KHOSHOO MEMORIAL AWARD FOR DR. ANUPAM MISHRA
Noted environmental activist Dr. Anupam Mishra of the Gandhi Peace Foundation has been awarded the Dr. T.N. Khoshoo Memorial Award for 2006.
Dr. Anupam Mishra has spent decades in the field of environment protection and water conservation and is among the most knowledgeable persons in India on traditional water harvesting systems. He has travelled to various part of the country, especially Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, visiting various water harvesting systems managed by people. He has interacted with grassroots-level water harvesters, inspired and supported them and helped them in their traditional water harvesting systems campaign.
Dr. Mishra has been associated with the Gandhi Peace Foundation since its inception. He has authored two books on traditional water management and water harvesting systems in India, titled Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab (Ponds are Still Relevant) and Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boonde (The Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan). He is a recipient of the Indira Gandhi National Environment Award.
The award was presented by Magsaysay award winner and noted environmental lawyer in the Supreme Court Mr. M.C. Mehta, and Mrs. T.N. Khoshoo at a function in New Delhi on 14 June 2006. The award is given to honour one or more relatively young individuals in the field of conservation and sustainable development. It consists of a cash prize of Rs.50, 000 to Rs.100, 000 and a citation.
The Dr. T.N. Khoshoo Memorial Lecture for 2006 was delivered by noted environmentalist and writer Prof David Ehrenfeld, Distinguished Professor of biology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
The Khoshoo Memorial Endowment Fund was set up by ATREE in memory of Dr TN Khoshoo, who served as secretary in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Previous awardees include elephant specialist and Director of the Bangalore-based Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre and Professor, CES, IISc Dr. R. Sukumar (2004); Founder Trustee of Utthan and well known environmental activist Ms. Nafisa Barot (2005); and, Director of HESCO and well known environmental activist Dr. Anil P. Joshi (2005).
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