23 Facts About Arun Krishnamurthy

Arun Krishnamurthy was born on 1986 and is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India.

Arun Krishnamurthy is known for founding the Environmentalist Foundation of India 2011 based in Chennai which has its branches in 15 states and other cities such as Hyderabad, Delhi and Coimbatore.

Arun Krishnamurthy was chosen as among the five people for prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise award in 2012 for scientific lake restoration in Chennai.

Arun Krishnamurthy studied in Good Earth School located in Naduveerapattu.

Arun Krishnamurthy has said that he was inspired by a village panchayat head, Dhamodharan who had encouraged people to collect the garbage from the pond to keep it clean.

Arun Krishnamurthy completed his bachelor's in microbiology from Madras Christian College and worked at Google, Hyderabad for over three years.

Arun Krishnamurthy then went to study in The Indian Institute of Mass Communication in Delhi.

Arun Krishnamurthy was selected as the Next Generation Leader in 2022.

Arun Krishnamurthy was chosen to receive the Rolex Award for enterprise.

Arun Krishnamurthy worked at Google but later quit to start his own company.

Arun Krishnamurthy has stated that environment and wildlife has always attracted him, but the degradation of the urban greenery had motivated him to protect it.

Arun Krishnamurthy had founded an internationally recognised organisation, EFI which was founded in 2007, self-funded and was registered as a trust in 2012.

Arun Krishnamurthy owns his company Business Krish Info Media, which works in the area of digital media marketing, corporate training, business development and election results predictions.

Arun Krishnamurthy is known for directing several environmental documentary films.

Arun Krishnamurthy is one of the 10 quiz masters of the YouTube show You V YouTube.

Arun Krishnamurthy is involved in a 16-month project which not only provides physical garbage removal but puts fencing in the lakes to protect them from human activities as in the case of cleaning beach from Injambakkam to Besant Nagar in Chennai.

Arun Krishnamurthy has further told that they have introduced animal ambulance for street animals and on establishing one animal rescue and a rehabilitation centre in Chennai and Hyderabad by 2015.

Arun Krishnamurthy plans blocking access to any lake once cleaning is completed so that the aquatic plants and species would be protected.

Arun Krishnamurthy had won Google Alumni Impact Award in 2011 for restoring lakes in Hyderabad.

Arun Krishnamurthy is credited with cleaning 17 lakes in the country including five in Chennai by May 2013.

Arun Krishnamurthy had mentioned that his NGO plans to clean over 20 lakes by 2016.

Arun Krishnamurthy wants to initiate conservation projects for the corporate and start activities in neighbour countries such as Nepal and Bhutan.

Arun Krishnamurthy had said that he does not see personal success in winning Rolex award but as a team effort and had stated that people think that without going on the ground the lakes would be free from garbage and dirt, with laying stress on public support through awareness campaigns.