Baba adhav life journey map

Dr.

Babasaheb Pandurang Adhav (born 1 June 1930, Pune, Maharastra, India) also known as Baba Adhav is an Indian social activist and trade unionist known for his work in creating social reforms for unorganized and underprivileged daily wage workers including head loaders, waste-pickers, street vendors and other weaker denominations in Maharashtra and parts of India.

Examples of such reforms include: getting India's unprotected laborers social security, legal protection, medical insurance, and credit. He draws ideological inspirations from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Some of his key social reforms include establishing an unorganized workers’ trade union called the Hamal Panchayat, introducing minimum wages for head loaders and laborers, the creation and implementation of