Who is Vandana Shiva?
Dr. Vandana Shiva is a feminist, physicist, author and environmental activist and policy advocate. Born in Dehradun, India on 5 November 1952, Shiva currently continues her work from her home in Delhi. Raised by a forest conservationist father and farming mother, Shiva began her work in science at St. Mary’s School in Nainital and the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Dehradun. Shiva acquired her Bachelor’s degree in physics and then moved on to achieve her Master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. In 1979, the University of Western Ontario awarded Vandana Shiva a PhD in Quantum Theory Physics, after which point Shiva returned to India to conduct interdisciplinary research on environmental policy and the ecological impacts of technology at the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. In 1982, Vandana Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE), which aimed to conserve biodiversi
Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental thinker and activist engaging in biodiversity conservation, promotion of traditional organic farming, resistance to water privatization, and empowerment of women. She is the Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE) and the winner of Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (Right Livelihood Award) in 1993. Her most world-famous and praised work is done on the social and ecological consequences of the “Green Revolution”. Through her analyses in this and sebsequent works, she successfully disclosed the “violent” character of modern science and technology, trade liberalization, and corporate globalization driven by supranational companies and international organizations such as WTO (World Trade Organization). She has been fighting for long time for people’s sovereignty over seeds, foods, water, and resources, against the unbridled power of these companies and organizations. She is also an author of many books, inc