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Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015.
Aug 22, 2023 · Rajendra Singh, a resident of Alwar district in the desert state of Rajasthan understands the impending water crisis and may be better than anyone else in this country. Popularly known as the Waterman of India, Singh has dedicated his life to the conservation of water bodies.
Nov 5, 2017 · Rajendra Singh, also popularly referred to as the “Waterman of India”, is a well-known water conservationist who is widely credited with bringing water security in the parched lands of Alwar District and adjoining areas of Rajasthan through the traditional wisdom of rainwater harvesting (RWH) based on a community-driven decentralized approach.
Aug 6, 2018 · Rajendra Singh listened, and today the Avari River flows again, thanks to the “Waterman of India.” Rajendra Singh was born on August 6, 1959, in the Uttar Pradesh region of India, just east of Rajastan.
Jun 5, 2020 · Popularly known as the Waterman of India, Dr Rajendra Singh has transformed the lives of lakhs of people in Rajasthan, defying all odds throughout his life. Dr Singh began his career in...
Oct 17, 2023 · Dr Rajendra Singh, an Ayurvedic doctor at a government hospital, had his life turned upside down when he came face to face with the grim reality of drought-hit Alwar district in Rajasthan, where scores of villagers were forced to abandon agriculture and migrate to other towns to survive.
Jul 16, 2020 · Rajendra Singh is a water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar, Rajasthan. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2001 and the Stockholm Water Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize for water, in 2015.
Rajendra Singh of India is named the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage and determination in his quest to improve the living conditions for those most in need.
Jun 10, 2017 · Sprawled on his narrow bed, at the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) guesthouse, water activist Rajendra Singh is remarkably cheerful for a man who has barely slept a wink.
Rajendra Singh has been the incumbent chairman of TBS since 1985. TBS started their work with mobilizing communities around the issue of water, and supporting them in reviving and revitalising the traditional systems of water management through construction of johads, anicuts, and bunds for rainwater harvesting from shramdan and partly by TBS.
