Eminent Environmentalist Prof Radhamohan Passed Away

• 12 Jun 2021

• Eminent environmentalist Prof Radhamohan has passed away on 11^th June 2021.
• Prof Radhamohan and his daughter Sabarmatee were awarded India’s fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, last year along for their contribution to the field of agriculture.
• They had transformed 36 acres of a degraded land in Nayagarh district into a ‘food forest’, as was called by Prof Radhamohan, through soil and water conservation techniques.
• An economics professor, he was appointed as the first State Information Commissioner (SIC) in 2005.
• For his work on environment, the United Nations Environment Programme had conferred ‘The Global Roll of Honour’ on him. The Odisha government awarded him the highest civilian award ‘Utkal Seva Samman’ for dedicated public service.