Samir Kumar Sinha Samir Kumar Sinha writes from Patna, India, for local and national as well as worldwide media including print and web on the issues of environment, development and wildlife. More than 60 of his articles have been published in different newspapers and magazines, both in Hindi and in English. His writings are aimed at disseminating basic concepts and environmental issues among every stratum of society. He advocates positive change to affect urban, social and natural environments. Born on 23rd September 1973 at Patna, (India) Samir Kumar Sinha graduated in Botany in 1994 and completed his M. Sc. in environmental sciences in 1997. He scored the highest marks in the subject in the university since commencement of the course in the university in1990. As an environmental researcher, he has more than five years of experience in working on air, noise and water pollution, besides study of aquatic biodiversity. He has worked as junior researcher on the pollution study of the Ganges in Bihar, sponsored by Government of India under the Ganga Action Plan. At present he is associated with a research project funded by the union government of India at Patna University on population, behavior and ecology of the Gangetic dolphin, Platanista gangetica. His writing interests also include social and gender issues related to environment. # # #