ACADEMIC BACKGROUND :      MA in Economics from Cambridge, UK                              POSITIONS HELD :     Currently Chairperson, Forum of Environmental     Journalists of India,                         President, International Federation of     Environmental Journalists                        Former Resident Editor, “The Times of India”      and “Indian Express”, Mumbai                       Author of “Temples or Tombs? Industry      versus Environment: Three Controversies”,      Centre for Science & Environment,      New Delhi, 1985
			Served as Consultant to Environment Co-Ordination Unit,
			UN Economic & Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) in Unit
			and organized Regional Conference on Media and Environment in Bangkok, 1988
			Also held Workshops on Media and Environment as ESCAP Consultant
			in Dhaka and Kathmandu
			Nominated Chairperson of Forum of Environment Journalists of India (FEJI),
			part of Asia-Pacific network, 1987 onwards
			Contributed material for PANOS (London) book on “Chidren In Cities”
			and a Chapter - one of ten case studies - for another PANOS book on
			outstanding Non-Governmental Organizations working in the Third World
			One of the three editors of The Fight for Surviva l :
			People's Action for Environment, Center for Science & Environment, 1986;
			Collection of Papers and Presentations at meeting of
			Indian and International environmentalists
			Elected President of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists,
			in Dresden Germany, in 1993, headquarters in Paris.
			Elected Vice-President in Paris, 1994.
			Re-elected Vice President in Budapest 1998.
			Was Asia-Pacific editor of IFEJ Tipsheet for Environmental Journalists worldwide
			Re-elected President 2000-2003 in Cairo, Egypt, November 2000
			INTERESTS :            1. Reading (especially on Environment and                new Indian fiction)                                    2. Nature and Wildlife                                    3. Music                                    4. Travel                                  5. Cinema                                  6. City Environmental Groups