environmentalist and author
Ameer Shahul
born Pangode, writer
Ameer Shahul is an Indian author and environmentalist who is known for his work against Unilever in Kodaikanal mercury poisoning. His first non-fiction book titled Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal was published by Pan Macmillan in 2023. Heavy Metal won the '2024 Book of the Year' award from the Green Literature Festival, under the 'Green Business' category. The book was longlisted for the prestigious Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards 2023 under the Best Non-Fiction First Book category. His second book Vaccine Nation: How Immunization Shaped India (Macmillan), dealing with India’s two centuries of vaccine research and vaccination journey, released in August 2025, was shortlisted for the Atta Galatta best non-fiction book award of the Bangalore Literature Festival, 2025.
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