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Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva, is an Indian environmental activist and anti-globalization author. She was trained as a physicist and received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 1978 with the doctoral dissertation "Hidden variables and locality in quantum theory."She is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization, (along with Jerry Mander, Edward Goldsmith, Ralph Nader, Jeremy Rifkin, et al.), and a figure of the global solidarity movement known as the alter-globalization movement. She has argued for the wisdom of many traditional practices, as is evident from her interview in the book Vedic Ecology (by Ranchor Prime) that draws upon India's Vedic heritage.

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www.navdanya.org
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navdanya@gmail.com
Address: 
Navdanya
A-60, Hauz Khas,
Postal code: 
110 016
Phone: 
91 11 26535422, 26532564, 265618
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91 11 26856795, 26962589
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Suman Sahai

Dr. Suman Sahai, who has had a distinguished scientific career in the field of genetics, was honored with the 2004 Borlaug Award for her outstanding contribution to agriculture and the environment. Dr. Sahai has served as a faculty member at the Universities of Alberta and Chicago as also the University of Heidelberg. She returned to India and organized Gene Campaign, an organization dedicated to protecting farmers’ rights and food and livelihood security. Dr Sahai chaired the Planning Commission Task Force on ‘ Agro biodiversity and Genetically Engineered Organisms’ , for the Eleventh Plan.

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www.genecampaign.org
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genecamp@vsnl.com, mail@genecampaign.org
Address: 
J-235/A, Lane W-15C, Sainik Farms
Khanpur
Postal code: 
110062
Phone: 
91 11 29556248
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91 11 29555961
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M S Swaminathan

Professor M S Swaminathan has been acclaimed by the TIME magazine as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th century and one of the only three from India, the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. He has been described by the United Nations Environment Programme as “the Father of Economic Ecology” and by Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the United Nations, as “a living legend who will go into the annals of history as a world scientist of rare distinction”.

He was Chairman of the UN Science Advisory Committee set up in 1980 to take follow-up action on the Vienna Plan of Action. He has also served as Independent Chairman of the FAO Council and President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.A plant geneticist by training, Professor Swaminathan’s contributions to the agricultural renaissance of India have led to his being widely referred to as the scientific leader of the green revolution movement.

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www.mssrf.org
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M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
3rd Cross Road,
Taramani Institutional Area, Taramani
Postal code: 
600113
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91 44 22541229, 22541698
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91 44 22541319
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Debasish Bhattacharya

Debasish Bhattacharya is a champion of the “save tram” movement in Calcutta and the tram crusaders, have organized campaigns along the tram tracks between the Maidan and Esplanade; trying to highlight the importance of the public transport system in the city. They are trying to drum up support for trams in Calcutta, which is fast gaining international notoriety for its polluted air and its potential climate change impact. Since 2000, tramways have come back in more than 100 cities across the world mainly to combat environmental pollution.

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Subhas Dutta

Green activist Subhas Dutta has taken up cudgels to fight air pollution in the city. His involvement with the public interest litigation in the High Court recent victory is over the government forcing them to implement the ‘15-year-old automobiles off the road’ rule. On his radar are 15 separate public interest litigation (PIL) suits — six in the Supreme Court and nine in the Calcutta High Court. These include high-profile cases like the shifting of Esplanade bus terminus and combating air pollution in Calcutta. Also, he’s fighting a long-running court battle to save the Ganga in Bengal.

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http://twitter.com/green4india/subhas-datta
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Krishna Kumar

Dr Krishna Kumar is Scientist & Program Manager at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008.

Research Interest: Climate Change, Monsoons.

