Maulana Hafiz Abdul lateef Afsar Rashadi is popularly known as MAULANA BABA among his disciples,followers and benefactors. He is also recipient of Chief of Army Staff Commendation Cards on two occasions. He is recipient of PVSM, UYSM, SM and VSM awards. He was promoted as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of South Western Command on Januand retired from service in January 2016. As Additional Director General Military Operations in the Army Headquarters, he was responsible for force structuring and operational preparedness of the army.
He has held important staff appointments including Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade in Sri Lanka, and Colonel General Staff of a Counter Insurgency Force in Jammu and Kashmir. His career highlights include command of a Self Propelled Regiment in the desert sector, a Mountain Artillery Brigade in Counter Insurgency Sector in Northeast, an Independent Infantry Brigade in Jammu Kashmir and a Division as part of a Strike Corps, on the western borders. He is qualified on the prestigious courses such as the Long Gunnery Staff Course, Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command, and the National Defence College. He was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery. On commissioning he was awarded the ‘Sword of Honour’ for being the best all-round Gentleman Cadet and the President’s Gold Medal for standing first in his course. Lieutenant General Arun Kumar Sahni is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy. The Forest Man of India has won numerous awards and honors from all over the world. Water is life sustaining and the future of all life systems on earth is threatened due to changes in precipitation changes caused by climate change. While joining the Walk For Water team as a distinguished Patron, he said that we must use water and all natural resources judiciously or the next generations will suffer. The forest, called 'Molaikathoni' or 'Molai's forest' after his nickname 'Molai,' encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres and inhabited by hundreds of deer, rabbits, monkeys, reptiles, birds, Royal Bengal tigers, rhinos and elephants. Over the course of several decades, he planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve.
Has created what is arguably the largest man-made forest by one man on this planet he kept on planting trees near where he was born, a place called Arunachapori, near Kokilamukh, Majuli district, for over 30 years, before the world discovered and embraced him as the ‘Forest Man of India’. Padmashree Jadav Payeng, the Forest Man of India.
He has also traveled to the Canadian Arctic on an Earthwatch expedition called ‘Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge’ to participate in ongoing citizen science research about the impacts of warming on the fragile arctic ecosystems, while based at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre.īesides spearheading the grassroots nature conservation activities of Green Guard Nature Organization, Rituraj also works with various organizations & initiatives like the Sanctuary Asia Kids For Tigers program. In 2013, Rituraj was a member of the International Antarctic Expedition led by Polar explorer Robert Swan, the first man to have walked to both the poles, completing a personal leadership and environment sustainability program called ‘Leadership on the Edge.’ On the 2nd of March, he was the only one to raise the support banner for the Pacific Warriors Day of Action at Antarctica, urging world leaders to act on climate change before it was too late for the 14 low-lying Pacific Island Nations threatened with submersion by rising sea-water levels. He also represents The Climate Reality Project India as the District Manager for Northeast India. Trained as a Climate Reality Leader under Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Rituraj Phukan is a Mentor & Presenter with The Climate Reality Project headed by the former US Vice President.
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