♦ Dr. Purnima Devi Barman was conferred with the prestigious Whitley Gold Award 2024. This award was given by the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN). She is a wildlife biologist from Assam. This award is considered as the  ‘Green Oscar’. Purnima received this award for her conservation efforts of the endangered Greater Adjutant Stork and its wetland habitat.

♦ Purnima won the GBP 1,00,000 Whitley Gold Award from the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN). The WFN supports grassroots conservation leaders from around the world.

♦ The first Indians to get the Whitley Gold Award were Archana Godbole and Brad Norman in 2007.

♦ Whitley Gold Award 2024 wimmers list