Shailendra Pandya | |
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| Member of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights | |
| In office 2019–2022 | |
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| Born | Shailendra Pandya 27 March 1987 Udaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Education | PhD |
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Shailendra Pandya (born 27 March 1987) is an Indian child rights activist [1] and was former member of the Rajasthan State Commission for protection of Child Rights, Government of Rajasthan. [2] He is a founder of Gayatri Seva Sansthan. [3] [4]
He was born in 1987, Udaipur, Rajasthan. and graduated in computer engineering from University of Rajasthan in 2009. He went to the Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University , After completing his master's degree in social work in 2012, Pandya began his professional career for protection of child rights and then joined Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights as state in charge of Child Labour Cell, where he was involve in policies and programs for eradication and rehabilitation of child labour [5] [6]
In 2019, in a interstate rescue he saved 138 children from Surat, with Rajasthan Police, they were brought to work in various jobs. [7] the rescued children 128 were from Rajasthan. [8]
On 12 June 2022, he was involved in a 'Child Labour Free Udaipur' project . [9] where 91 children were rescued from various workplaces and the registration of 17 FIRs were registered, against 54 employers. and later sixty of the rescued children were re-enrolled in education. [10] He is
known for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic when he conducted a Situational Analysis of Tribal Child Labour. [11] where 865 migrant children returning to their villages during pandemic to educational facilities, for rehabilitation and identified families of child laborers. [12] Then
he worked with the district administration, creating a helpline to report cases, which prevented 15 child marriages . [6] [13] he was speaker at Tedx Pradhikaran at D Y Patil Vidyapeeth Pune, 2023.
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