Surendra Srivastava

Surendra Srivastava born on 18 August 1958 in Delhi, India, led Lok Satta Movement (Aandolan) in Maharashtra. He is now heading the Lok Satta Party in Maharashtra State. He is a corporate executive by training, in public service by choice, and a democrat by conviction. He had remarkable journey from clerk to the president of The Great Eastern Shipping Company, a corporate giant. To reform Politics and Governance of India, he has devoted himself to Lok Satta.

Education

Surendra Srivastava completed his schooling from Colaba Municipal School, Mumbai and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Hons) from Chinnai College, Mumbai University. Then he completed his Law Degree from K C Law College, Mumbai.

Political Views

He is deeply influenced by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, be in his belief in village industry, empowerment of people, uplift of the poor or a Spartan way of life. Talking AbOUT them, Mr. Srivastava says, “Vibrant local democracy, internal democracy in political parties and vigorous citizen participation are crucial to translate our vision for India into a reality”.

Surendra Srivastava believes that the solutions are already available to most of India’s predicaments – education, healthcare, skills and employment, agriculture, divisive issues like reservations, a security net for the unorganized sector workers, rapid migration to big cities, failure of rule of law, policing crisis, judicial delays, rural infrastructure, power sector crisis, local governments, freebies, regional disparities, legislative paralysis and the monumental corruption and mass poverty which are evident everywhere.

Lok Satta

After reaching the peak of his career, he quit and decided to give the rest of his life to social work. During this time, he came across the Lok Satta Movement of Andhra Pradesh and realized that it was one of those rare NGOs that talked about sensible, sustainable and researched solutions and he decided to follow that path. He then founded the Maharashtra Chapter of Lok Satta (NGO).

Now through Lok Satta Party, Surendra Srivastava has been attempting to synthesize his experiences towards public good.