Praful Bidwai

Biographical Information
"Praful Bidwai is a journalist, social science researcher and activist on issues of human rights, the environment, global justice and peace. Bidwai is one of South Asia’s most widely published columnists whose articles appear regularly in publications such as The Times of India, Frontline, rediff.com, The Kashmir Times, The Assam Tribune and the Lokmat Times in India, The News International in Pakistan, and The Daily Star in Bangladesh. He has contributed to The Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique and Il Manifesto. A former Senior Fellow of the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Bidwai has held academic positions at home and abroad, and has been a member of the Indian Council for Social Science Research, the Central Advisory Board on Education, and the National Book Trust. He has co-authored or contributed to several books on political economy, the environment, sustainable development, science and technology, ethnicity and politics, North-South relations, and security and nuclear issues. Bidwai is a founder-member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, an umbrella organisation of Indian peace groups founded in 2000. He received the Sean MacBride International Peace Prize, 2000 of International Peace Bureau, Geneva and London, one of the world’s oldest peace organisations. Bidwai read science and technology, philosophy and economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He then pursued development studies, political science and research in the labour movement and environmental issues. Bidwai is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Uppsala, and the ETC Group, Ottawa. His articles can be read at www.tni.org and www.prafulbidwai.org"


 * Fellow, Transnational Institute