Sonam Wangchuk

Slogans demanding statehood for Ladakh were raised at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday as a joint protest was held by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance in the national capital.

Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh's top environmentalist and a well-known innovator, says Ladakh cannot remain under permanent Governor's rule. He also said that he feels unsafe and unshielded in the Union Territory status of Ladakh.

Hundreds of people on Monday joined education reformist Sonam Wangchuk on the final day of his five-day hunger strike in Lehin support of the demand for various safeguards for Ladakh.

Ladakh's top environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk today alleged that he has been detained by the Union Territory's administration after his protest fast demanding special status for Leh.

Ladakh's top environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk has alleged the Union Territory's administration wants to silence him as he sits on a long fast in protest against destruction of the region's ecology and unsustainable development.

Sonam Wangchuk shared a video last week urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and protect the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh

Sonam Wangchuk, the social reformist from Ladakh whose life story inspired the Bollywood film 3 Idiots, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring the safety and protection of Ladakh.

Natural resources or items that have environmental consequences should not be artificially priced or wrongly subsidised and their prices, in fact, should reflect their true cost to drive people towards cleaner alternatives, Sonam Wangchuk, noted innovator, educationist and environmentalist said.

Innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, the real life Phunsukh Wangdu of Bollywood blockbuster ''3 Idiots'', has developed an eco-friendly solar heated tent that Army personnel can use in extremely cold places like Siachen and Galwan valley in the Ladakh region.

Innovator Sonam Wangchuk has urged people of India to boycott "Made in China" in response to Chinese aggression at the border in Ladakh over the past few weeks. "Give up all Chinese software in a week, all Chinese hardware in a year," said the man who inspired the character "Phunsuk Wangdu" in the blockbuster "3 Idiots".

Sonam Wangchuk was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during their visit to Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in West Vinod Nagar.

Educationist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk, whose life story inspired superstar Aamir Khan's character 'Phunsukh Wangdu' in 2009 blockbuster "3 Idiots", on Monday attended the Delhi government's 'Happiness Class', which was introduced in state-run schools last year to help the students manage stress.

In an interesting Twitter exchange, Sonam Wangchuk - engineer, innovator and educator who inspired Aamir Khan's character in 3 Idiots - told Anand Mahindra the story behind the Mahindra jeep that was recycled into a roof at his Himalayan Institute of Alternatives.

Mr. Wangchuk said when he saw students failing in the remote region of Ladakh, he decided to do something about it.

Two Indians - one a psychiatrist who works for the mentally-ill people and another whose initiative to harness science and culture creatively for economic progress improved the lives of Ladakhi youth - on Friday received this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Slogans demanding statehood for Ladakh were raised at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday as a joint protest was held by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance in the national capital.

Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh's top environmentalist and a well-known innovator, says Ladakh cannot remain under permanent Governor's rule. He also said that he feels unsafe and unshielded in the Union Territory status of Ladakh.

Hundreds of people on Monday joined education reformist Sonam Wangchuk on the final day of his five-day hunger strike in Lehin support of the demand for various safeguards for Ladakh.

Ladakh's top environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk today alleged that he has been detained by the Union Territory's administration after his protest fast demanding special status for Leh.

Ladakh's top environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk has alleged the Union Territory's administration wants to silence him as he sits on a long fast in protest against destruction of the region's ecology and unsustainable development.

Sonam Wangchuk shared a video last week urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and protect the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh

Sonam Wangchuk, the social reformist from Ladakh whose life story inspired the Bollywood film 3 Idiots, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring the safety and protection of Ladakh.

Natural resources or items that have environmental consequences should not be artificially priced or wrongly subsidised and their prices, in fact, should reflect their true cost to drive people towards cleaner alternatives, Sonam Wangchuk, noted innovator, educationist and environmentalist said.

Innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, the real life Phunsukh Wangdu of Bollywood blockbuster ''3 Idiots'', has developed an eco-friendly solar heated tent that Army personnel can use in extremely cold places like Siachen and Galwan valley in the Ladakh region.

Innovator Sonam Wangchuk has urged people of India to boycott "Made in China" in response to Chinese aggression at the border in Ladakh over the past few weeks. "Give up all Chinese software in a week, all Chinese hardware in a year," said the man who inspired the character "Phunsuk Wangdu" in the blockbuster "3 Idiots".

Sonam Wangchuk was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during their visit to Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in West Vinod Nagar.

Educationist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk, whose life story inspired superstar Aamir Khan's character 'Phunsukh Wangdu' in 2009 blockbuster "3 Idiots", on Monday attended the Delhi government's 'Happiness Class', which was introduced in state-run schools last year to help the students manage stress.

In an interesting Twitter exchange, Sonam Wangchuk - engineer, innovator and educator who inspired Aamir Khan's character in 3 Idiots - told Anand Mahindra the story behind the Mahindra jeep that was recycled into a roof at his Himalayan Institute of Alternatives.

Mr. Wangchuk said when he saw students failing in the remote region of Ladakh, he decided to do something about it.

Two Indians - one a psychiatrist who works for the mentally-ill people and another whose initiative to harness science and culture creatively for economic progress improved the lives of Ladakhi youth - on Friday received this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award.