Anupam Mishra
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Anupam Mishra is an India
n Gandhian and 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 Indian states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, advocating water harvesting, and has been advocating conservation of traditional water structure 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 member and secretary of 'Gandhi Peace Foundation' and the editor of foundation's magazine 'Gandhi Marg'., and a founding member of 'Centre for Environment and Food Security' (CEFS), founded in 2001 in Delhi. He has been promoting used of indigenous knowledge to solve water problem via preservation, maintenance and regeneration of ponds, water management
and rain water harvesting.
Working with Chandi Prasad Bhatt
, he was one of the early chroniclers of the Chipko movement
that flourished through the 1970s in Uttarakhand
, and published Chipko movement: Uttarakhand women's bid to save forest wealth in 1978.
In 1993, he published, Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, written after eight years of field research on tradition ponds and water management, soon it became a handbook for many NGOs working on water-harvesting projects. Subsequently, it was translated into 19 languages including Braille
, in 100,000 copies, out of which the National Book Trust
published 13 languages, including English. His the next book, Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boondein, also documented water harvesting and water management in Western Rajasthan
. All his books are copyright free.
He was awarded the 'Amar Shaheed Chandrasekhar Azad National Award' of 2007-08, instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
, Culture Department to "propagate and publicise ideals of freedom struggle, patriotism and social service".
He spoke on the topic "The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting" in 2009 TED
conference.
He is the recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj award for the year 2011.
Translations
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Gandhian and environmentalist
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
, and water conservationist who works on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is the accumulating and storing of rainwater for reuse before it reaches the aquifer. It has been used to provide drinking water, water for livestock, water for irrigation, as well as other typical uses. Rainwater collected from the roofs of houses and local institutions can...
techniques. He had been awarded the 1996 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar is an environment award instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India in the year 1987, in order to encourage public participation in environment...
(IGPP) award instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Ministry of Environment and Forests
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is an Indian government ministry. The Minister of Environment and Forests holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers...
, Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. He travels to villages across Indian states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, advocating water harvesting, and has been advocating conservation of traditional water structure 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.
Biography
Born in Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
, he is a member and secretary of 'Gandhi Peace Foundation' and the editor of foundation's magazine 'Gandhi Marg'., and a founding member of 'Centre for Environment and Food Security' (CEFS), founded in 2001 in Delhi. He has been promoting used of indigenous knowledge to solve water problem via preservation, maintenance and regeneration of ponds, water management
Water management
Water management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources. In an ideal world. water management planning has regard to all the competing demands for water and seeks to allocate water on an equitable basis to satisfy all uses and demands...
and rain water harvesting.
Working with Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Chandi Prasad Bhatt is an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh 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...
, he was one of the early chroniclers of the Chipko movement
Chipko movement
The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan is a social-ecological movement that practised the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled...
that flourished through the 1970s in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
, and published Chipko movement: Uttarakhand women's bid to save forest wealth in 1978.
In 1993, he published, Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, written after eight years of field research on tradition ponds and water management, soon it became a handbook for many NGOs working on water-harvesting projects. Subsequently, it was translated into 19 languages including Braille
Braille
The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing.Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two...
, in 100,000 copies, out of which the National Book Trust
National Book Trust
National Book Trust, is an Indian publishing house, founded in 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education within the Government of India....
published 13 languages, including English. His the next book, Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boondein, also documented water harvesting and water management in Western Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. All his books are copyright free.
He was awarded the 'Amar Shaheed Chandrasekhar Azad National Award' of 2007-08, instituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
Government of Madhya Pradesh
The Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 50 districts...
, Culture Department to "propagate and publicise ideals of freedom struggle, patriotism and social service".
He spoke on the topic "The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting" in 2009 TED
TED (conference)
TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
conference.
He is the recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj award for the year 2011.
Works
- Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab (in Hindi). On line text, 1993
- Rajasthan ki Rajat bunde (in Hindi), Published by Gandhi Shanti Prathisthan, New Delhi. 1995.
- Chipko movement: Uttarakhand women's bid to save forest wealth, with Satyendra Tripathi. People's Action, 1978.
Translations
- Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan, tr. by Ms. Jani. Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology.
External links
- Anupam Mishra, Profile at TEDTEDTED may refer to:* TED , an annual multidisciplinary conference* TED spread, the yield spread between U.S...