Hanumappa Sudarshan, Social Activist

He is well known for his contributions to the upliftment of the forest-dwelling tribes in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. He has been awarded the Right Livelihood Award and the Padma Shri. He has also held several positions in his career, protuberant among them being, the chairmanship of the Task Force on Health and Family Welfare organised by Government of Karnataka, the Task Force on Public Private Partnership organised by National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) of Government of India and Institute of Health management & Research (IHMR), Bangalore.