Ashish Kothari

Ashish Kothari
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Alma mater	University of Delhi
Known for	Kalpavriksh

Ashish Kothari is an Indian environmentalist and author.

Life

Ashish Kothari studied Sociology at Hindu College, University of Delhi, graduating in 1983. He then gained a master's of arts in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi in 1985. ^[1] He is one of the founders of Kalpavriksh, a non-profit organisation in India which deals with environmental and development issues. ^[2] Kothari has also been a teacher at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. ^[3]

Ashish Kothari has also worked as members of several Government of India committees, including the Environmental Appraisal Committee on River Valley Projects and committees to draft design the National Wildlife Action Plan and the Biological Diversity Act. ^[4] In 2012, he published Churning The Earth: The Making of Global India with Aseem Shrivastava. ^[5] He edited the book Alternative Futures with K. J. Joy in 2017. ^[6]

In 2019 he co-created the Global Tapestry of Alternatives process.

Selected works

• Joy, K. J.; Kothari, Ashish, eds. (2017). Alternative Futures: India Unshackled. Independently Published. ISBN   978-1973383109.
• Shrivastava, Aseem; Kothari, Ashish (2012). Churning the earth: The making of global India (1. publ ed.). New Delhi: Penguin Viking. ISBN   978-0670086252.

References

1. "Ashish Kothari (Bowdoin)". bowdoin.edu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
2. "Kothari, Ashish (Kalvapriksh, India) – Contributors – Degrowth 2014". degrowth.org. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
4. "Presentation by Ashish Kothari on "Globalisation in India: Impacts and Alternatives"". Atree.org. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
5. Firdos, Sohel (April 2014). "Book Review: Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India". Millennial Asia. 5 (1): 119–121. doi:10.1177/0976399613518970.
6. Dobhal, Harsh (2018). "Envisioning a Just and Sustainable Society: Review of Ashish Kothari and K J Joy (eds.). 2017. Alternative Futures: India Unshackled, Authors Upfront: New Delhi". Ecology, Economy and Society - the INSEE Journal. 01 (2).