New York, Dec 03: A US-based professor has been awarded by the American Ethnological Society for her book on the Bhopal gas tragedy that occurred exactly 19 years ago. The book, 'Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, disaster, new global orders', brought the 'Sharon Stephen Prize' of AES to Kim Fortun, associate professor of science and technology at the Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute of New York.

In the book, Fortun investigates the disaster at the Union Carbide Chemical Plant at Bhopal on the intervening night of December 02 and 03 in 1984, the resulting litigation, the effects of the gas tragedy on subsequent legislation, environmental advocacy and how people think about social responsibility in both India and the US.


"I am very honoured to be awarded this prize for advocacy after Bhopal," Fortun said. The prize is given for a junior scholar's first book on contemporary social issues. Bureau Report