M. C. Mehta
Appearance
Mahesh Chandra Mehta is a public interest attorney from India. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996[1] for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service in 1997. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016.[2] He is a trustee of People for Animals.[3]
References
- ^ Goldman Environmental Prize: M.C. Mehta Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 28 November 2007)
- ^ "Padma Awards 2016". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS". www.peopleforanimalsindia.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.