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http://www.tropmet.res.in/profile-copy.php?id=15
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krishna@tropmet.res.in
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Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune
Postal code: 
411008
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Pune
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91-20-25893600,25893675,98500850
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91-20-25893825
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Dinesh Mohan

Designation: Professor, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Room MS 808 (Main Building), Indian Institute of Technology,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016

Specialization: Vehicular Pollution

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Henry Ford Professor for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Co-ordinator, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme and Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Safety Technology; Consultancies with several national & international institutions & ministry dealing with health, transport, safety and automobile.
International BJD Ambassador;
Former Co-ordinator, The BJD-INDIA: NAN (2000 – 2004);
Member, American Society of Biomechanics / Institution of Engineers, India / International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention / National Safety Council, India / Board of International Research Council on Biomechanics of Impacts / International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee on Accident Prevention / WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Accident Prevention.
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 2002;
2001 Bertil Aldman Award;
national Distinguished Career Award (American Public Health Association) 2000;
Inter Haddon Memorial Award for Best Paper in Safety Research 1996;
Award of Merit for outstanding research in traffic safety 1991;
Award and Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Traffic Medicine 1991;
University of Michigan, Rakham School of graduate Studies Fellowship 1972;
E.I. Dupont Fellowship 1969;
Member of several national & international professional Societies;
Chief Investigator of several research projects.

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dmohan@cbme.iitd.ac.in, trippdelhi@hotmail.com, dmohan@iitd.ac.in
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TRIPP, Room MS 808 (Main Building), Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
E-57, Panchshila Park, New Delhi-110017
Postal code: 
110016
District: 
New Delhi
Phone: 
91-11-26596361,26858703,26494910
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91-11-26858703, 26851169
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Geetam Tiwari

She is working in Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), Department of Civil engineering, Room MS 808 (Main Building), Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016

Dr. Geetam Tiwari obtained her B. Arch form the IIT Roorkee and Master of Urban Planning and Policy, and Ph.D. in Transport Planning and Policy, from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Currently she is TRIPP Chair Professor for Transport Planning at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Adlerbretska Guest Professor for sustainable urban transport at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

She has extensive research experience in dealing with transportation issues of special relevance to low income countries. These include development of bus systems and road designs that would make transportation efficient and safer. She has been working in the area of traffic and transport planning focusing on pedestrians, bicycles and bus based public transport systems. Some of her projects include Development of a Bicycle Masterplan for Delhi, analysis of traffic on Indian Highways, crash analysis on rural and urban roads, public transport planning.

She has published over 70 research papers on transportation planning and safety in national and international journals, peer reviewed seminar proceedings and edited four books on transportation planning and road safety.

Dr Tiwari received the International Velocity Falco Lecture Prize in Barcelona, the Stockholm Partnerships award for local impact, innovative thinking and a potential for replication or transferability, the Centre for excellence grant from Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), and the Prince Michaels award for promoting road safety research.

She is advisor to Urban Age series of conferences coordinated by London School of Economics since 2005. She is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion.

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geetamt@gmail.com
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Geetam Tiwari
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Room MS 808 (Main Building), Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi
283, SFS Apartments, Hauz Khas, Delhi-110016
Postal code: 
110016
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New Delhi
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91-11-26596361, 26858703,2653400
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91-11-26858703, 26851169
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B Sengupta

Dr B Sengupta by Profession:Scientist, GOI/SG/IAS/IFS/Retd IAS.

Specialization: Air Pollution Control, Noise Pollution, Toxicology, Vehicular Pollution

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bsg161@gmail.com
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S-161, Medha Apartment, Mayur Vihar Phase I, Delhi.
Postal code: 
110091
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New Delhi
Phone: 
91-11-22718738, 9810043771
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Sarath Kumar Guttikunda

Dr Sarath Kumar Guttikunda is Environment Consultant in Delhi.

A TED fellow and a trained Chemical Engineer, Sarath's research interests follow from his thesis work on the “Impact of Asian Megacity Emissions at a local, regional and global level” from the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the University of Iowa. Developer of the SIM-air (Simple Interactive Models for Better Air Quality) family of tools, dedicated for sharing information on air pollution and climate change among the developing country cities with applications in cities like Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Dhaka, Manila, Hanoi, Shanghai, Lagos, and Tana. He was part of the team which built India's first air quality forecasting system, piloted during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and now exploring opportunities to expand to other cities in Asia. for more information: www.urbanemissions.info.

