Dr. Rajendra Singh " The water man of India "

Dr. Rajendra Singh is known as water man of India who won the Nobel Prize for water by his efforts which brought water to 1000 villages in the Arid state of Rajasthan.  Dr. Singh was born in Bagpat district at village Daula near Meerut.

After completing his M.A. he joined government service in 1980 and started his carrier as a national service volunteer for education in Jaipur. The turning point of his life came when Ramesh Sharma opened up his mind and aware him about the issues of villages. He joined Tarun Bharat Sangha (TBS) organisation to aid victims of a campus fire. When he became the General Secretary the entire board resigned, leaving the organization to him. He sold all his household goods for Rs 23000 and along with four friends from TBS he go into inferior of Rajasthan.

                                                                               He started his work from Alwar district, which once had a grain market, was at the time largely dry and barren. After getting the knowledge how to rebirth the river he start his work and with hard work he gave rebirth to Arvari river and protect the Ganga river also. He had build 4500 earthen check dams or johads, to collect rainwater in 850 villages in 11 district of Rajasthan. He led a pada yatra for the protection of river and aware the people & student as well.

He explained the real concept of the word BHAGVAN (भगवान ) in which
                        भ - भूमि
                         ग - गगन
                         व  - वायु
                        अ - अगनी                                                     
                         न -  नीर

He got several awards & honor for water management and water harvesting. He is one of the great leader in water management.

 We salute you great leader and reader as well.