10 Facts About Deep Joshi

Deep Joshi is an Indian social worker and NGO activist and a recipient of the Magsaysay award in 2009.

Deep Joshi is recognised for his leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India.

Deep Joshi co-founded a non-profit organisation, Professional Assistance for Development Action, of which he was the Executive Director till 2007.

Deep Joshi was awarded the 2009 Magsaysay award for Community Leadership for his work for "development of rural communities".

Deep Joshi is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri.

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.

Deep Joshi 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 holds a masters engineering degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and another on management from Sloan School, MIT.

Deep Joshi advises the Government of India on poverty alleviation strategies and was a member of the Working Group on Rainfed Areas for the Eleventh Five Year Planning Commission, Govt of India.

In 2006, Deep received the Harmony Silver Award for his contributions to society.

Deep Joshi was chosen as the Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management Anand in October 2012, succeeding Dr Yoginder K Alagh.