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GUWAHATI
Anand Agarwala, an environmentalist and societal activistic based successful cardinal Assam’s Jorhat town, received the 2nd Jadav Payeng International Award.
The award, instituted by the charitable Jyoti-Protap Education Trust, was conferred connected him astatine a programme organised astatine Kaliapani successful Jorhat territory connected Sunday (March 29, 2026). Named aft Jadav Payeng, regarded arsenic the Forest Man of India, the grant carries ₹2 lakh and a citation. Kaliapani is astir 335 km eastbound of Guwahati.
Mr. Agarwala received the grant successful the beingness of Mr. Payeng and a big of dignitaries, including the heads of 3 universities and Pitambar Dev Goswami, the main abbot of the Auniati Satra, 1 of the oldest neo-Vaishnavite monasteries.
“The Earth is each we have. If we cannot support our environment, we person obscurity other to go,” Mr. Agarwala, 67, said, acknowledging Mr. Payeng for “showing america the mode done work, not done speeches”.
“We telephone ourselves the top creatures of God, but we harm quality the most,” helium said. Kaliapani-based businessman and philanthropist Protap Saikia, who founded the award, said Mr. Agarwala’s publication to the Assamese nine and the extortion of quality was immeasurable.
“He has dedicated his beingness to greening the satellite astir him. He has besides funded the acquisition of astatine slightest 5,000 children and built a web of nationalist toilets to guarantee a cleaner Jorhat,” helium told The Hindu.
The Jyoti-Protap Education Trust runs the Jyoti-Pratap Gyanmarg Vidyalaya, a digitally astute schoolhouse that offers escaped acquisition for children from marginalised families. Established six years ago, the schoolhouse has 301 students. The schoolhouse has carved retired a niche for blending the champion of accepted practices with robotics.
