Anil Kumar Agarwal (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
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter o ...
''. He was the founder of the
Centre for Science and Environment, 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
Global 500 Roll of Honour for his work in the national and international arena. The
Indian Government
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also honoured him with
Padma Shri
The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...
(1986) and
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...
(2002) for his work in environment and development. He authored more than 20 books and wrote numerous articles which were published in national and international journals too.
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
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