Awards won by Arvind Kejriwal along with Major Achievements • 2004: Ashoka Fellow, Civic Engagement • 2005: Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award, IIT Kanpur for his campaign for bringing transparency in Governance • 2006: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership • 2006: CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Public Service • 2009: Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership • 2009: Awarded a grant and fellowship by the Association for Indias Development. • 2010: Policy Change Agent of the Year, Economic Times Awards along with Aruna Roy • 2011: NDTV Indian of the Year along with Anna Hazare • 2013: CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2013-Politics Year 1992 - Arvind quit the job at TATA steel and joined Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, Kalighat in Kolkata. People laughed at him and said that “Samaaj sewa ka bhoot chada hai launde ko”. He spent 3 years in missionary. Post that he joined Indian Revenue Services. Year 1999 – Kejriwal started an NGO named ‘Parivartan’ while he was working as Income Tax officer. The idea was to appeal people that “don’t pay bribe in the tax department, get your work done through Parivartan”. Year 2006 - Played a key role in ‘Right to Information’ movement. He is known for his efforts to enact and implement the Right to Information Act (RTI) at the grassroots level and his role in drafting a proposed Jan Lokpal Bill. Kejriwal has used the Right to Information Act in corruption cases in many government departments including the Income Tax Department. Can we have any more accomplishments to add on?
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