Chandi Prasad Bhatt wins Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 has been awarded to eminent
Gandhian and environmentalist, Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt.
The jury for
the prize met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh on 18th February 2014 and decided upon his name.
The other members
of the jury were Justice P Sathasivam, leader of opposition Sushma
Swaraj, Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh, and ex-governor of West Bengal
Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, born in 1934 , is a noted Gandhian environmentalist
and social activist.
He was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement
for which he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982.
He is also a
recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2005.
One of India's first modern
environmentalists, today he is known for his work on subaltern social
ecology.