Western Ghats Archives

Sonit Sisolekar: The young volcanologist has his eyes set on the Moon

by Charu Thakur | Oct 7, 2022

(October 7, 2022) Around 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period, volcanic eruptions occurred at the Western Ghats, giving way to the formation of the Deccan Traps. For years, geologists have been intrigued by this formation, and some 12 years ago, a...

Young environmentalist Sanju Soman is working on building model villages

by Namrata Srivastava | May 15, 2022

(May 15, 2022) Back in 2012, a 19-year-old student based in Thiruvananthapuram started an NGO named SARSAS (Save A Rupee Spread a Smile), which aimed at encouraging charity and social work in youngsters. Almost a decade later, environmentalist Sanju was selected as...