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Sonam Wangchuk (born 1 September 1966) is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist.
Mar 18, 2024 · As his 'fast unto death' protest entered its 13th day, noted climate activist Sonam Wangchuk continued to press for his demand for constitutional safeguards for the Union Territory of Ladakh, and protection of ecologically fragile Ladakh’s ecosystem from industrial and mining lobbies.
Mar 26, 2024 · Educationist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk completed his 21-day hunger strike on Tuesday, sleeping in the open despite temperatures being at a biting -10 degrees Celsius.
Mar 26, 2024 · Climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk was on a hunger strike in Leh in Ladakh, demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Apr 9, 2024 · Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk observed a 21-day fast in Leh, surviving on water and salt, seeking protections for the fragile ecology and the indigenous culture of Ladakh.
May 5, 2023 · Born in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India and brought up in a tiny village of five households about 70 km from Leh, Sonam Wangchuk spent the first nine years of his life learning in...
Sonam Wangchuk was born in the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India. Though a Mechanical Engineer by education, he has been mostly working in the field of education reform for...
Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC is an Indian Army veteran, who served with the Assam Regiment and the Ladakh Scouts. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy, during his successful operation in the Kargil War.
Sonam Wangchuk has long worked to help people in India’s Ladakh region adapt to climate change. In an e360 interview, he explains why he fasted for 21 days to pressure the government to grant legal protections to the region’s fragile ecosystem and its life-giving glaciers.
Mar 26, 2024 · Education reformist and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on the 21st day of his 'climate fast' during a hunger strike with others demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
