Rajendra Singh

Rajendra Singh

“Indian Waterman” and Director of Tarun Bharat Sangh | Alwar | India

Rajendra Singh is known as the “Waterman of India” and has won the Stockholm Water Prize, the „Nobel Prize for water”. The non-governmental organisation Tarun Bharat in Rajasthan has been instrumental in providing clean and fresh water to villagers using johad, an ancient rainwater storage method. Rajendra Singh contributed substantially in bringing back water to over 1,000 villages and to the revival of seven entire river systems.