Soumya Dutta is a long standing people’s science movement leader from India. He was one of the key people initiating one of the biggest people’s science campaigns – Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha (1992-1995) as its national organizing secretary. For the past 30+ years, he has been actively working with a large variety of people’s movements all across South Asia and is one of the leading voices from the Global South in the Global Climate Justice Campaign. [email protected]
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‘Energy Security’, Renewable Energy and Urgent Climate Action
Examples like these are emerging across India, from the Narmada valley to Adivasi Villages in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, where distributed renewable energy is transforming rural life and radically challenging the assumption that the energy transition must happen from above, placing more emphasis on what is happening below.
June 12, 2025
