Ramesh Agrawal
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AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (2014)
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Ramesh Agrawal is an Indian social worker, internet café owner and grassroots environmentalist from Chhattisgarh, who is a founder of group Jan Chetana(जन चेतना, meaning people's consciousness). He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize[1] in 2014 for his efforts in organizing protests against certain industrialization plans in the region, and in particular informing citizens about environmental and social consequences of projected large-scale coal mining.[2]
