Aruna Roy

Aruna Roy is an Indian socio-political activist, and co-founder of the MKSS, Rajasthan, which spearheaded the campaign for the Right to Information and was an integral part of the Right to Employment and Food campaigns which resulted in powerful national legislations, enabling millions to access basic needs. She is also the President of the National Federation of Indian Women. She was a Professor of Practice at McGill and Central European Universities and spent a sabbatical at Brown University. She is the author of The RTI Story (2018), and the memoir The Personal Is Political (2024), and co-editor of We the People (2020).