Ashish Kothari is an Indian

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and author.

Life

Ashish Kothari studied Sociology at Hindu College, University of Delhi, graduating in 1983. He then gained a master's of arts in Sociology from

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in 1985. He is one of the founders of

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, a non-profit organisation in India which deals with environmental and development issues. Kothari has also been a teacher at Indian Institute of Public Administration,

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. Ashish Kothari has also worked as members of several

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committees, including the Environmental Appraisal Committee on River Valley Projects and committees to draft design the National Wildlife Action Plan and the Biological Diversity Act. In 2012, he published ''Churning The Earth: The Making of Global India'' with Aseem Shrivastava. He edited the book ''Alternative Futures'' with K. J. Joy in 2017. In 2019 he co-created the Global Tapestry of Alternatives process.

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kothari, Ashish Scientists from Maharashtra Living people Indian ecologists Scientists from Pune Delhi School of Economics alumni 1961 births