Balbir Singh Seechewal
Laureate
- Organisation
- Ek Onkar Charitable Trust Seechewal
- Function
- Environmentalist and Social Worker
- Country
- India
- Field of work
- Sustainable Land Management, General interest in environmental issues, Biodiversity / Nature Conservation
- Awards
- TIME Magazine "Hero of the Environment", 2008
- Maan Punjab Da Award Australi
- Website
- http://www.nirmalkuteya.com
- Project
- Environment Conservation
- Education
- Nature Conservation
Balbir Singh Seechewal is a famous environmentalist, who was praised by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the former president of India, as the preacher of “A Noble Mission”. The international Time Magazine acclaimed Singh Seechewal as “The Hero of Environment”. He is chairman of the Ek Onkar Charitable Trust Seechewal and member of the Punjab Pollution Control Board. In 2012 he was awarded with the D. Litt. Degree honoris causa by the Punjabi University Patiala.