India
Dr. Rajendra Singh ("Waterman of India")
Renowned Environmentalist & Chairman, Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS)
🏛️ Tarun Bharat Sangh & National Jal Biradari, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Quick Overview
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."
— Mahatma Gandhi on Ecological Wisdom & Water Swaraj"Water Swaraj, River Rejuvenation, and Gandhian Ecological Wisdom"
Presentation Overview & Abstract
Exploring community-driven water conservation, river rejuvenation, and climate resilience rooted in Gandhian Swadeshi and Swaraj principles to combat global water crises, drought, and climate change.
About Dr. Rajendra Singh ("Waterman of India")
Dr. Rajendra Singh (born August 6, 1959) is an internationally acclaimed environmentalist and water conservation activist from Rajasthan, India. Popularly known as the "Waterman of India" (Jal Purush), he has dedicated over four decades to community-led water management, river rejuvenation, and ecological restoration.
He is the Chairman of Tarun Bharat Sangh (est. 1975), National Jal Biradari, and Sukhad-Badh Vishwa Jan-Aayog (Sweden). Through Tarun Bharat Sangh, he has mobilized communities to construct over 15,000 rainwater harvesting structures (johads) across 1,500+ villages, successfully reviving 23 rivers including the Arvari, Ruparel, Sarsa, Bhagani, and Jahajwali rivers in Rajasthan, as well as rivers in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
He was honored with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 2001, the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2005, the Stockholm Water Prize ("Nobel Prize for Water") in 2015, and the Ahimsa Award (UK Parliament) in 2018. In 2008, The Guardian named him among the "50 People Who Could Save the Planet".