Some great achievments of AK - KNOW HIM Kejriwal is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He worked for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He is known for his efforts to enact and implement the Right to Information Act (RTI) at the grassroots level and his role in drafting a proposed Jan Lokpal Bill. In 2006, Kejriwal was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership recognising his involvement in a grassroots movement using right-to-information legislation in a campaign against corruption he donated his Magsaysay award money RS 45 LAKHS as a corpus fund to found the Public Cause Research Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO). He joined Tata Steel in 1989 Kejriwal spent some time in Kolkata, at the Ramakrishna Mission in North-East India and at Nehru Yuva Kendra. In 1999, Parivartan (which means change), focused on assisting citizens in navigating income tax, electricity and food ration matters in parts of Delhi Kejriwal has used the Right to Information Act in corruption cases in many government departments including the Income Tax Department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Public Distribution System and the Delhi Electricity Board. Kejriwal was the civil society representative member of the committee constituted by the Government of India to draft a Jan Lokpal bill.
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