Kartikeya Sarabhai

Kartikeya Sarabhai developed a plan to restructure the company and put it back on a growth path.

With patience and perseverance he not only got ASE out of debts but also got independent units working efficiently taking the business ahead.

Today the company is on a growth path and the formation of two new joint ventures namely Vovantis and Cosara have brought in exciting new technologies for the future.

Sarabhai is the founder and director of the Centre for Environment Education headquartered in Ahmedabad, with offices across India.

He is closely involved in the activities of the Nehru Foundation for Development,[2] of VIKSAT[3] and of Ahmedabad's Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre.

Sarabhai was the co-chair of the Global Citizenship Working Group of the Learning Metrics Task Force 2.0 convened by the Centre for Universal Education at Brookings Institution to examine how global citizenship education is measured and make recommendations for new ways of assessing learning.

Kartikeya Sarabhai received the Tree of Learning Award (1998) from the IUCN in appreciation of his contributions to the field of environmental education and communication.

The President, Pratibha Patil presenting the Padma Shri Award to Kartikeya Sarabhai, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 04, 2012