People, Positions and Obituaries · 21 March 2026
Kaveh Madani won 2026 Stockholm Water Prize.
Exam-focused facts from the 21 March 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Kaveh Madani received the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize from the Stockholm Water Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- Madani is the 44-year-old Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health in Ontario.
- The award citation recognised his groundbreaking research on water resources management with policy, diplomacy and global outreach under personal risk and political complexity.
- He will be presented the prize by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in August 2026.
- Madani coined the concept of ‘water bankruptcy’ and co-authored the 2026 UN Report declaring a ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ era.
- Earlier Indian recipients include Rajendra Singh of Tarun Bharat Sangh in 2015 and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in 2005.