Prasiddhi Singh | |
Birth Date: | 31 October 2012 |
Birth Place: | Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Known For: | Environmental activism |
Honours: | Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2021 |
Prasiddhi Singh (born 31 October 2012) is a social entrepreneur and environmental activist, hailing from the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu.[1] She is well noted for having led the plantation programme of thousands of trees and fourteen forests all across India, with a specific focus in the derogated Tamil region, through the ‘Prasiddhi Forest Foundation’ she has established.[2] [3] In Puducherry, Prasiddhi had regularly been carrying out environmental activities.[4]
Prasiddhi was born in 2012[5] and is currently undergoing her primary studies at the Mahindra World School in Chennai.[6] She started with environmental activism in 2016 after Cyclone Vardah uprooted trees in her neighbourhood and destroyed villages and farmlands.[7]
For her contributions in the field of social welfare, Singh was presented with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in 2021.[8]