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Ahmedabad (Gujarati: અમદાવાદ Amdāvād, Hindi: अहमदाबाद Ahmadābād (help·info)) is
the largest city in the state of Gujarat and one of the largest urban agglomerations
in India, with a population of 45 lakhs (4.5 million).[1] Located on the banks of
the River Sabarmati, the city is the administrative centre of Ahmedabad district
and was the capital of Gujarat from 1960 to 1970; the capital was shifted to Gandhinagar
thereafter. The city is sometimes called Karnavati, a name for an older town that
existed in the same location; in colloquial Gujarati, it is commonly called Amdavad.
Ahmedabad was founded in 1411 by Sultan Ahmed Shah to serve as the capital of the
Sultanate of Gujarat. The city is named after its founder. Under British rule, a
military cantonment was established and the city infrastructure was modernised and
expanded. Although incorporated into the Bombay Presidency during the British rule
in India, Ahmedabad remained the most important city in the Gujarat region. The
city established itself as the home of a booming textile industry, which earned
it the nickname "the Manchester of the East."[2][3] The city was at the forefront
of the Indian independence movement in the first half of the 20th century.[4] It
was the centre of many campaigns of civil disobedience to promote workers' rights,
civil rights and political independence.
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Photography is the process of making pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive
medium, such as a sensor or film. India was at the forefront of photographic development
in the 19th century. Photography, a main aspect of Indian Arts & Culture, really
took off in India on a large scale in the 1850s. Portrait studios, using the daguerreotype,
were being advertised by 1849, and their business soon grew.Indians were very quick
to pick up the new skills of photography.One of the first photographers known to
have worked in India was John McCosh, an army surgeon with the British East India
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With the creation of the state of Gujarat in 1960, Ahmedabad gained prominence as the political and commercial capital of the state. Once characterised by dusty roads and bungalows, the city is witnessing a major construction boom and population increase. A rising centre of education, information technology and scientific industries, Ahmedabad remains the cultural and commercial heart of Gujarat and much of western India.
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Kartikeya V. Sarabhai is the founder director of the Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, a national institution engaged in promoting environmental awareness and conservation as well as education for sustainable development.He is son of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, a renowned scientist in physics and Mrinalini Sarabhai, a noted danseuse. His wife, Mrs Rajshree Sarabhai, founder of Rajka Designs Pvt. Ltd., is a designer and a photographer. His sister Mallika Sarabhai, is also a noted danseuse and activist. He has two children, Mohal and Samvit.
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Mr. Sarabhai has served on several committees of the Ministry of Environment and
Forests and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. These
include greening India’s formal education system and initiatives for biodiversity
education. Mr. Sarabhai has long been associated with IUCN, and was the Chair of
South and South-East Asia, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication. He is
currently Vice Chair of the Indian National Commission & Member of the President’s
Advisory Board for IUCN. Mr. Sarabhai is the member of the Earth Charter International
Council and also a member of the Reference Group for UNESCO DESD Secretariat. Mr.
Sarabhai was instrumental in initiating SASEANEE, the South and Southeast Asian
Network for EE. He was a member of the Indian delegation to UNCED at Rio and WSSD
at Johannesburg and was co-author of India’s report for UNCED. He has been closely
associated with communications initiatives of UNEP, especially those connected with
Ozone. Mr. Sarabhai has set up collaborative partnerships for CEE with international
agencies such as the United States National Parks Service; United States Fish and
Wildlife Service; Field Studies Council, U.K.; World Resources Institute, USA; and
the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme and the UNDP GEF Small Grants
Programme for which CEE is the National Host Institute. Under his leadership CEE
organized the first International Conference of the Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development in January 2005.
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Mr. Sarabhai received the 'Tree of Learning Award’ from The World Conservation Union
in 1998 in appreciation of his contributions to the field of environmental education
and communication. In 2005, The Indian Institute of Human Rights presented Mr. Sarabhai
with the “World Human Rights Promotion Award”.
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