Educational background: diploma in journalism (Ghana Institute of Journalism), MA in journalism (Leningrad State University, Russia), PhD in sociology (St. Petersburg University) Work: newspaper journalist and radio broadcaster for the Ghanaian Times and Ghana Broadcasting Corporation; press officer for the Hungarian Embassy in Accra, Ghana, and as a correspondent; Gemini News Service correspondent in St Petersburg, Russia, [c1980s]-[c1990s]; contibutor to BBC African Service; taught at the University of Windsor, Wayne State University and Kwantlen University College in Canada, 1992-. Source: Gemini Archive; Moore, Irene, 'Dr Charles Quist Adade', African Canadian Community: http://www.windsor-communities.com/african-coalition-charles.php, [accessed 12 January 2010].
Dates: 1947-2002. Member the governing board of Newsconcern International Foundation (Gemini) 1987-[c1990s] Work: science correspondent on Hindustan Times, 1973-; founded New Delhi Centre for Science and Environment, 1980; honorary senior fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1981; consultant and expert, Advisory Board on Energy, Government of India, 1983; member, Technical Advisory Committee, Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi, India, 1983; member, Group on Domestic Fuel Supply, Advisory Board on Energy, Government of India, New Delhi, India, 1984; member, International Advisory Council, Television Trust for the Environment, London, UK, 1984; chairman of Environmental Liaison Centre International, Nairobi, Kenya, 1984-1987; member, Regional Committee for the Northeastern Region, North Eastern Council, India,1986; member, Research Advisory Committee, Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi, India, 1986; member, Board of Ecology and Environment, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, India, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, Ahmedabad, India, 1986-1992; member, Study Team on Fuelwood and Fodder for the Eighth Plan, Planning Commission, Government of India, 1987; member, Expert Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to rehabilitate miners displaced by closure of limestone quarries on environmental grounds, India, 1987; member, Steering Committee, Science and Technology Project on the Integrated Vector Control of Malaria, India, 1987; member, Committee on Content and Processes of Education, particularly at the school stage, Ministry of Education, New Delhi, India, 1987; member, Management Committee, Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1987; member, Organising Committee, Commemoration of 40th Anniversary of India's independence and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, New Delhi, 1987; member, Steering Committee, State of the World TV Series, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, 1987; elected by the United Nations Environment Programme to the global 500 honours list, 1987; member of the governing board of Newsconcern International Foundation, London, UK, 1987-1[c1990s]; chairman, Committee to assess suitability of a location of a gas-based fertiliser plant at Chauth-ka-Barwara near Sawai Madhopur, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, 1988; member, State Environment Protection Council, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India, 1988; member, National Council for the Social Audit of Technology Missions, Government of India, New Delhi, 1988; member, National Land Use and Conservation Board, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, India, 1988-1990 member, Advisory Board, Mud Village Society, New Delhi, India, 1988-1993; member, council, World Resources Institute, Washington DC, USA, 1988-1990; member, Board of Studies, School of Planning, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India, 1989; member, National Wastelands Development Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, India, 1989-1991; member, Executive Advisory Board, Ladakh 2000, India, 1990; member, Policy Advisory Group on Wood Substitution, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, India, 1990; member, International Board of Sponsors, Earth Day, 1990; member of the Commission on Developing Countries and Global Change set up by the International Development Research Centre of Canada and the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation (SAREC) with developing countries which resulted in an international report called For Earth's Sake, 1990-1991; member, Haryana Afforestation Task Force, Government of Haryana, Chandigarh, India, 1990-1991; member, Governing Board, Action for Food Production (AFPRO), New Delhi, India, 1990-1991; member, Award Committee, Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Prurashkar, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, India, 1990-1991; chairman, Society for Environmental Communications, New Delhi, India, 1991; member, National Supporting Council, Chakriya Vikas Pranali, Palamu, India, 1991; vice-president, Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1991-1993; member, National Wastelands Development Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, India, 1991-1993; member of the Indian official delegation to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992; Patron, Schumacher College, Devon, UK, 1992; editor of Down to Earth, news magazine on the environment, New Delhi, India, 1992; member, Delhi State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 1992-1994; member, Expert Group to consider the issue of people's participation in forest management, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, 1993; member, Advisory Committee of NGOs for the Promotion of Non-Conventional Energy, 1993; president, Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1993-1995; member, National Afforestation and Ecodevelopment Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, India, 1993-1995; member, National Environment Council, Government of India, 1994; member, Standing Committee on Environment, University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education, New Delhi, India, 1994; member, High Level Editorial Advisory Board, Biotech Consortium India Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1994; member, Board of Directors, ETC Foundation, The Netherlands, 1994; member, Advisory Committee for Energy and Environment, Indira Gandhi Institute for Environment and Development, Bombay, India, 1995; member, National Committee to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of India's Independence, Government of India, New Delhi, 1996-1997; member, Task Force on Control of Air Pollution, Government of Delhi, India, 1996; member, National River Conservation Authority, Government of India, New Delhi, India, 1997; member, Development Advisory Council, Partners in Change, New Delhi, India, 1997; member, Working Group on the Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, India, 1997; member, International Working Group on Sustainable Livelihoods, United Nations Development Programme, New York, USA, 1997; member, Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control Authority for the National Capital Territory, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 1998; member, Steering Committee, India Water Partnership, New Delhi, India, 1998; member, National Committee to Observe the 50th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi, India, 1998; member, Global Water Partnership, Sweden Commissioner, World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, France, 1998; member, Earth Day 2000 International Council, USA, 1998; member, Technical Advisory Committee, Global Water Partnership, Stockholm, Sweden, 1998; member, Standing Committee on the Equitable Sharing of Benefits, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, India, 1999; member, Technical Advisory Committee, Global Water Partnership, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999. Dates and places: born 1947; died 11 January 2002. Nationality: Indian. Source: 'http://www.cseindia.org/cseaboutus/anil_agarwal/'and 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/jan/11/guardianobituaries.india'.
Gemini News Service correspondent, c1990 Source: Gemini Archive.