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Raksha Kumar is a multimedia journalist focusing on human rights, politics and social injustices. Since 2011, she has reported for The New York Times, BBC, Guardian, TIME, South China Morning Post, Foreign Policy, Scroll.in and The Hindu.
In March 2018, she was awarded the National Foundation for India Media Award for her reportage on land rights in India. In 2017, she was shortlisted for Kurt Schork Memorial Awards in International Journalism. For her work on land conflicts in India, she was awarded the Chameli Devi Award for Outstanding Media Personality in 2016.
As a reporter, her focus areas are land and forest rights of the most vulnerable communities. However, since these issues cannot be looked at in isolation, Raksha found herself increasingly reporting on armed conflict around resource extraction in places like Chhattisgarh and Kashmir.
In 2015, she wrote, shot and directed a documentary film on Rationalists in Contemporary India. It was aired by India's public broadcaster, Doordarshan. The film has been screened in 29 locations across the country until now.
The same year, Raksha was selected as a Chevening Fellow by the University of Westminster to research on Hindu Right in the UK. This helped Raksha build on her post graduate dissertation which was on Hindu Fundamentalists in India.
With a Fulbright Scholarship for Leadership Development, she went to the Columbia University in New York City to pursue a Masters in Science. As a student, she was offered the Scripps Howard Fellowship to report from Israel and the West Bank. Since 2011, Raksha has reported from 11 countries across the world.
Raksha worked as an editor at NDTV, leading English news channel in India. She was the editorial head of a two-hour prime time news show, where she lead a team of about 20 junior journalists.
A graduate of Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi, Raksha was a dedicated student and a passionate public speaker.
Tackling Climate Change Is Tough But It's Also A Huge Business Opportunity
Waster management and mindful recycling in the western Indian state of Gujarat gives us an insight into the fight against climate change, use of renewable energy, electric vehicles and adopting climate-resilient agriculture.
The collective opportunity in these sectors in the next decade is in the billions of dollars, as India and other large economies race against time to clamp down on emissions and meet obligations under the Paris Agreement of 2015.
The gives examples of companies who have figured out a model to monetise these.
It is based on the belief that urban waste management is key to slowing climate change. The government failed in effectively managing urban waste but realises the importance of it.
Nearly 150 million Indians live in climate hotspots where living standards could decline by more than eight percentage points. Inaction could shave $1.12 trillion off the country’s GDP by 2050.
Letting private companies take the lead is the best option available for bloated, fund-starved city administrations.
Read the story for how simple it is to do effective solid waste management in urban India and why it is not being done.
