# Anshu Gupta

> Anshu Gupta is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of Goonj, a non-governmental organization based in Delhi. Goonj transfers urban material, particularly cloth, with rural villages, undertaking disaster relief, rural community development and humanitarian aid in parts of 23 states in India. Through Goonj, Gupta built a barter system between rural communities and urban surplus material, transferring material resources like clothing, utensils, food grains as compensation for labour- digging wells, building schools within the community, repairing roads and general community development. Gupta has been recognized by the Ramon Magsaysay foundation for his "creative vision in transforming the culture of giving in India".

*Indian social worker*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1970
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Anshu Gupta is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of Goonj, a non-governmental organization based in Delhi. Goonj transfers urban material, particularly cloth, with rural villages, undertaking disaster relief, rural community development and humanitarian aid in parts of 23 states in India. Through Goonj, Gupta built a barter system between rural communities and urban surplus material, transferring material resources like clothing, utensils, food grains as compensation for labour- digging wells, building schools within the community, repairing roads and general community development. Gupta has been recognized by the Ramon Magsaysay foundation for his "creative vision in transforming the culture of giving in India".

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 43.2
- **Momentum:** 11.3

## Sources
- [Anshu Gupta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshu_Gupta)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20742881)

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