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{{short description|Indian activist}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Deep Joshi
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|birth_date = 1947
|birth_place = Puriyag, [[Pithoragarh district]], Uttarakhand
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|nationality = Indian
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|known_for = NGO/Social work, 2009 recipient of [[Magsaysay award]] and one of the recipient of 2010 [[Padma Shri]] Award.
|education =
|alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[MIT Sloan School of Management]], [[Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology]]
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|occupation = [[social worker]], Executive Director, PRADAN. Chairman [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand]]
|spouse = Sheela Joshi
|children = One son (Uday) and one daughter (Girija)
| awards = [[Magsaysay award]] (2009)
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'''Deep Joshi''' is an Indian [[social worker]] and NGO activist and a recipient of the [[Magsaysay award]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/003200908031452.htm |title=India's Deep Joshi wins 2009 Magsaysay award |date=3 August 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807082841/http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/003200908031452.htm |archive-date=7 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="reuters1">{{cite web|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-41497620090803|title=Myanmar activist awarded Asia's Nobel prize|date=3 August 2009 |work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=rmaf>{{cite web|url=http://rmaward.asia/awardees/joshi-deep/|title=CITATION for Deep Joshi|date=|publisher=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF)|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> He is recognised for his [[leadership]] in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India.<ref name="toi1">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/rest-of-world/Magsaysay-Awards-Asian-version-of-Nobels-announced/articleshow/4851900.cms|title=Magsaysay Awards, Asian version of Nobels, announced|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 August 2009|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_411816.html|title=Winners of Magsaysay Awards|date=3 August 2009|work=[[The Straits Times]]|access-date=3 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807115250/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/SE+Asia/Story/STIStory_411816.html|archive-date=7 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> He co-founded a non-profit organisation, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), of which he was the Executive Director till 2007. He was awarded the 2009 [[Magsaysay award]] for [[List of Magsaysay awardees#Community Leadership|Community Leadership]] for his work for "development of rural communities".<ref name="toi1"/> He is also a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Deep Joshi was born in 1947 in the village of Puriyag in a remote area of [[Pithoragarh district]], Uttarakhand in the Himalayas to Harikrishan Joshi, a farmer, and was one of seven children.

He received his early education at the local primary school, and later he took his engineering degree from [[Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad]] and also holds a masters engineering degree from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[MIT]]) and another on management from [[MIT Sloan School of Management|Sloan School]], [[MIT]].<ref name=rmaf/><ref>{{cite web |title= Deep Joshi delighted on winning Magsaysay Award|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/115540 |date=5 August 2009 |publisher= News Track|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= For this Magsaysay awardee, education is the key to rural uplift|url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/For-this-Magsaysay-awardee--education-is-the-key-to-rural-uplift/498506|date=6 August 2009 |work= [[The Indian Express]]|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref>

==Career==
Returning to India, Deep Joshi worked with the Systems Research Institute, and as a programme officer with the [[Ford Foundation]] in India. In the coming decades he worked in the field of rural development and livelihood promotion. In 1983, he co-founded a non-profit organisation, ''Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pradan.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=78|title=Deep Joshi's profile in Outlook |publisher=pradan.net|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> that recruits college graduates to do community work,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/34069-myanmar-activist-awarded-magsaysay-award |title=Myanmar activist awarded magsaysay award |date=3 August 2009 |publisher=themalaysianinsider.com |access-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717014115/http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/34069-myanmar-activist-awarded-magsaysay-award |archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?234464|title=Deep Joshi|date=23 April 2007|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> which recruits university-educated youth from campuses across India and trains them for grassroots work. Pradan was jointly awarded NGO of the Year 2006 at the first ever India NGO Award event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/india-ngo-awards/archives/india-ngo-awards-2006 |title=Gram Vikas and Pradan Jointly Win NGO of the Year at the India NGO Awards 2006 |access-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807203027/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/india-ngo-awards/archives/india-ngo-awards-2006 |archive-date=7 August 2009}}</ref>
PRADAN is involved in building self-help groups, developing land and water resource, natural resource management, forest-based livelihood, horticulture and agriculture. Pradan formed its first SHG in Alwar, Rajasthan, in 1987. Colleagues at PRADAN include [[Vijay Mahajan]] and [[Sankar Datta]].

He also advises the [[Government of India]] on [[poverty reduction|poverty alleviation]] strategies and also was a member of the Working Group on ''Rainfed Areas'' for the [[Five-year plans of India#Eleventh plan (2007-2012)|Eleventh Five Year Planning Commission]], Govt of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planningcommission.gov.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp11/wrk11_15d.htm|title=Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007–2012)|publisher=Planning Commission [[Government of India]]|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>

In 2006, Deep received the ''Harmony Silver Award'' for his contributions to society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/01look.htm|title=First Look: The recipients of the Harmony Silver Award|date=1 October 2007|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) announced Deep among others as winner of a 2009 [[Magsaysay award]].<ref name="reuters1" /><ref name="toi1" /> On the eve of Republic Day (26 January 2010), he was honoured with the prestigious [[Padma Shri]] award by the Government of India.

He was chosen as the Chairman of the [[Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)]] in October 2012, succeeding Dr. [[Yoginder K Alagh]].<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_deep-joshi-appointed-new-irma-anand-chairman_1756733 Deep Joshi appointed new IRMA, Anand chairman – India – DNA]. Dnaindia.com. Retrieved on 17 August 2013.</ref>

==Quotes==
* "Civil society needs to have both head and heart. If all you have is bleeding hearts, it wouldn't work. If you only have heads, then you are going to dictate solutions which do not touch the human chord."<ref>{{cite web |title= Deep Joshi among 6 chosen for Magsaysay Award news |url= http://www.domain-b.com/people/in_the_news/20090803_deep_joshi.html|date=3 August 2009 |access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090809131338/http://www.developednation.org/interviews/deepjoshi.htm Interview : Mr. Deep Joshi]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
{{Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners}}
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[[Category:University of Allahabad alumni]]
[[Category:Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad alumni]]
[[Category:MIT School of Engineering alumni]]
[[Category:MIT Sloan School of Management alumni]]
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