Popularly known as the ‘Jal Purush, Waterman of India’, Dr. Rajendra Singh is a renowned river rejuvenator and environmentalist. He has received numerous accolades like the Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership in 2001, Jamnalal Bajaj Award for the use of science and technology for rural development in 2005, and the Stockholm Water Award in 2015. For the last 44 years he has supported the society through his Tarun Bharat Sangh, which he founded in 1975, to construct 11,800 water structures making more than 1200 villages in the country water secure. As a result of his work, 12 rivers in the country have been revived. He believes that water problems can be solved through community involvement, policy, leadership and use of local knowledge to arrive at local solutions and has pledged to make peace in the world through water.