Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, New Delhi is a multi-faceted personality. Though he wanted to become a lecturer in Sociology, he could not become one due to low grade in the undergraduate classes. Later by acquiring M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, he became a sociologist. Further, he transformed himself into action sociologist nay a social scientist. With 34 books and numerous articles to his credit, he became a writer. He also became an educator, scholar and public intellectual. By inventing two-pit, pour-flush toilets, he became a sanitation expert. In this process he liberated lakhs of scavengers from carrying the night-soil on their head and became their messiah. He is also known as social reformer, who educated the illiterate scavengers and their children. He crusaded against the evils of untouchability and low status of women nay untouchable women. He is also known as a visionary, innovator and charismatic personality. As a person, he is a friend, philosopher and guide. His compassion towards the people specially the lower castes, has no bounds.

CONTENTS 1 Introduction / Richard Pais 2 Friend, Philosopher and Guide / Richard Pais 3 Social Reformer / Y. Ravindranath Rao 4 Sanitation Expert / Vinay Rajath D. 5 Sociologist / M.H. Makwana 6 Action Sociologist / Richard Pais 7 Social Scientist / Joseph Mathew 8 Writer / Diana Pais Prabhu 9 Educator, Scholar and Public Intellectual / Sumit Saurabh Srivastava 10 Educator / Mohammed Akram and Rabiya Yaseen Bazaz 11 Messiah of Scavengers / V. Basil Hans 12 Crusader / Joseph Mathew 13 Visionary / B.K. Nagla 14 Charismatic Personality / V. Basil Hans 15 Bindeshwar Pathak – Inventor and Inventions / Vinay Rajath D 16 Compassionate Person / Y. Ravindranath Rao