Sheth Lecture in Indian Studies: Emory University, Atlanta
Medha Patkar
Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize
Amnesty International's Human Rights Defender's Award
BBC Green Ribbon Award
Talk Title
: People's Movements: The State and Civil Society
- Date : Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:00 p.m.
- Location : Law School Tull Auditorium, 3rd Floor,
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Lecture is free and Open to the public. Reception to
follow.
Medha Patkar is an environmental and human rights activist who has led the struggle
against the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India.
She founded the Narmada Bachoao Andolan (NBA, Save the Narmada) and the National
Alliance of People's Movements dedicated to alternative development paradigms. She has
worked in Bombay slums and tribal areas, and served on the World Commission on
Dams, and on water and energy issues across the world.
For further information on Medha Patkar and the Save the Narmada organization, see:
http://www.narmada.org/medha.html
Sponsored by:
The Sheth Lecture in Indian Studies ·
The South Asian Studies Program ·
The Hightower Family Fund
The Sheth Lecture in Indian Studies is made possible by the generous support of the Sheth Family Foundation,
which is dedicated to raise awareness of the culture and history of India and South Asia and to serving the Indian
community, especially in Atlanta and the Southeast.