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Air Pollution Modeling – Emissions, Dispersion, & Impact Assessment
Integrated Environmental Modeling
Urban Air Pollution Source Apportionment
Chemical & Weather Forecasting

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sguttikunda@gmail.com
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J-1858 (GF), Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi.
Postal code: 
110019
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91-11-40538443, 9891315946
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Medha Patkar

Medha Patkar is an Indian social activist. She is known for her role in Narmada Bachao Andolan. She has also filed a public interest petition in the Bombay High Court against Lavasa along with other members of National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), including Anna Hazare.

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http://www.narmada.org/
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badwani@narmada.org
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Narmada Bachao Andolan,
58, Gandhi Marg,
Badwani
Postal code: 
451551
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R K Pachauri

Dr Rajendra K Pachauri assumed his current responsibilities as the Chief Executive of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) in 1982, first as Director and, since April 2001, as Director-General. TERI does original research and provides knowledge in the areas of energy, environment, forestry, biotechnology, and the conservation of natural resources to governments, institutions, and corporate organizations worldwide. Since August 1998 he has also been Chancellor, TERI University. In April 2002, Dr Pachauri was elected the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988 (Re-elected in September 2008). IPCC along with former Vice President Al Gore has been awarded the “Nobel Peace Prize” for the year 2007. He was the Founding Director of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) from July 2009 till June 2012 following which he has been appointed as Senior Adviser to YCEI. He has been active in several international forums dealing with the subject of climate change and its policy dimensions.

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http://www.teriin.org
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mailbox@teri.res.in
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The Energy and Resources Institute,
Darbari Seth Block,
IHC Complex, Lodhi Road
Postal code: 
110003
Phone: 
91 11 24682100, 41504900
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91 11 24682144, 24682145
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Sunderlal Bahuguna

Sunderlal Bahuguna is an Indian eco-activist and Gandhian peace worker, who has been one of the leaders of the Chipko movement, fighting for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas. Chipko means 'embrace' or 'tree huggers' and this vast movement has been a decentralized one with many leaders, usually village women, who have worked to protect the environment. Often they would chain themselves to trees so that loggers could not cut down the forests. These actions slowed down the destruction, but more importantly they brought the deforestation to the public's attention. In 1981 to 1983 Sunderlal Bahuguna led a 5000 kilometer march across the Himalayas ending with a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who then passed legislation to protect some areas of the Himalayan forests from clear-cutting. Sunderlal Bahuguna was also a leader in the movement to oppose the Tehri dam project and in defending India's rivers, and has also worked for women's rights and rights of the poor. In the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, his work for change has always been done through peaceful resistance and other nonviolent methods. The Chipko Movement received the 1987 Right Livelihood Award, also referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize, "...for its dedication to the conservation, restoration and ecologically-sound use of India's natural resources.”

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Ashish Kothari

Ashish Kothari began working on environment and development issues in his school days in 1978-79, as one of the founders of Kalpavriksh, an Indian environmental NGO. A graduate in Sociology, Ashish has taught environment at the Indian Institute of Public Administration in the 1990s, and been guest faculty at several universities, institutes, and colleges. He has been Co-Chair of the IUCN Inter-commission Strategic Direction on Governance, Equity, and Livelihoods in Relation to Protected Areas (TILCEPA) (1999-2008), and in the same period a member of the Steering Committees of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), and IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP). He has served on the Board of Directors of Greenpeace International, and currently chairs Greenpeace India’s Board. He has also been on the steering group of the CBD Alliance.

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www.kalpavriksh.org
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kalpavriksh@vsnl.net
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Flat no 5, 2nd Floor, Shri Dutta Krupa,
908, Deccan Gymkhana,
Postal code: 
411004
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91 20 25670979, 25675450
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91 20 25654239
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Anupam Mishra

Anupam Mishra born 1948, is an Indian Gandhian, author, journalist, environmentalist, and water conservationist who works on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting techniques. He had been awarded the 1996 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (IGPP) award instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. He travels to villages across several Indian states, especially Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh, describing the value of time-tested systems of water harvesting. He advocates conservation of traditional water structures in India as well as abroad. He has written books, like Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab (Lakes are still Standing, 1993) and Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boondein (Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan, 1995), landmark works in the field of water conservation. He is a popular public speaker, especially on topics related to environment and water management.

