Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar

The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (Hindi: इंदिरा गांधी पर्यावरण पुरस्कार) is an environment award given for contributions in the field of environmental protection. The award was established in 1987 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, Government of India. A cash prize, silver lotus trophy, scroll, and a citation are included in the award.[1][2] The selection of any organization or personality for the award is done by a committee headed by the Vice President of India. In 2008, the award was given to Isha Foundation of Tamil Nadu. This organization has a Guinness world record for planting more than eight lakh saplings in a single day.[3][4]

Nomination

The award is given every year and an advertisement for inviting nominations for IGPP is released every year on 15 July in national dailies with regional coverage.[5][6] As per the amended regulations in 2010 governing the IGPP Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, the following can propose a name of any such person or organization in India: any Indian citizen with at least 10 years of work experience in the field of environment, an NGO working in the field of environment with at least five years of experience, the Department of Environment and Forestry of States, Union Territories, State Pollution Control Board, District Collector, and Magistrate.[7][8]

List of awards
Previous IGPP Awards[9]
Year Awardee (Individual or Organization) Location
1987 Bombay Natural History Society Mumbai, Maharashtra
1988 Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad Kerala
1989 Samaj Parivartana Samudaya Dharwad, Karnataka
1990 Shri Sant Kumar Bishnoi Punjab
1991 Shri S. P. Godrej New Delhi
1991 Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal Garhwal, Uttarakhand
1992 Dr. Shivarama Karanth K. Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka
1992 127-Infantry Battalion (T.A.) Ecological Dehradun, Uttarakhand
1993 Dr. T. N. Khoshoo New Delhi
1993 Young Mizo Association Mizoram
1994 Smt. Radha Bhatt, Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1994 Tarun Bharat Sangh Alwar, Rajasthan
1995 Shri Natwar Thakkar, Nagaland Gandhi Ashram Mokokchung, Nagaland
1995 Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
1996 Shri Anupam Mishra, Gandhi Peace Foundation New Delhi
1996 C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu
1997 Shri J. C. Daniel Mumbai, Maharashtra
1997 Centre for Environment Education Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1998 Shri Jagdish Ranganath Godbole Pune, Maharashtra
1998 The Barefoot College of Social Work Research Centre Ajmer, Rajasthan
1999 Shri Piare Lal Jallandhar, Punjab
1999 Ryan Foundation Mumbai, Maharashtra
2000 Dr. Ramesh Bedi (Posthumously) Punjab
2000 Captive Power Plant, National Aluminium Co.Ltd. Angul, Odisha
2001 Shri. Girish Gandhi Maharashtra
2001 Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
2002 Rev. Fr. Koyapillil Mathai Matthew, SJ (Posthumously) Kodaikannal, Tamil Nadu
2002 Chilika Development Authority Odisha
2003 Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak New Delhi
2003 The Garhwal Rifles Regimental Centre Lansdowne, Uttarakhand
2004 Ms. Jyotsna Sitling Uttarakhand
2004 Malayala Manorama Kerala
2005 Sant Gadge Baba Amrawati University Amrawati, Maharashtra
2005 Shri Jagadish Babla Dehradun, Uttarakhand
2005 Dr. Amrita Patel Anand, Gujarat
2006 Bongaigaon Refinery (IOCL) Chirang, Assam
2006 127-Infantry Battalion (T.A.) Ecological Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
2006 Dr. J. Raghava Rao Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2006 Smt. S. Annapurna Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
2007 BAIF Institute for Rural Development Tiptur, Karnataka
2007 Antoday Nirbal Durbal Shoshit Mahila Evam Bal Uthaan Kalyan Samiti Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
2007 Shri. Afzal Khatri & Smt. Nusrat Khatri Mumbai, Maharashtra
2007 Dr. Rachna Gaur Rajsamand, Rajasthan
2008 ISHA Foundation Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
2009 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
2009 Care Earth Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2009 Prof. C. R. Babu New Delhi
2009 Shri Vijay Jardhari Jardhargaon, Uttarakhand
2010 21st Battalion, the Jat Regiment Assam
2010 Joygopalpur Gram Vikas Kendra 24 Parganas (South), West Bengal
2010 Dr. Anil Sharma Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh
2010 Shri Kartick Satyanarayanan New Delhi
2010 Dr. N. Ramesh Puducherry
2011 Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO) Uttar Pradesh
2011 128 Infantry Battalion (TA) Ecological Rajputana Rifles Rajasthan
2011 Shri Ramesh Sharma Chhattisgarh
2011 Shri Sharda Prasad Singh Uttar Pradesh
2011 Sachidanand Bharti Uttarakhand
2012 Aaranyak Assam
2012 Durgapur Steel Plant West Bengal
2012 Shri Biswajit Mukherjee West Bengal
2012 Shri Jigmet Takpa Jammu & Kashmir
2012 Smt. Seema S. Redkar Maharashtra

See also

References
  1. http://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/igpp-rg.pdf
  2. Staff Reporter (26 March 2014). "Environmentalist bags Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. "Environment Ministry Invites Nominations for Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar for the Year 2013". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. "Meet the Man Teaching Farmers How to Grow 12 Crops a Year to Defy Droughts & Floods". The Better India. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. "सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एंवायरमेंट को इंदिरा गांधी पुरस्कार". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. "BRPL bags 'Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar' award". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. "Pathak gets Indira Environment Award". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. "President Patil to present Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar". Zee News. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  9. "IGPP Awardees List". ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India. Retrieved 3 May 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.