Hridith Sudev

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Hridith Sudev
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Portrait of Hridith Sudev, one of the winners of Young EcoHero Award 2017
Born (1999-12-27) 27 December 1999 (age 21)
Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Indian School Salalah, [1] University of Denver [2]
OccupationPoet, Environmentalist, Public Speaker
Years active2012-2020
Known forProject GreenWorld International Writing career
Pen nameTheWriterly99 (online)
GenrePoetry
Notable worksCatharsis: An Anthology
Board member ofThe World Foundation

Hridith Sudev is a scientist, social activist, author, speaker and environmentalist who is known for founding an environmental organization, Project Greenworld International. His first book, a poetry anthology titled "Catharsis: An Anthology" was published in 2018.

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Early life and background

Hridith Sudev was born on 27 December 1999 in the southern Indian state of Kerala to Dr.Shaji P Sreedhar and Hridhya S Menon. [3] [1] During his early childhood, Hridith suffered from ataxia, a condition he recovered from later [4] . He moved to Oman with his parents in 2004. [5]

Hridith Sudev, the Founder of Project GreenWorld during its inauguration in 2012 Mast. Hridith Sudev.JPG
Hridith Sudev, the Founder of Project GreenWorld during its inauguration in 2012

He graduated from Indian School Salalah in 2018. [6]

Environmentalism and Research

Hridith Sudev and his younger brother Samved Nambiar, co-founded Project GreenWorld International under their middle-school Social Science Department in 2012. Beginning as Project GreenOman, the Eco-Club organized numerous activities and events that soon caught the eye of authorities. This led the Eco-Club to be expanded as a non-profit called Project GreenWorld International (PGWI). PGWI went on to win the World Environment Day Global School Award 2012 leading to Sudev being appointed as the Project Earth Student Ambassador of Oman to the UNCSD Rio+20 conference in 2012. [7]

On 5 June 2014, Sudev became the then youngest national recipient of International Energy Globe Award for Oman which was awarded to Sudev jointly with his organisation's Oman unit. [6] [8] [7] In 2018, Sudev and his team reconstituted PGWI as a subsidiary of a new umbrella organization called The World Foundation. [9]

In 2016, Hridith Sudev began working on a novel water-filtration technology inspired by the research of Dr.Stephanie Velegol and team of Pennsylvania State University as well as his grandmother's practice of using Moringa oleifera seeds to purify water. [4] [10] The water-filtration technology was based on adsorbing MOC proteins from moringa seeds on charcoal dust to filter water. [11]

Writing career

Hridith self-published his first full-length book with TinkerBird Publishing in 2018. The book, a poetry anthology titled "Catharsis: An Anthology" was a best-selling English-language poetry book in Oman. His second book, The Summer of Touch-Me-Nots is expected to release in 2020. [9]

Personal life and Activism

Sudev has described himself as a 'left-leaning pragmatist', a socialist and a feminist. [9] He has worked extensively on ending gender-based violence and racial discrimination, informed by his own personal experiences. Since 2020, Sudev has been involved with The Blue Bench (formerly RAAP), a comprehensive sexual assault prevention and support center in Denver Metro Area. [12]

In 2017, Sudev spoke in support of the HeForShe Campaign. He has also advocated for comprehensive LGBTQ rights on multiple occasions. [2] In 2021, Sudev expressed solidarity with the Indian Farmer's Protest [13] and in 2020, Sudev participated in Black Lives Matter rallies in Denver and Aurora, expressing solidarity with George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Trayvon Martin, and Breonna Taylor in an Instagram video shortly afterwards. [14] [12]

Sudev is an undergraduate student at the University of Denver. [2]

Awards and honors

Publications

Books

Articles and short stories

See also

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