Key facts
- Born
- 6 August 1959, Bagpat district
- State of birth
- Bagpat district, Uttar Pradesh
- Sector
- Environment
- Profession
- Indian environmentalist
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Rajendra Singh is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as the "Waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015. He runs an NGO called 'Tarun Bharat Sangh' (TBS), which was founded in 1975. The NGO based in village hori-Bhikampura in Thanagazi tehsil, near Sariska Tiger Reserve, has been instrumental in fighting the slow bureaucracy, mining lobby and has helped villagers take charge of water management in their semi-arid area as it lies close to Thar Desert, through the use of johad, rainwater storage tanks, check dams and other time-tested as well as path-breaking techniques.
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Timeline
- 1959Born in Bagpat district
- 2001Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award
- 2005Awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj Award
- 2015Awarded the Stockholm Water Prize
- 2016Awarded the Ahimsa Award
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