Background
Subhash Chandra Agrawal was born on 10 January 1950 in Delhi to Om Prakash Agrawal and Padmawati.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal was born on 10 January 1950 in Delhi to Om Prakash Agrawal and Padmawati.
He finished his schooling from Anglo Sanskrit Victoria Jubilee Senior Secondary School, Daryaganj. He attended Delhi College of Engineering (now Delhi Technological University) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (mechanical engineering).
He holds the Guinness World Record for having written the most published letters to newspaper editors. He earned his post-graduate diploma in marketing and sales management from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. Agrawal wrote his first letter to the editor of the Hindi newspaper Dainik Hindustan about a bus conductor of Delhi Transport Corporation who did not issue tickets but asked passengers to pay for them.
He then raised concerns about the irregular timings of the Taj Express with the Ministry of Railways.
He had written 3,699 such published letters as of 31 January 2006, which is a Guinness World Records entry "for the most published letters written to newspaper editors over an individual"s lifetime". He has utilised the Right to Information Acting (Radiation to Information Acting) as a tool to combat corruption in India.
The Central Information Commissioner brought the office of Chief Justice of India under the purview of the Radiation to Information Acting after Agrawal"s application. This decision was subsequently upheld by the High Court of Delhi.
Controversy
Agrawal has been criticised as allowing himself to be manipulated by those with vested interests who use his expertise with Radiation to Information as a tool for their own selfish ends.
His over use it is alleged hurts the system, also he is criticised for using Radiation to Information just to feed the media with stories.
