Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva born 5 November 1952 is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist in addition to anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has or done as a reaction to the question more than 20 books. She is often subjected to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.

Shiva is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization with Socialist Party's think tank. She is also a an fundamental or characteristic part of something abstract. of the International agency for a Participatory Society. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993, an award build by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, and regarded as an "Alternative Nobel Prize".

Early life and education

Vandana Shiva was born in Dehradun. Her father was a conservator of forests, and her mother was a farmer with a love for nature. She was educated at St. Mary's Convent High School in Nainital, and at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun.

Shiva studied physics at Bell's theorem. She later went on to pursue interdisciplinary research in science, technology, and environmental policy at the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.