Which Indian is known as the Waterman of India who won the Stockholm Water Prize?
Dr. Rajendra Singh
Dr. Rajendra Singh is correct.
Dr. Rajendra Singh of Alwar, Rajasthan, is popularly called the Waterman of India. Through his organisation Tarun Bharat Sangh he revived traditional johads (earthen check dams) and brought several dried rivers of Rajasthan back to life.
For this community-led water conservation work he received the Stockholm Water Prize in 2015, often called the Nobel Prize for water. Dr. Verghese Kurien is known as the Father of the White Revolution, not for water conservation.
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