Hridith Sudev

For the organization founded by Hridith Sudev in Indian School Salalah, see: Project GreenWorld International

Hridith Sudev is a child environmentalist and a student in Indian School Salalah in Salalah, Oman.[1] He founded Oman's largest kid's eco-organization, Project Green Oman, itself a subsidiary of Project GreenWorld International, a worldwide children's environmental movement initiated by him. [2] In 2012, Hridith Sudev and his younger brother Samved Shaji, both students of Indian School Salalah, founded Project GreenWorld International under the school eco-club and Social science department.[3] The duo's project won the award for the best project initiated for promoting eco-friendliness in Oman for the 2012 World Environment Day Global School Contest conducted by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.[4] On June 5, 2014, International Energy Globe Awards, Austria (equated to the Nobel Prize) declared Project GreenOman as Oman's best project for sustainability.[5][6] Hridith Sudev by the virtue of being founder of Project Green Oman was selected to receive the Award often dubbed and regarded as 'Nature's Nobel Prize'.

Hridith Sudev, the Founder of Project GreenWorld during its inauguration in 2012

In January 2015, Hridith Sudev was selected from 3,000 students to be among 34 select NRI Indian students representing five different GCC Nations to take part in the Indian Republic Day Parade presided over by Hon'ble Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Chief Guest, the Hon'ble American President Barack Obama in New Delhi , India as part of Asianet News Channel's Proud to Be Indian Campaign 2015 [7]

Personal life

Hridith Sudev was born on 27 December 1999 to Dr.Shaji P Sreedhar and Hridhya S Menon. Samved Shaji is his younger brother.[8] They both go to Indian School Salalah.[4][7]

Awards and honours

See also

References

  1. Indian School Salalah. "Indian School Salalah". ISS Webpage.
  2. Green Oman. "Project Green Oman". Project GreenOman Official Website.
  3. Nair, Rohit (4 July 2012). "Project Green Oman". theweek. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 Rejimon, K. (24 June 2012). "ISS student bags UN's eco award". Times of Oman. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. , The International Energy Globe Awards committee dubbed as Nature's Nobel Prize announced Project GreenOman as Oman's National Winner in the Energy Globe Awards 2014
  6. K, Rejimon. "ISS STudent's Bag's 'Nature's Nobel Prize', The Energy Globe Awards". Times of Oman. Times Of Oman News. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 Salahuddeen (13 January 2015). "ഇന്ത്യൻ സ്കൂൾ സലാല വിദ്യാർഥികൾ ഹൃദിത് സുദേവും അർച്ചന ബാലയും വിഞ്ജാനപരീക്ഷയിൽ വിജയിച്ച് ഡൽഹിയിലേക്ക് ." (Madhyamam News). Madhyamam Gulf News. News.Corp. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  8. "മലയാളി വിദ്യാര്‍ഥികളുടെ ഭൗമ പദ്ധതിക്ക് യു.എന്‍. അംഗീകാരം". Madhyamam. Retrieved 2013-06-09. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 16 (help)
  9. "Indian School Salalah".

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