About Author: R. Rajagopalan is closely involved in environmental education and is a member of the Governing Board of the international Ocean Institute, Malta. He conducts several short-term courses on environmental issues. He is the author of several children?s books, two of which have won national awards. He has also published a book titled Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure (OUP) for college students. He holds a PhD in Industrial and Management Engineering from IIT Kanpur and has over thirty-one years of teaching experience at IIT Kanpur and IIT Madaras.