People
Over the years, numerous people have visited, offered their support and testimonies, and served the advancement of Auroville. Following are but a few of the names.
Testimonies
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Ram Dass
Spiritual teacher and the author
Dr. Vishaka Desai
Former President of the Asia Society
David R. Brower
Chairman of the Earth Island Institute, USA, eminent and renown environmentalist
Dr. Robert Mueller
Former Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
Dr. Ismail Serageldin
Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development, World Bank
J. R. D. Tata
Indian Industrialist
Michael Murphy
Founder of Esalen Institute
Sir Mark Tully
Journalist, author and Bureau Chief of the BBC, New Delhi
M. S. Swaminathan
Scientist, researcher
Margaret Mead
World-renowned anthropologist
Indian Government
Ram Nath Kovind
President of India
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
Indira Gandhi
Former Prime Minister of India
P.V. Narasimha Rao
Former Prime Minister of India, and Minister for Human Resource Development
His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Former President of India
Dr. Karan Singh
Former Cabinet Minister, Member of the Rajya Sabha, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation
P. Shiv Shankar
Former Minister for Human Resource Development, India
International Advisory Council
Mr. P.V. Narasimha Rao
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of India, Chairman.
Mr. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
Former Director General of UNESCO
Mr. J.R.D. Tata
Indian Industrialist, Chairman Emeritus Tata & Sons, Member.
Dr. Ervin Laszlo
Founder and President the Club of Budapest
Snr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Former Director General of UNESCO
Mr. Bertrand Schneider
Former President of the Club of Rome
Mr. Maurice Strong
Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Convener of the Stockholm Conference on the Environment
Dr. Amartya Sen
Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Nobel Prize winner for Economics 1998
Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne
Founder and President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana movement in Sri Lanka and former winner of the Gandhi Peace Prize
Ms. Mary King
Former head of the Peace Corps under President Carter, Professor at United Nations affiliated University of Peace and at the American University in Washington;
Mr. Kireet Joshi
Former Educational Advisor to the Government of India
Prof. Norman Myers
Honorary Visiting Fellow at Green College, Oxford University, and well-known consultant in environment and development.