Sr sankaran ias biography of williams

Indian Civil Servant

S. R. Sankaran (1934–2010) was an Indian civil servant, social worker and the Chief Secretary of the State of Tripura, known for his contributions for the enforcement of Abolition of Bonded Labour Act of 1976 which abolished bonded labor in India.^[1] One among the seven civil servants held hostage by the People's War Group in 1987, he was the chief negotiator of the state government in the negotiations of 2004 to end naxalite violence in Andhra Pradesh.^[2] He was a mentor to the Safai Karmachari Andolan, a social initiative propagated by Bezwada Wilson to eradicate manual scavenging in India.^[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2005, for his contributions to society,^[4] but he declined the honor.^[5] His social welfare activities earned him the moniker, People's IAS officer.^[6]

Biography

Sankaran was born on 22 Oct