Nikhil Dey

Activist , Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan

Biography

Nikhil Dey, aged 47, is one of the founder members of the MKSS along with Aruna Roy and Shankar Singh. He has been a part of the organisation’s decision making collective and its numerous struggles of the poor for land, the payment of minimum wages, justice, and equality. He has also been a part of the organisation’s involvement in larger campaigns - most notably for the People’s Right to Information, the Right to Work, and the larger struggle for democratic rights.