Rajagopal P. V. is an Indian Gandhian activist, a former Vice Chairman of the New Delhi Gandhi Peace Foundation,[1] as well as the president and founding member of Ekta Parishad.

[4] Thereafter, he stayed away from dealing with direct violence and focused on the people of Adivasis, bonded labourers, and other landless communities affected by poverty and exploitation.

[citation needed] From 1989 to 2018, Rajagopal trained thousands of rural young people to serve in villages as trainer-leaders to build up community leadership and popular action.

[citation needed] An example of the latter occurred in 2007 when 25,000 landless poor, mainly Adivasis, took part in a 350 kilometer pilgrimage from Gwalior to Delhi to demand the land reforms that they were promised upon independence.

[citation needed] A second effort of national activism occurred in 2012, when Rajagopal led a march together with 100,000 supporters toward the capital, to demand popular control over land and resources to secure the livelihood of laborers without access to the means of production.

[12] In Morena, leaders from Indian National Congress, the main opposition party addressed the marchers and promised if elected to satisfy their demands.

The core vision of Jai Jagat is to create a space where groups and movements can come together to make change nonviolently and address issues related to justice and peace.

The 2019-2020 Global Peace March (Delhi-Geneva) reached individuals, groups and organizations outside those historical Ekta circles and created a dynamic in many countries.