Pradeep Pundhir, Founder and Director, SPECTRA Organisation

Pradeep Pundhir is a well-known grassroot social activist of Alwar district in Rajasthan, India who founded and heads the SPECTRA organisation as a Director. Born and brought up in Rajgarh block of Alwar district, Rajasthan where his father was a teacher in a government school. He did his schooling from Government School, and later completed post-graduation in English literature from Alwar Arts College, Rajasthan University and B.Ed. from Jammu Kashmir University and Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development from IGNOU. After completing his study, he served as a college lecturer in Mohta College, Sadulpur , Churu , Rajasthan. Since his childhood, he was very much engaged with the local people of the village. Being continuously involved in the community he realized about the certain problems which often becomes the cobweb of unemployment, women and child exploitation, domestic violence, undeveloped livelihood opportunities and many social stigmas. This understanding of the society highly affected him and encouraged him to do something extraordinary for the community. As a result he resigned from his job and plunged in an unknown venture that would bring changes to the society especially in rural development and transformation.