Anil Kumar Agarwal(23 November 1947– 2 January 2002) was an Indian environmentalist, trained as a mechanical engineer at
IIT Kanpur
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, worked as a science correspondent for the ''
Hindustan Times
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It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...
''. He was the founder of the
Centre for Science and Environment
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, a
Delhi
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-based research institute currently led by
Sunita Narain.
In 1987, the
United Nations Environment Programme
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elected him to its
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for his work in the national and international arena. The
Indian Government
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also honoured him with
Padma Shri
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(1986) and
Padma Bhushan
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(2002) for his work in environment and development.
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 a
UNEP/Grid-A official website 29 August 2006
References
* Baviskar, A. 2002
An activist–environmentalist, Anil Agarwal, 1947–2002 ''Frontline'' 19: 2, 1 February.
* CS
''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
''The Guardian'', 11 January, .
External links
*
''In memory of Anil Agarwal'', MS Danish Association for International Co-operation
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Indian environmentalists
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
1947 births
2002 deaths
IIT Kanpur alumni
Indian magazine editors
Indian magazine founders
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in other fields
Indian science journalists
Indian male journalists
20th-century Indian journalists