Norma Alvares is an Indian Senior Advocate, social worker, and environmental activist. Born in a Mangalorean Catholic family, she graduated in law from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and entered environmental activism. Norma Alvares is married to Claude Alvares.
Under the aegis of the Goa Foundation, she initiated a public interest litigation (PIL) in 1987 to save the dunes of Goa, the first ever PIL filed in the state. She has been involved in over 100 PILs and has served as an amicus curiae. Her efforts are reported in winning a favorable court order for blocking a DuPont factory and in another one that restricted the mining activities in Goa. She is the president of the Goa branch of People for Animals and is the founder of Other India Book Store and Other India Press. She was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. The Government of Goa honored Alvares with the Yashadamini Puraskar in 2001. Ms. Alvares was designed as a Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court in 2024.* (Collected from the public domain) UPDATED ON 08/10/2024
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