About the Managing Trustee: Naveen Krishnan
Dr. Naveen Krishnan has completed his M.Sc., M.Ed., M.Phil., and PGDDT. He received an award (கர்ம வீரர் காமராஜர் விருது) in 2011 for his outstanding contribution to the field of environment from the Tamil Nadu Government, and in the year 2022 he received an honorary doctorate from American Tamil University for his contributions to environmental protection and societal upliftment. Again he received an award (சுற்றுசூழல் சுடர் ஒளி விருது) in the year 2022 from the Tamil Nadu government for his inspirational and noticeable environmental services.
He has been involved in tree planting, animal welfare, nature conservation, and other such activities since childhood and has chosen to pursue related studies.
Dr. Naveen Krishnan started the Global Nature Foundation (GNF), a non-profit organization registered in 2011. To date, the Global Nature Foundation has conducted more than 800 programs, such as tree plantations and environmental awareness campaigns. GNF started a branch organization in Bangalore in 2018, called Roots for Fruits.
Dr. Naveen Krishnan set up a training center at GNF (Naveen Garden) to impart training to students and the farming community. Dr. Naveen registered his training center with TNAU, and it has been approved. Naveen Garden actively promotes agrotourism and an innovative integrated farming system. Based on agrotourism typology, it is identified as the first in Tamil Nadu to promote the agrotourism concept. Dr. Naveen is also holding the position as a treasurer in the Tamil Nadu Agro Tourism Federation.
Dr. Naveen Krishnan is better known as "Pasumai Kavalan.". He earned this name by spending more than 20 years planting more than 100,000 trees in and around his hometown. He created a mini-forest by planting more than 10,000 trees in his Naveen Garden, the training center of GNF, to meet the fundamental principles of ecological restoration. Thanks to his reforestation initiative, rare species of birds and butterflies have returned to this man-made forest.
Dr. Naveen is raising awareness, mainly about bird conservation. He focuses on sparrow conservation by distributing free nest boxes to the public and provides a platform for people to conserve house sparrows and other common birds.
Dr. Naveen Krishnan signed an MOU with many educational institutions to train students and raise awareness of environmental issues for the next generation. He formed science clubs to supervise school and college students in their projects and internships at his training center.
Dr. Naveen is an animal enthusiast and adopts animals such as cats, dogs, and cattle, caring for them at the GNF training center. In particular, he is a snake rescuer and has rescued more than a thousand snakes and other wild animals. He has volunteered to rescue animals with the forest and fire service departments, and his GNF training center is also a rehabilitation center for animals rescued by the forest department.
Dr. Naveen`s life journey was inspiring and interesting. He cares not only for flora and fauna but also for humans. He is constructing a home for orphaned children at the GNF training center. He has undertaken this noble cause of helping orphaned children and plans to adopt fifty girl children in the near future.
He is the proud recipient of several awards at the international, national, and state levels.
To date, Dr. Naveen Krishnan has received two national awards, seven state awards, and sixteen awards at the district level. He has given six live radio programs. Numerous articles and journals in reputed magazines and newspapers have been published, appreciating his services and programs through the Global Nature Foundation.
