Medha Patkar is a well-known Indian social activist, working towards several political and economic issues of the farmers, Dalits, tribals, labourers and women. Having dedicated her life to social welfare from a young age, she initiated and formulated several national policies to fight against land acquisition, unorganized public sector workers, etc. She initiated the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) that has been in operation for the last 32 years. The NBA movement fights for the rights of people, affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam project, which aims at building dams across the Narmada River. She was also a member of the World Commission on Dams, which worked towards finding the social, political and economic impacts of large dams globally. Over the years, she has voiced against casteism, communalism and other forms of discrimination. She founded the National Alliance of People’s Movement (NAPM) along with other activists and filed public interest litigations against private real estate builders like Hindustan Construction Corporation, Adarsh Society and Hiranandani. An alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Medha Patkar is a fearless social worker who has been considered as the commoner’s leader for many years now.