Patna, March 17, 2025: Dr Bindeshwar Pathak was posthumously awarded the ‘Champions of Change Bihar’ at a prestigious ceremony held at Gyan Bhawan, Patna. The award was presented to Dr Pathak in recognition of his outstanding contributions to social welfare and sanitation. Shri Kumar Dilip, President of Sulabh International, received the award on behalf of…
DetailsLucknow, April 20, 2025 — In a heartfelt tribute to the legacy of Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International, Union Defence Minister Hon’ble Shri Rajnath Singh unveiled his statue and inaugurated a road named in his honor in the Aliganj area of Lucknow. The ceremony celebrated Dr Pathak’s monumental contributions to sanitation, social reform,…
DetailsIt is a matter of great pride for Sulabh family that today Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement was conferred upon Honorary Professorship of School of Liberal Arts & Languages of Shobhit University India, Gangoh, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. We all are thankful to Shobhit University for conferring this prestigious honour to…
DetailsOn September 30, 2025, Mrs Nitya Pathak, Executive Convener of Sulabh International, moved hearts with her stirring address at a special programme organised by the Loomba Foundation and CII Foundation in Vrindavan-Mathura. Speaking before a hall filled with dignitaries, social leaders, and widowed mothers, she called for society to rise above double standards and embrace…
Details15 September 2023 By Dr Ruth Kattumuri and Brenda Wagaba The United Nations report (United Nations, 2023) is part of the global stocktake for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward achieving these goals by 2030. This report indicates there has been adequate progress with SDG 6 to ‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation…
DetailsBy Geeta Pandey and Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Campaigner and social reformer Bindeshwar Pathak who died on Tuesday, aged 80, was a man who revolutionised the concept of toilets in India. In the early 1970s, he made a cheap twin-pit toilet – a design which has since been used to build clean toilets in…
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