Vijay Kumbhar

Vijay Kumbhar is a Right to Information activist and Journalist from Pune, India. He has worked with noted social activists like Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Aruna Roy, Shailesh Gandhi and has filed more than 80 RTIs. He joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on 14th April 2021.
In 2006, he started the Surajya Sangharsh Samiti, to bring clarity into the government via RTI. However, his brand of activism began much before the groundbreaking RTI Act came into being in 2005.
Life and career.
Vijay Kumbhar is known for his public activism and is an RTI Crusader. In 2014, Kumbhar won the Pune Hero award presided by Pratibha Patil, former President of India. The Times Group award was given to Kumbhar for being a person of substance in Pune. He was selected for the award by an online voting method.
He has been appointed as a State Executive Member and ‘Pradesh Sanghatak of Aam Aadmi Party on 14th April 2021 as announced by Aam Aadmi Party’s Maharashtra Prabhari and AAP National Executive Committee member.
He is the first citizen in the country to conduct inspections of public office under Section 4 of the RTI Act and helped spread the movement across Maharashtra. Kumbhar has used the Right to Information Act effectively and has also educated others about the power and scope of it through books and lectures.