Invitation : 'Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day'

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Dr. Pathak’s happiest moments in New York

In vitation Sulabh International Social Service Organisation most cordially invites you to attend a unique function to celebrate 14th April as ‘Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day’

Dr. Pathak being bestowed with the “2016 Humanitarian Award” by the New York Global Leaders Dialogue

Address by Dr. Pathak

Dr. Pathak sharing his proud moments with Mr. Phil Scanlan and other dignitaries

Dr. Pathak along with some Sulabh staff

Dr. Pathak took time out to visit one of the nine temples of Navgraha Devasthanam, dedicated to Lord Saneeswara. The temple, which was consecrated in the City of New York, is the first of its kind outside India.

Group photograph during the ceremony

SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION In General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council Sulabh Gram, Palam Dabri Road, New Delhi - 110 045 Tel. Nos. : 91-11-25031518, 25031519; Fax Nos : 91-11-25034014, 91-11-25055952 E-mail: info@sulabhinternational.org, sulabhinfo@gmail.com Website: www.sulabhinternational.org, www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org

MR. BILL DE BLASIO, the Mayor of the City of New York, had proclaimed April 14, 2016 as DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK DAY, applauding Dr. Pathak for turning the pages of India’s history, rescuing the untouchables, changing the country’s sanitation scenario, transforming the lives of widows of Vrindavan, Varanasi and Uttarakhand and also for making available the safe drinking water in the arsenic-affected areas of West Bengal, besides many other contributions.

“...I, Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the city of New York, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 2016, the city of New York as: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day...”


Your gracious presence is solicited for the Commemoration of

“Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day” declared by the Mayor of New York on 14th April, 2016 Organised by

Sulabh International Social Service Organisation Chief Guest

His Excellency Mr. Niankoro Yeah Samake Mali’s Ambassador to India Guest of Honours WHEREAS:

OUR GLOBAL CITY IS HOME TO A THRIVING INDIA-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OUR TIES TO INDIA RUN DEEP. NEW YORK IS PROUD TO BE A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS HAVE A REAL CHANCE AT A BETTER LIFE. OUR DIVERSE RESIDENTS SHARE IN THE COMMITMENT OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 BETTER NEW YORK AND INDIA’S DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND LIFT UP THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.

WHEREAS: SINCE FOUNDING THE SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION IN 1970, DR. PATHAK HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA. BY CAMPAIGNING FOR SOCIAL REFORMS AND DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES. THIS VISIONARY HUMANITARIAN HAS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. I COMMEND DR. PATHAK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND HYGIENE, PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND GIVE DIGNITY AND HOPE TO IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE IN INDIA AND FAR BEYOND. WHEREAS:

ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF VAISAKHI, A TIME OF GENEROSITY AND NEW BEGINNINGS, I AM PLEASED TO JOIN PAM KWATRA , ERIC KUMAR, AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 NEW YORK IN RECOGNIZING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. PATHAK. HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO CHAMPIONING HUMAN RIGHTS HAS HELPED BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT THROUGHOUT INDIA. AS MY ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITY, I APPLAUD DR. PATHAK FOR HIS SHARED COMMITMENT TO FORGING A BRIGHTER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE JUST FUTURE FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, I, BILL DE BLASIO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2016 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS: “DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK DAY”

Hon’ble Dr. Shailesh Zala

Vice-Chancellor, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar

Hon’ble Baba Chandra Shankar Sharma Baba Neem Karoli Ashram, New Delhi

Hon’ble Mr. Avinash Das

Writer and Director of Anaarkali of Aarah

Hon’ble Mr. Pragasen Ramiah

Chairman, Sulabh International Centre for Action Sociology-South Africa

Hon’ble Pt. Suresh Neerav Eminent Poet and Journalist

The function will be presided over by

Hon’ble Prof. B.K. Nagla

Sociologist and former Head of the Department of Sociology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana on

April 14, 2017 | Time : 11:30 am Venue

Constitution Club Annexe Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110 001

The book ‘Swachhta Ka Darshan’ will be released on the occasion RSVP: Suresh Prasad: 09810399293, Aarti Arora: 09899855344 Office : 011-25031518, 25031519, Fax : 011-25034014 Email : sulabhinfo@gmail.com/info@sulabhinternational.org Sulabh Gram, Mahavir Enclave, Palam-Dabri Road, New Delhi-110045

Kindly honour us with your presence at lunch after the function.


