Amitabh Thakur / जिम्मेदार, सजग और जीवट

अमिताभ ठाकुर is an officer of the Indian Police Service who is a Inspector General of Police in Uttar Pradesh.

Education and background

He is did FPM at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow following a controversy in which his request for a leave was denied by the government in Uttar Pradesh. Recently even the Allahabad High Court ordered in his favour but the matter is still being kept pending.

Work

Thakur is the founder of the National RTI Forum, a grassroots anti-corruption organization in India that advocates for government openness under the terms of the 2005 Right to Information Act. The organization is based in Lucknow.

His filing of First Information Report against Facebook Inc. and others for use of abusive language against Mahatma Gandhi has been widely appreciated in India, following which the Facebook group was banned.

He is currently posted as IG, Civil Defense department.

As a writer

Recently his book "Fresh Brew- Chronicles of Business and Freedom" along with IIM Lucknow graduate Amit Haralalka about 25 IIM Lucknow entrepreneurs has been well received.