22 Facts About Kartikeya Sarabhai

Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai was born on 27 November 1947 and is an environmental educator.

Kartikeya Sarabhai was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in 2012.

Kartikeya Sarabhai was born in Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad, is the grandson of industrialist Ambalal Sarabhai.

Kartikeya Sarabhai was educated at Cambridge, UK, where he acquired a Tripos in Natural Sciences.

Kartikeya Sarabhai then went on to do post-graduate work in development communication at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA.

Kartikeya Sarabhai took over as Chairman of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises Ltd in 1995, a pharmaceutical company set up by his grandfather Ambalal Sarabhai.

Kartikeya Sarabhai developed a plan to restructure the company and put it back on a growth path.

Kartikeya Sarabhai got in new technologies in the pharmaceutical and electronics divisions.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is the founder and director of the Centre for Environment Education headquartered in Ahmedabad, with offices across India.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is closely involved in the activities of the Nehru Foundation for Development, of VIKSAT and of Ahmedabad's Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is a trustee of the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust, and of the Physical Research Laboratory.

Kartikeya Sarabhai has served on many committees set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India, primarily focusing on the greening of India's formal education system, and initiatives for biodiversity education.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is a member of the Earth Charter International Council and was part of the delegations which represented India at the Earth Summit in Rio and the Earth Summit 2002 in Johannesburg.

Kartikeya Sarabhai was instrumental in initiating the South and Southeast Asia Network for Environmental Education.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is currently vice-chairman of the Indian National Commission for the International Union Conservation of Nature.

Kartikeya Sarabhai led the first international conference on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in Ahmedabad in 2005, and he is a member of the UNESCO Reference Group for DESD and the International Steering Committee for the end of the Decade Conference.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is a member of the advisory committee of the National Council of Education Research and Training and the Chair of the Earth Charter International Council.

Kartikeya Sarabhai was the co-chair of the Global Citizenship Working Group of the Learning Metrics Task Force 2.0 convened by the Centre for Universal Education at Brookings Institution to examine how global citizenship education is measured and make recommendations for new ways of assessing learning.

Kartikeya Sarabhai was the chair-holder of the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development and the Human Habitat.

Kartikeya Sarabhai is the editor of the Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, published by SAGE, and has written and spoken extensively on environment, education, and sustainable development-related subjects in national and international fora.

Kartikeya Sarabhai received the Tree of Learning Award from the IUCN in appreciation of his contributions to the field of environmental education and communication.

Kartikeya Sarabhai has received the prestigious Gujarat Ratna Sanman in 2023.