Your gracious presence is solicited for the Commemoration of

“Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day” declared by the Mayor of New York on 14th April, 2016 Organised by

Sulabh International Social Service Organisation Chief Guest

His Excellency Mr. Niankoro Yeah Samake Mali’s Ambassador to India Guest of Honours WHEREAS:

OUR GLOBAL CITY IS HOME TO A THRIVING INDIA-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OUR TIES TO INDIA RUN DEEP. NEW YORK IS PROUD TO BE A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS HAVE A REAL CHANCE AT A BETTER LIFE. OUR DIVERSE RESIDENTS SHARE IN THE COMMITMENT OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 BETTER NEW YORK AND INDIA’S DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND LIFT UP THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.

WHEREAS: SINCE FOUNDING THE SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION IN 1970, DR. PATHAK HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA. BY CAMPAIGNING FOR SOCIAL REFORMS AND DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES. THIS VISIONARY HUMANITARIAN HAS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. I COMMEND DR. PATHAK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND HYGIENE, PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND GIVE DIGNITY AND HOPE TO IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE IN INDIA AND FAR BEYOND. WHEREAS:

ON THE JOYOUS OCCASION OF VAISAKHI, A TIME OF GENEROSITY AND NEW BEGINNINGS, I AM PLEASED TO JOIN PAM KWATRA , ERIC KUMAR, AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH ASIANS 4 NEW YORK IN RECOGNIZING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. PATHAK. HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO CHAMPIONING HUMAN RIGHTS HAS HELPED BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT THROUGHOUT INDIA. AS MY ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITY, I APPLAUD DR. PATHAK FOR HIS SHARED COMMITMENT TO FORGING A BRIGHTER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE JUST FUTURE FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE, I, BILL DE BLASIO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2016 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS: “DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK DAY”

Hon’ble Dr. Shailesh Zala

Vice-Chancellor, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar

Hon’ble Baba Chandra Shankar Sharma Baba Neem Karoli Ashram, New Delhi

Hon’ble Mr. Avinash Das

Writer and Director of Anaarkali of Aarah

Hon’ble Mr. Pragasen Ramiah

Chairman, Sulabh International Centre for Action Sociology-South Africa

Hon’ble Pt. Suresh Neerav Eminent Poet and Journalist

The function will be presided over by

Hon’ble Prof. B.K. Nagla

Sociologist and former Head of the Department of Sociology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana on

April 14, 2017 | Time : 11:30 am Venue

Constitution Club Annexe Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110 001

The book ‘Swachhta Ka Darshan’ will be released on the occasion RSVP: Suresh Prasad: 09810399293, Aarti Arora: 09899855344 Office : 011-25031518, 25031519, Fax : 011-25034014 Email : sulabhinfo@gmail.com/info@sulabhinternational.org Sulabh Gram, Mahavir Enclave, Palam-Dabri Road, New Delhi-110045

Kindly honour us with your presence at lunch after the function.


Dr. Pathak’s happiest moments in New York

In vitation Sulabh International Social Service Organisation most cordially invites you to attend a unique function to celebrate 14th April as ‘Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day’

Dr. Pathak being bestowed with the “2016 Humanitarian Award” by the New York Global Leaders Dialogue

Address by Dr. Pathak

Dr. Pathak sharing his proud moments with Mr. Phil Scanlan and other dignitaries

Dr. Pathak along with some Sulabh staff

Dr. Pathak took time out to visit one of the nine temples of Navgraha Devasthanam, dedicated to Lord Saneeswara. The temple, which was consecrated in the City of New York, is the first of its kind outside India.

Group photograph during the ceremony

SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION In General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council Sulabh Gram, Palam Dabri Road, New Delhi - 110 045 Tel. Nos. : 91-11-25031518, 25031519; Fax Nos : 91-11-25034014, 91-11-25055952 E-mail: info@sulabhinternational.org, sulabhinfo@gmail.com Website: www.sulabhinternational.org, www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org

MR. BILL DE BLASIO, the Mayor of the City of New York, had proclaimed April 14, 2016 as DR. BINDESHWAR PATHAK DAY, applauding Dr. Pathak for turning the pages of India’s history, rescuing the untouchables, changing the country’s sanitation scenario, transforming the lives of widows of Vrindavan, Varanasi and Uttarakhand and also for making available the safe drinking water in the arsenic-affected areas of West Bengal, besides many other contributions.

“...I, Bill de Blasio, Mayor of the city of New York, do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 2016, the city of New York as: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Day...”


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