Jockin Arputham (15 August 1947 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian community leader and activist, known for his campaigning work of more than 40 years on issues related to slums and shanty towns.
In 2014, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside the organisation he helped to found, Slum Dwellers International.
[5] Back in Mumbai, when Janata colony was threatened with eviction in the 1970s, he helped organize protests and court cases.
The National Slum Dwellers Federation stated it had helped 60,000 families improve their housing situation in Mumbai.
Here, for the first time, police are assigned to work in these settlements and are supported by a committee of ten residents from the community (made up of three men and seven women).
[7] A week after his death, Arputham was commemorated by a large poster calling him the "slum king" in Dharavi, where he lived.