Shankar Singh

Founder

Founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)

Shankar Singh is the founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) (1990)[1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and livelihood from Devdungri.

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan is a grassroots workers' and farmers' organisation headquartered in Devdungri, Rajasthan, founded in 1987. It pioneered public hearings and social audits that fed directly into the drafting of India's 2005 Right to Information Act and later helped institutionalise social audits under MGNREGA, and it continues to campaign on transparency, wage justice and democratic accountability.