Nikhil Shenoy G

Nikhil Shenoy G is a development  practitioner with over a decade of grassroots experience working on NREGA implementation, wage security, and labour rights in India. He is a founding member of the Rajasthan Asangathit Mazdoor Union (RAMU), a women-focused union of over 10,000 rural NREGA worker families. With the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, he helped formulate the Government of Rajasthan’s ​“Poora Kaam Poora Daam” NREGA campaign, which not only helped raise the average wages and work days in Rajasthan but also created a transformational shift in the appointment of women mates(worksite supervisors). He has also led large-scale outreach programs on rural employment and social security entitlements covering six-states that reached over 50,000 families and secured a doubling of social security pension coverage in Rajasthan and Jharkhand. He was part of the 100-day ​“Jawabdehi Yatra” demanding an accountability law in Rajasthan. He is currently engaged with the School of Continuing Education — University Resource Centre, Azim Premji University.