Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)
Anil Kumar Agarwal | |
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| Born | 23 November 1947 |
| Died | 2 January 2002 |
| Education | IIT Kanpur |
| Occupation | Environmentalist |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1986) Padma Bhushan (2002) |
Anil Kumar Agarwal[1] (23 November 1947– 2 January 2002) was an Indian environmentalist, trained as a mechanical engineer at IIT Kanpur, worked as a science correspondent for the Hindustan Times. He was the founder of the Centre for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based research institute currently led by Sunita Narain.[2]
In 1987, the
Indian Government also honoured him with Padma Shri (1986) and Padma Bhushan (2002) for his work in environment and development.[3]
Further reading
- Agarwal, A. and S. Narain. 1982. The State of India's Environment: A Citizens’ Report, New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.
- Agarwal, A. and S. Narain. 1989. Towards Green Villages: A Strategy for Environmentally Sound and Participatory Rural Development. New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.
- Agarwal, A and S.Narain (eds.). 1991. Floods, Flood Plains and Environmental Myths. New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.
- Agarwal, A. and S. Narain. 1991. Global Warming in an Unequal World. New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.
- Agarwal, A. and S. Narain. 1992. Towards a Greener World: Should Global Environmental Management be Built on Legal Convention or Human Rights? New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.
- Agarwal, A. (ed.) 1997. Homicide by Pesticides: What Pollution does to our Bodies. New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment, State of the Environment Series 4.
- Anil Agarwal, The Challenges for the 21st Century, 3 February 1999 accessed at [1][permanent dead link] UNEP/Grid-A official website 29 August 2006
References
- ^ "Centre for Science and Environment". www.cseindia.org. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Anil Agarwal - Centre for Science and Environment". www.cseindia.org.
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
- Baviskar, A. 2002. An activist–environmentalist, Anil Agarwal, 1947–2002. Frontline 19: 2, 1 February.
- CSE official biography.
- Forsyth, T.J. 2005. Anil Agarwal, pp. 9–14 in Simon, D. (ed.) Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, London and New York: Routledge.
- Jupiter, T. 2002. Anil Agarwal: India’s leading environmental campaigner. The Guardian, 11 January, .
External links
- Obituary - An activist-environmentalist, in Frontline Vol.19:Issue 02, Jan 2002[usurped]
- In memory of Anil Agarwal, MS Danish Association for International Co-operation
- Ever the Mentor, 19 December 2005 at IndianNGOs.com
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