Ranjit Bhargava

Ranjit Bhargava
Born Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation Environmentalist
Parent(s) Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargava
Rani Lila Ramkumar Bhargava
Awards Padma Shri
Order of the Golden Ark
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Website
Official web site

Ranjit Bhargava, is an Indian environmentalist, known for his endeavors towards environmental conservation and his efforts for obtaining UNESCO World Heritage site status for the upper Ganga region.[1] The Government of India honored him in 2010, with the third highest civilian award of Padma Shri.[2] He is also a recipient of the Order of the Golden Ark from Prince Bernard of the Netherlands[3] and the Order of Merit of the Government of Germany.[4][5]

Biography

Ranjit Bhargava was born the family of Munshi Nawal Kishore, (1836-1895) a known publisher, as a fifth generation member, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,[6] India.[7][8] to Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargava, holder of the title Raja by the then Viceory of India, Lord Wavell[6] and Rani Lila Ramkumar Bhargava, a 1971 Padma Shriawardee.[2][6] He headed the Uttar Pradesh chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).[6] A member of the faculty of Foreign Affairs at Lucknow University, Dr. Bhargava is a life member of the Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)[3] where has instituted the INTACH Environmental Award in memory of his son, Anirudh Bhargava.[9]

Dr. Bhargava is one of the founders of the Upper Ganga Region initiative, a collective campaign for getting the Upper Ganga Region, comprising Rishikesh and Haridwar, the status of UNESCO World Heritage site.[1] He is also involved with other environment related campaigns such as the Citizens' Forum on Public Policy[10] and the campaign for the protection of Indian sites abroad, like INA Memorial in Singapore and Jim Corbett's tomb in Nyeri, Kenya.[6] The Hive, a British heritage bungalow used by Christopher Corbett, the father of Jim Corbett, has been bought by Dr. Bhargava and is now a tourist attraction in Ayarpatta, Nainital.[8]

Dr. Ranjit Bhargava is the author of a book on environment by title, Environment:A Will To Fail.[11]

Awards and recognition

Ranjit Bhargava has been honored by the Government of Germany Order of Merit.[4][5] This was followed by the title, the Officer of the Order of the Golden Ark, conferred by Prince Albert of the Netherlands, in ????.[6][3] In 2010. The Government of India included in the Republic Day honours list for the Padma Shri.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ganga Action". Ganga Action. 25 June 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Padma Shri". Padma Shri. 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "India Today". India Today. December 14, 1998. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Oman info". Oman info. 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Highbeam". Highbeam. 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Ranjit Bhargava". Video. YouTube. August 19, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Munshi Nawal Kishore". Amazon. 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Hive". Nainital Tourism. 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "INTACH Environmental Award". INTACH. 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Geocities". Geocities. 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ Bhargava, Ranjit (1999). Environment:A Will To Fail. Oscar Publications. ISBN 9788185097497.

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