This slideshow is about the Nobel prize laureate, Kailash Satyarthi

1. Kailash Satyarthi
-The seeker of truth

2. Kailash Satyarthi
Born- Kailash Sharma
11 January 1954(age 61)
Vidhisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
Education- Electrical Engineering
Occupation-Activist
Alma Mater-Samrat Ashok Technological
Institute, Vidhisha

3. Early life
Kailash Satyarthi was born on 11 January 1954
in the Vidisha district of central Indian state
Madhya Pradesh.
He attended govt. boys higher secondary school
and completed his degree in electrical
engineering at samrat ashok technological
institute, Vidisha and a post graduate degree in
high-voltage engineering he then joined a college
in Bhopal as a lecturer for a few years.

4. Personal life
He lives in Delhi.
His family includes his wife a son, daughter-in-law
and a daughter.
He has been described as an excellent cook.

5. Work
In 1980, he gave up his career as a teacher and became
secretary general for the Bonded Labor liberation front;
he also founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan that year.
He has also been involved with the global march against
child labor and its international advocacy body. He has
also served as the president of the Global campaign for
Education. In addition, he established Good weave
International as the first voluntarily labeling,
monitoring and certification system of rugs
manufactured without the use of child-labor in South
Asia.

6. Work against child labor
 Much of the world’s population, especially in poor
countries, is made up of children and young people. To
achieve a peaceful world, it is crucial that the rights of
children and young people be respected .following the
tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist Kailash
Satyarthi has waged a peaceful struggle to stop children
being exploited as labor instead of attending school. He
also contributed to the development of international
conventions on the right of children.

7. Interesting things to know about Kailash Satyarthi
 For his work, Satyarthi has endured death threats and
attempts at incarnation, and two of his colleagues were
even murdered on the job.
 He gave up his career as an electrical engineer more than
30 years ago to support ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’
 As a student he used to study under the lamp post on a
met a night as there were no power supply in his town
Vidisha.

8. Some more interesting facts
He contributed to the development of important
international conventions on children’s rights.
He created the Global March Against Child
Labour, a movement that is active in many
countries. He is a first India-born person to
have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and
the seventh Indian Nobel laureate.

9. Awards and Honors
Satyarthi had been subject of a number of documentaries, television
series, talk shows, advocacy and awareness films. Satyarthi has
been awarded the following national and international honor.
2014:Nobel peace prize
2009:Defenderof Democracy Award
2008:Alfonso Comin International award
2007:Gold medal of the Italian Senate
2007:recognized in the list of “Heroes acting to end modern day
slavery” by the US State Department
2006:Freedom Award

10. Awards and honors contd.
 2002:Wallenburg Medal, awarded by the university of
Michigan
 1999:Frederich Ebert Stiftung Award
 1998:Golden Flag Award
 1995:Robert F.Kennedy Human Rights Award
 1995:The Trumpeter Award
 1994:THE Aachener International Peace Award
 1993:Elected Ashoka Fellow

11. Thank you
 Made by the students of class 11-A
Group-6
Group leader- Vanshika Nehra
Group members Siddharth Koul
Yukti Goyal
Shradha Soin
Tushar Lamba
Swar jain