Hanumappa Sudarshan

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Full Name	Hanumappa Sudarshan
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	Dec 30, 1950(1950-12-30)
Age	74
Country	India
Birth City	Yemalur
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Hanumappa Sudarshan Biography

Hanumappa Sudarshan is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on December 30, 1950 in Yemalur, India. Dr. Hanumappa Sudarshan, born 30 December 1950, is an Indian social worker. He is also a tribal rights activist. His contributions to the empowerment of forest dwelling tribes (mainly Soligas), in the Chamarajanagar District of Karnataka are well-known. He has also been awarded the Right Livelihood Award as well as the Padma Shri.

Karuna Trust (India), founded in 1986 by Dr. Sudarshan is an organization that is involved with integrated rural development. It is affiliated to VGKK. This trust was founded in response to the high incidence of leprosy within Yelandur Taluk, Chamarajanagar District. Education and livelihood improvement are another areas of focus for the trust. Karuna Trust has 72 Primary Health Care Centres (PHC) in all districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Karnataka. This organisation encourages Public Private Partnership (NGO) on a non-profit basis in order to provide primary health care.

Indian poet Shaunak Chakraborty got impressed by his ideology and work towards society so he decided to establish a non profit organization named Sudarshan Army on 30 July 2019 which got its name from him. This organization completely run on his ideology which is gandhism.

VGKK is an organization whose mission it is to promote sustainable development of tribal people by using rights-based approaches to education, health, livelihood security, and conservation of biodiversity. VGKK was founded by Dr. Sudarshan in October 1981. It has worked with tribals from the Chamarijanagar and Mysore districts of Karnataka, as well as tribals from the states of Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh. It has also interacted with approximately 20,000 people. Since its inception, the organisation has had a president who is a tribal youth. Jadeya Gowda is the president. She was one of the few children to be taught by Dr. Sudarshan. He completed a degree and post-graduation as an agricultural scientist and is currently completing his PhD at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore.

Hanumappa Sudarshan Net Worth

Hanumappa Sudarshan is one of the richest Physician from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hanumappa Sudarshan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sudarshan was born near Bangalore in Yemalur. He graduated from Bangalore Medical College in 1973 and became a doctor. He is an Adjunct professor at IGNOU.

He joined Ramakrishna Mission’s charitable health centers, which took him to the Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, Belur Math, West Bengal, and Ponnampet, Karnataka, as part of his job. He decided to focus on the needs of tribal communities rather than pursuing a career in medicine in cities. In 1980, he founded the Vivekanandagirijana Kalyana Kendra for integrated development of tribals in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. He is also the Honorary Secretary and founder of the Karuna Trust which is dedicated towards rural development in Arunachal Pradesh and Karnataka. He draws inspiration from Swami Vivekananda’s nation-building and man-making ideals. He supports Gandhian ideals of rural development.

Dr. Sudarshan has held many positions in his career, prominent among them being, the chairmanship of the Task Force on Health and Family Welfare organised by Government of Karnataka, the Task Force on Public Private Partnership organised by National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) of Government of India and Institute of Health management & Research (IHMR), Bangalore. He was also associated as a member of Working Group 6 on Macro-economics & Health organised by the World Health Organization and was also a Steering Group member of the Planning Commission on the Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes in India’s 11th Five Year Plan. He has also been the Vigilance Director for the Karnataka Lokayukta, an ombudsman organisation. During his tenure, he adopted a method of regular visits and raids to several Government departments and earned critical acclaim for this.

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Hanumappa Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Hanumappa Sudarshan celebrates birthday on December 30 of every year.

Top Facts about Hanumappa Sudarshan

1. Hanumappa Sudarshan was an Indian social worker and tribal rights activist.
2. He founded Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra in 1981.
3. Sudarshan worked for the upliftment of tribal communities in India.
4. He received the Padma Shri award in 2000 for his work.
5. Sudarshan passed away on May 26, 2018, at the age of 68.
6. He was born on April 2, 1950, in Karnataka, India.
7. Sudarshan was a trained doctor and had a degree in medicine.
8. He played a key role in establishing community-based healthcare programs.
9. Sudarshan also worked towards promoting education among tribal children.
10. His efforts led to the establishment of several schools and hostels for them.