Anupam Mishra Age, Biography, Wife, Death Cause & More

Bio
Real Name	Anupam Mishra
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Author, Journalist, Environmentalist, and Water Conservationist
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 62 kg in Pounds- 137 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year 1948
Place of Birth	Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death	19 December 2016
Place of Death	New Delhi, India
Cause of Death	Prostate Cancer
Age (as on 19 December 2016)	68 Years
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Not Known
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	New Delhi, India
School	Not Known
College	Not Known
Educational Qualifications	Completed his college education in 1969
Family	Father- Not Known Mother- Not Known Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Reading, Writing, Promoting Water Conservation & Water Management
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Not Known
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife	Not Known
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anupam Mishra

• Does Anupam Mishra smoke?: Not Known

• Does Anupam Mishra drink alcohol?: Not Known

• He was born in Wardha, Maharashtra India in the year 1948.

• After completing his college education, he worked in different capacities at the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi.

• He is considered a pioneer of water conservation in India and all over the world.

• Throughout his life, he promoted water conservation and water management.

• His extensive research on the indigenous knowledge to solve water problem has been hailed throughout the world.

• He is considered one of the early chroniclers of Chipko Movement of Uttarakhand in the early 1970s. He worked along with Chandi Prasad Bhatt to draft the Chipko Movement. He also published a book- Chipko movement: Uttarakhand women’s bid to save forest wealth in 1978.

• In 1996, he was awarded Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (IGPP) by the Government of India.

• His most popular book is- Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, which he wrote after an extensive 8 years of research on traditional pond & water management. Many Non-Government-Organizations (working on water harvesting) have adopted it as their handbook. The book is so popular that it has been translated into 19 languages, including Braille.  

• He another book- Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boondein, also documented Water Management and Water Harvesting in the Western Rajasthan. 

• Madhya Pradesh Government awarded him, Amar Shaheed Chandrasekhar Azad National Award of 2007-2008 for his social services.

• In 2009, Mishra spoke at the TED Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia on the topic- The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting.

• In 2011, he was awarded Jamanlala Bajaj Award.

• He also served as the editor of bi-monthly- Gandhi Marg (published by the Gandhi Peace Foundation).

• He was suffering from Prostate Cancer and succumbed to it on 19 December 2016 in New Delhi.