Arun Krishnanmurthy, a social entrepreneur who has only one purpose in his life: to save the environment, animals, wild life and lakes. When people are conquering jungles, indiscriminately felling trees, irresponsibly mining earth's resources, here is a 26 year old who has dedicated his life to save the environment and wild animals.
Meet Arun Krishnanmurthy, a social entrepreneur who has only one purpose in his life: to save the environment, animals, wild life and lakes. The NGO, Environment Foundation of India (EFI), which he has built along with hundreds of school children is committed to just one thing: saving the environment.
Growing up in a village
Several factors in his childhood contributed to Arun getting attached to animals and nature. The first was growing up in a village on the outskirts of Chennai. Then, having his school education in the pristine surroundings of Good Earth, a school run by the J Krishnamurthy Foundation which taught him how to live in harmony with nature.
The many lakes, ponds and wandering animals he grew up seeing as a child started vanishing as the city started swallowing the surrounding villages. Slowly, the villages started losing their lakes and ponds to huge concrete structures.
It also saddened Arun when high-speed buses that raced through his village mercilessly knocked down cows, dogs and cats on the roads.
The images of the dry lakes, concrete structures in place of ponds and the mutilated bodies of animals made him take a vow in his mind that he would dedicate his life for preserving the environment and animals.
Studying at the Madras Christian College
From the serene beauty of school, he moved to the Madras Christian College to study Microbiology. Anybody who has seen the campus of MCC knows how inspiring it can be to nature lovers. Though Arun was part of many groups of volunteers that worked to preserve environment, nothing gave him full satisfaction.
Working for Google in Hyderabad
All that changed once he moved to Hyderabad. Getting to work with Google when he was not even 20 was a major breakthrough in his life, Arun confesses. The three and a half years in Hyderabad turned out to be some of the most satisfying years of his life.
His work in cleaning and saving lakes started there. “Hyderabad is a beautiful city and it pained me to see the bad condition of the Gurunadham lake there. I approached the government, and the authorities gave me all the support.�
He then went to schools and conducted orientation programmes on environment and in the end, he would ask them to join him in volunteering to work for the environment. So far, he has done 142 such programmes in various schools all over India. “That was when I realised, it is not only me but very many youngsters who are equally interested in taking care of nature. It is just that somebody has to drive the cause.�
He along with 100 students started cleaning the Gurunadham lake in Hyderabad, and after 6 to 7 hours of hard work, there came out 12 tonnes of garbage. “What we did encouraged me to continue with what I believed in. I didn't look at it as an achievement.�
His father also was a huge inspiration, providing him the opportunity to chase his dreams.
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Ravi
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