John Samuel has been a human rights activist, policy researcher and institution-builder for 30 years.He is the President of the Institute for Sustainable Development and Governance. He is also the founder-President of the Bodhigram Community College. He is at present the CEO of an international organisation. He also was an International Consulting Adviser to the UNDP and other international development organisation. He was formerly the Executive Director of the National Centre for Advocacy Studies. He served as the International Director of Actionaid International. He served as the Head/Direcctor of global programme on Governance Assessment and as a Global Adviser for Democratic Governance at the UNDP He has helped to establish more than ten organisations and networks at the national and international level, including the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, Social Watch India, and Asia Media Fourm.. He is the co-founding editor of Infochange development portal and Agenda- journal on social issues.The views shared on the blog or elsewhere are his personal expressions and do not reflect the views or positions of any of the organisations with which he is associated