| Author Info | - Prof. R. Rajagopalan holds a B.E. (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras and M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kanpur, India. He taught for over 30 years at IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras, handling a variety of courses on industrial engineering, management, environment, and development.
About 25 years ago, he shifted his focus to environmental issues. At IIT Madras, he was also the Director of International Ocean Institute (IOI India) and coordinated several international ocean and environment-related courses and workshops. He was a member of the Governing Board of the International Ocean Institute, Malta, during 2003–2009.
Prof. Rajagopalan continues to be active, giving presentations and conducting workshops on environment for different groups. He is a regular facilitator at Initiatives of Change, Panchgani, where he has made presentations on environment to over 300 IAS and other Civil Services officers since 2008. More than 200 participants have attended the workshop on ‘Exploring a Sustainable Future’ that he co-directs at Auroville, near Puducherry.
Prof. Rajagopalan has published more than 20 books on environment for schools, colleges, and the public. This university-level book, Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure, has often been a bestseller on Amazon.in.
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