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Gandhi Peace Foundation,
221-223, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg,
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110002
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011-3237491/ 3237493
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Anil Agarwal

Anil Agarwal Ji

Anil Kumar Agarwal was the founder-director of the Centre for Science and Environment, India’s leading environmental NGO. Agarwal spent his lifetime advocating policies that involve the people in natural resource management and learn from India’s own traditions. Agarwal, graduated as an engineer from one of India’s leading engineering colleges in 1970, but gave up a promising technical career to become a science journalist in order to explore the country’s scientific and technological needs of its poor people.
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Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
Postal code: 
110062
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91-11 29955124, 29956110, 406160
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91-11 29955879
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Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Chandi Prasad Bhatt is an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a mother-organization to the Chipko Movement, in which he was one of the pioneers, and for which he has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2005. Today he is known for his work on subaltern social ecology, and considered one of India's first modern environmentalist.

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Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal,
Gopeshwar Post,
Chamoli
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Madhu Sarin

Madhu Sarin is the President of Vasundhara’s Executive Committee (EC). Since the early 1980s, she has worked on rural development planning, participatory and sustainable forest management, and gender justice and women’s empowerment, combining grassroots work with advocacy for policy changes at the state and national levels. Madhu has written extensively on these issues, with papers published in international and national books and journals. She is a member of the drafting committee and Technical Support Group appointed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, for the Tribal and Forest Dwellers (Forest Rights) Bill. She is also actively associated with the National Campaign for Survival and Dignity. In addition to being on the governing board of several NGOs in India, such as Vikram Sarabai Centre for Development Interaction (VIKSAT), Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP), and Sutra, she also serves on the boards of Regional Community Forestry Training Center (Bangkok) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK. She has an extensive understanding of issues relating to forests, tribal land rights, and forest governance in Orissa; and provides extensive advisory inputs to Vasundhara’s interventions.

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msarin@satyam.net.in, madhu.sarin1@gmail.com
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48, Sector 4, Chandigarh
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09814004449, 911722741420
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Vir Bhadra Mishra

Veer Bhadra Mishra was the founding president of the Sankat Mochan Foundation. He was a former professor of Hydraulic engineering and former Head of the Civil Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. He was also the Mahant (High Priest) of the Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple, Varanasi at Varanasi founded by poet-saint Goswami Tulsidas.

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http://www.sankatmochanfoundationonline.org/
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veerbhadramishra@swatchaganga.org
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Sankat Mochan Foundation
Varanasi
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Rajendra Singh

Rajendra Singh is a well known water conservationist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership in 2001 for his pioneering work in community-based efforts in water harvesting and water management. He runs an NGO called 'Tarun Bharat Sangh' (TBS), which was founded in 1975. The NGO based in village Kishori-Bhikampura in Thanagazi tehsil, near Sariska Tiger Reserve, has been instrumental in fighting the slow bureaucracy, mining lobby and has helped villagers take charge of water management in their semi-arid area as it lies close to Thar Desert, through the use of johad, rainwater storage tanks, check dams and other time-tested as well as path-breaking techniques.

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www.tarunbharatsangh.org
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jalbiradari@rediffmail.com
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Tarun Bharat Sangh,
34/24, Kiran Path,
Mansarover
Postal code: 
302020
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Jaipur
Phone: 
91 141 2393178, 2391092
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91 141 2393178
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Bittu Sehgal

Bittu Sahgal, an Environmental activist and writer, is the founding editor of Sanctuary Asia, India's premier wildlife and ecology magazine. He is a member of the National Board for Wildlife of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (India). He is also at the forefront of the battle to protect India from the worst impacts of climate change.

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http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/
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602, Maker Chambers V,
Nariman Point,
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91 22 22044217 / 18
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91 022 23016848 extn. 29
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