Conservationist and environmental
educationist Dr Erach Bharucha is both
literally and figuratively down-to-earth
Mehroo Kotval
The petit man with a Santa Claus beard walks jauntily onto the stage, belying his 80 years. Dr Erach Bharucha, adding one more accolade to the several he has earned earlier, is being conferred the Lifetime Service Award at the Sanctuary Wildlife Awards 2023. On receiving the citation, Bharucha humbly says, "To tell you the truth, I don’t deserve this honor.” But the spontaneous and thunderous applause belies this.
The Lifetime Service Award is the top-most recognition by the Sanctuary Asia Magazine of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation. Instituted in 2001, it annually honors Earth Heroes, those who celebrate nature, protect, defend......