Ajay Shankar, member secretary of National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, speaks on rural electrification and the future of renewables in providing decentralised electricity

Ajay Shankar is the Member Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. He retired as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy &…

Priyadarshini Karve – Director, Samuchit Enviro Tech

Priyadarshini Karve is Managing Director, Samuchit Enviro Tech. While working with Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) she invented a …

T. L. Sankar – Hon. Visiting Professor, Administrative Staff College

T L Sankar served as Principal, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad for over seven years and continues to be Honorary …

Nikolaus Supersberger – Deputy Director, Indo-German Energy Programme, GiZ

Nikolaus Supersberger is Deputy Director, Indo-German Energy Programme with GiZ. Having began his career at the German think-tank Wuppertal …

Usha Ramachandra – Professor and Energy Area Chairperson, Administrative Staff College

Usha Ramachandra, Professor and Area Chairperson of Energy Area, ASCI, is Doctorate in Economics from Central University, Hyderabad. She joined …

Jyoti Dar – Director, Kuvam Energy

As the founder director of Kuvam Energy Pvt. Ltd, Jyoti Dar has spent the past five years to reduce India’s dependence on coal and fossil …

Atma Ram Shukla – President, Biogas Forum of India

Atma Ram Shukla superannuated as Advisor (Bio-energy) in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in September, 2011 after working for the …

The legendary Gandhian

Pakistani social scientist Akhtar Hameed Khan, is remembered, on his first death anniversary, for his achievements in the field of urban management

Discovery of India

Anil Agarwal delivers his acceptance speech for the Norman Borlaug Award 2001

URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE

Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …

Holding water

The EK Panch Ek Talaab movement has ushered in a new era for the people of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Mandsaur districts

RURAL WATER HARVESTING MADHYA PRADESH

1 + 1 = 11 People have responded overwhelmingly with money and voluntary labour to a government call to renovate water harvesting structures. …

This DROUGHT is sponsored by Govt. of India

Who is really behind our water problems?

For common sense

Down To Earth articles on shahtoosh and Veerappan provoke comment. We decided to excerpt them. But first, the editor's rejoinder

Born Again

A rural organisation breathes life into the listless people of Melaghar village

Solo Performances

Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of …

Above All Differences

A caste-ridden society transforms the depleted forests into a green haven

Hamlets reborn

Although Bhaonta-Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth-Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy …

Working women

In Guraiya village , it's women empowerment all the way

Awarded : Bhaonta-Kolyala

... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth

Ranjit Bharvirkar – Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project

Ranjit Bharvirkar is an independent expert working as an advisor with the Regulatory Assistance Project since 2013. He has conducted research and …

Quality of Research: Only a fig leaf

Basis of rating

Each scientists work was rated in accordance with the following criteria

Solution

Awardee 2001