ‘The Global Consultations on Safe Water and Sanitation for the 1990s’.
	Mr. John Pettigrew (second from right), senior Sanitary Engineer, World Bank, Washington D.C., discussing the design of toilet complexes at the Sulabh International Head Office at Patna.
Mr. S. B. Chavan, the then Union Minister for Planning and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, at a Sulabh toilet complex in Patna.
	Mr. L. M. Menezes, IAS, Special Officer, Madras Corporation, discussing the implementation of the Sulabh Shauchalaya Scheme in Madras.
Dr. Pathak with UNDP Administrator Mr. William H. Drapper III at a Conference on “The Global Consultations on Safe Water& Sanitation for the 1990’s" in New Delhi.
	Mr. J. H. Jeery Matsila, High Commissioner of South Africa, alongwith the physically handicapped boys and girls on the Sulabh campus.
The Sri Lankan Minister for Science and Technology, Mr. Bernard Soyasa, being explained advantages of excreta based manure by Dr. Pathak.
	Mr. Sam Pitroda inspecting articles produced by the children of liberated scavengers at the Sulabh Bhawan in New Delhi.
NOT BY CITIES ALONE : Mr. Devi Lal, Deputy Prime Minister of India, told Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak that Sulabh must move faster into villages to ensure that there is no open defecation which is especially humiliating for women.
	A Visit of White House Fellows from the United States to Sulabh Bhawan New Delhi
Mr. John Maina and Mrs. M. Basu from Kenya being explained about excretabased manure by the Sulabh scientist
	His Excellency Mr. Joel Kaapnda, High Commissioner of Namibia in Sulabh Bhawan New Delhi
Mr. B.P. Singh, Executive Director, World Bank having a look at Gandhian literature in the Sulabh library which he visited on November 2, 1999.
	Mr. Edmund G. Wagner, author of the book “Excreta Disposal for Rural Areas and Small Communities” being presented with a Citation by Dr Bindeswar Pathak on February 21, 2003.
Mr. Sachin Pilot, being explained about the Sulabh technologies by Dr P K Jha, Director-General, SIITRAT. February 28, 2003.
	Mrs Margaret Catley-Carlson,Chair, Global Water Partnership, with Mr Roberto Lenton, Co-chairman of the Task Force, Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA visited Sulabh Campus. March 2, 2004.
Ms. Martha Wangari Karua, Minister of Water Resources Management and Development, Kenya at the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. February 6, 2004.
	Mr. Herald, a journalist from the Netherlands, with children of Sulabh Public School
A Lao People's Democratic Republic delegates at Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
	Mr. Anwar Zak Tulek, Mayor, Municipal Corporation of Kabul, Afganistan, addressing Sulabh volunteers
Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chairperson of Global Water Partnership, with the women who were scavengers until a year ago, and been trained at Sulabh Institute and rehabilitated in different traders. (March 2, 2004).
	Mr. Navin Jindal, M.P. examining the Sulabh twinpit technologies on his visit to Sulabh Campus. March 29, 2004.
H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn of Thailand and H.E. Ambassador of Thailand with Dr Pathak at Sulabh Campus. February 28, 2005.
	Ms. Kim Barker of Chicago Tribune, visited Sulabh Campus on February 22, 2006.
Marathon boy Master Budhia with Dr Pathak at Sulabh Gram. July 7, 2006. Hon’b
	Hon'ble Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Minister for Rural Development, Govt. of India, delievering a speech at a Workshop on Sanitation Technologies, which was organised by Sulabh International Academy of Environmental Sanitation in collaboration with UN-Habitat. (Nov 13-25, 2006).
Hon’ble Mr Rohullah Aman, Mayor of Kabul, in the Sulabh laboratory. February 8, 2007.
	Hon'ble Shri Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Minister of Water Resources, Food, Public Distribution, Consumer Affairs and Excise & Prohibition with Sulabh Public School Children
Dr. Prabhakar from Harvard University, USA, alongwith Ms. Vidya Viswanathan, Editor of Civil Society, visiting Sulabh toilet models on January 3, 2007.
	Hon’ble Ms. B. Marshoff, Premier, Free State Province, Republic of South Africa at the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets on September 10, 2007.
Hon’ble Ms. Susane Weber- Mosdorf, Assistant Director-General, World Health Organisation in a class at Sulabh Public School on March 7, 2007.
	Mr. Albert Wright, Member of the UN Millennium Task Force and Ms Christine Sybesma of the International Research Centre, with students of Sulabh Vocational Training Centre. March 11, 2007.
A South African delegation from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry at the Sulabh Vocation Training Centre. May 9, 2007.
	Nursing sisters from Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on the Sulabh Campus.
Ms. Rashmi Balasubramaniyam from Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, at the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets on August 8, 2007.
	Participants of the 10th Capacity Building Programme on Need Assessment Monitoring, Evaluation and Information Generation Techniques for Decentralized Governance under Technical Corporation Scheme (TCS) of Colombo Plan, on their visit to Sulabh Museum. September 10, 2007
Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation at Biogas based kitchen in Sulabh Campus.
	Ms. Celine Gomes, Ms. Elizabeth & Mr. Dana Ward from Population Services International, India at Sulabh Campus.
Visitors from CAPART having a look at Sulabh Twin-Pit Toilet.
	Hon'ble Er. Suresh Chandra, General Manager, Yamuna Pollution Control Unit, U.P. Jal Nigam, Agra, in Sulabh International Museum of Toilets on Sept. 1, 2007.
Shri Lalji Rey, IAS, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Varanasi in Sulabh Public Schoo on 18, Oct. 2007.