Manibhai Desai

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Manibhai Bhimbhai Desai (April 27, 1920 – 1993) was an Indian social activist and pioneer of rural development.

Under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi he settled in 1947 in the backward village of Uruli Kanchan near Pune, Maharashtra to begin a programme of rural development. He later founded the Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation (BAIF) in 1967.

He received the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, sometimes called Asia's Nobel Prize.

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