BAHAR DUTT

Birth Date : 21/06/1975
BAHAR DUTT IS AN INDIAN TELEVISION JOURNALIST AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR CNN-IBN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF SP DUTT AND PRABHA DUTT WHO WAS AMONGST INDIA’S FIRST FEMALE JOURNALISTS AND INFLUENCED BAHAR’S CAREER PATH. BAHAR DUTT IS THE SISTER OF WELL KNOWN JOURNALIST BARKHA DUTT. BAHAR DUTT HAS A POST GRADUATE DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND UNIVERSITY OF KENT WITH SPECIALIZATION IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY. SHE HAS WORKED ON HER OWN CONSERVATION PROJECTS. SHE SPENT A DECADE WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES LIKE SNAKE CHARMERS AND BAWARIAS ACROSS HARYANA AND RAJASTHAN TO FIND THEM ALTERNATE EMPLOYMENT AS THESE COMMUNITIES WERE REQUIRED BY LAW TO GIVE UP THEIR TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS. SINCE SHE BEGAN HER JOURNEY TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION , SHE HAS TRAVELLED INTREPIDLY FROM RURAL PARTS OF INDIA TO FAR OFF PLACES LIKE THE NORTH POLE TO GIVE JUSTICE TO HER MISSION. HER REPORTAGE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST HAS INFLUENCED POLICY MAKERS AND LED TO THE STOPPAGE OF MANY ILLEGAL PROJECTS COMING UP ON WETLANDS AND FORESTS IN INDIA. MS.BAHAR DUTT HAS BEEN BESTOWED WITH PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FOR HER SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM SUCH AS RAMNATH GOENKA AWARD(2006),WILDSCREEN INTERNATIONAL AWARD(2006),YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST AWARD(2007)ETC. HER BOOK GREEN WARS IS A SELF EXPLANATORY ELABORATION OF HER ENORMOUS STRUGGLE FOR EXPOSING ILLEGALITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND DESCRIBES THE GRAVE SITUATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SAVING THIS PLANET IN DETAIL.