The British High Commission in India has appointed social activist Ganesh Reddy as ‘Councillor Warden’ for Jharkhand. Reddy is CEO and Secretary of a Jharkhand-based NGO, Citizens Foundation. He has also served as National Advisor to the NCPCR and also State representative of Jharkhand at the NCPCR in the past.
“It is an honour to me that I have been entrusted by the British High Commission to serve them in my country,” said Reddy. According to Reddy, it is a honorary appointment for a period of one year and the person is handed over the responsibility to facilitate, guide as well as provide all support to the British nationals who are living or came here for various purposes.
The appointment is basically done on the basis work done by an individual in the past after short listing the bio-data sent. Reddy, on the basis of his works done for the society in the field of health, education and child protection was selected for the job.
Various thematic areas of work that Reddy through Citizen Foundation has undertaken till now involves -- Health, livelihood, Natural Resource Management, Child Protection & Education , Techno –Managerial Support, Advocacy & Policy etc. Citizens Foundation, under the guidance of Reddy, strives for service to humanity in a multidimensional way, and is moving ahead to bring a visible and sustained change in the society.