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 …
