ik sha ▁San st han ▁( US NP SS ), ▁U tt ar ak hand ▁Se va ▁N id hi ▁for ▁short , ▁to ▁start ▁his ▁social ▁career . ▁Sec uring ▁a ▁grant ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁from ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁India , ▁under ▁the ▁New ▁Education ▁Policy ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁the ▁organization ▁function ed ▁from ▁a ▁room ▁at ▁P ande ' s ▁residence ▁and ▁worked ▁for ▁prom oting ▁environmental ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁they ▁are ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁successful ▁in ▁introdu cing ▁environmental ▁education ▁as ▁a ▁subject ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁school ▁curr icul um ▁of ▁the ▁state , ▁which ▁is ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁topics ▁of ▁food , ▁f od der , ▁water , ▁trees , ▁cro ps , ▁soil , ▁man ure ▁and ▁ra inf all . ▁They ▁are ▁also ▁supporting ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pre - primary ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁The ▁organization ▁is ▁associated ▁with ▁ag encies ▁such ▁as ▁UN ES CO , ▁in ▁the ▁matters ▁related ▁to ▁environmental ▁sust ain ability ▁and ▁P ande ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁U tt ar ak hand ▁Environment al ▁Education ▁Centre . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁issues ▁of ▁social ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁The ▁Government ▁of ▁India ▁awarded ▁him ▁the ▁civil ian ▁honour ▁of ▁the ▁Pad ma ▁Sh ri ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁His ▁al ma ▁mater , ▁the ▁Indian ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology , ▁Del hi