Pamela Chatterjee

Pamela Chatterrjee (born ) is an Indian writer and rural activist. Her project reclaimed 625,000 hectares of land. She has been recognised with the Nari Shakti Puraskar award. It is the highest award for women in India.

Life Pamela Chatterrjee was born in about 1930.

Chatterjee, supported by the World Bank, was able to reclaim 4,600 hectares of land. The project started with 95 farmers but over two years the numbers increased. The land in question had too much sodium and is known as Sodic soil. The first harvests of Paddy from the land showed a higher yield than traditional fields.

She published "Listen to the mountains: a Himalayan journal" in 2005. It describes the project and includes recollections from those involved.

She was given the Nari Shakti Puraskar award in 2017. The award was made in the Presidential Palace by the President of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present.