International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak

IRHA's new Honorary Member!

We take pleasure in informing you that the IRHA has now the privilege to count on Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of India’s Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, as its Honorary Member.

Action Sociologist, social reformer and international expert on low-cost sanitation, public conveniences, biogas from human excreta and rural development, Dr.Pathak has worked for the last four decades to improve sanitation in the poorest regions of India.

Dr. Pathak is the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize laureate.

On 5 May 2009, the IRHA took a new step in India by signing a
Memorandum of Understanding
with the
Sulabh International Academy of Environmental Sanitation and Public Health
It will allow our two organizations to consolidate their cooperation on the field of Rainwater Harvesting and Sanitation. Read more