Subir Roy

Subir Roy

Subir Roy

Social Activist

Subir Roy is an Indian social activist. He has been working on anti-human trafficking for last 10 years. His effort to combat human trafficking has been recognized nationally as well as internationally. He was a journalist by profession. As the journalist, his interaction with many survivors and situations motivated him to work on Anti-Human Trafficking. He was recommended as the visiting scholar by the Texas Christian University, USA in 2014. Mr. Roy has been involved in various research studies on Anti Trafficking and was the part of India Country Assessment Report, 2013, supported by UNODC. He has contributed as the content advisor in the documentary ‘Freedom Matters, a HART prize winning initiative. Mr. Roy is a trainer of the Law Enforcement and Civil Societies on Anti Human Trafficking. He rescued nearly 1000 victims of sex trafficking, bride trafficking and child labourers and bonded labourers. His legal knowledge on Anti Trafficking is worth mentioning and he has worked in close coordination with the survivors and judiciary to ensure conviction of the traffickers. He served seven years as Director of the Anti-Trafficking Organization in India Shakti Vahini and now is working with BachpanBachaoAndolan, led by the Noble Peace Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi