GUWAHATI Hyderabad-based environmentalist M. Karunakar Reddy has been chosen for the first award named after Jadav Payeng, better known as the Forest Man of India. The Jadav Payeng International Award, carrying ₹2 lakh and a citation, has been instituted by the charitable Jyoti-Protap Education Trust based at Kaliapani in eastern Assam’s Jorhat district. A five-member selection committee comprising green activists …
Urging a strong sense of ecological awareness among today’s citizens, Padma Shri awardee Jadav Payeng called for constant engagement with the environmental sciences as part of India’s education policy. Payeng, who has earned the title ‘Forest Man of India’, made these remarks during a plantation drive held in the Herbal Garden of the Brahamaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited Township at …
