Indian green activist Dr. Anil Joshi lauds the role of ICAR for food security
25 May 2021, New Delhi: Padma Bhushan Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi known as the ‘Mountain Man’while delivering the virtual lecture organized by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on the topic “Nature and Environment” emphasised that Agriculture and Forest are the two main departments which are directly linked to people. It is due to the dedicated efforts of the ICAR scientists, farmers and the Government policies which has helped in making our country food secured, which helped India in making food available during Corona lockdowns.
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Dr. Joshi dedicated his lecture in the memory of Sunderlal Bahuguna, Indian environmentalist who lost his life due to COVID on 21 May 2021.
Dr. Joshi is an Indian green activist and founder of the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan 2020 for his social work in Uttarakhand and Padma Shree Awardee-2006. He has devoted himself to resource-based rural development for the last 36 years and focuses on economic independence of rural India through community empowerment.
The lecture was a part of the 75 lecture series being organized by ICAR as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’. These 75 lectures shall be delivered by experts in various domains related to agriculture and alsoby eminent scientists, journalists, spiritual leaders, motivational speakers and successful entrepreneurs.
