How significant is Sunita Narain in the context of conservation of environment in India?


            Sunita Narain was born in Delhi and she started her career as an environmentalist at the early age of 21. Passionate about nature and a sustainable environment, she is a true champion of green living.



            As an Indian environmentalist and political activist, Sunita Narain has been a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. She is director general of the India-based research institute, the Centre for Science and Environment, which works as a think tank on environment-development issues in India.



            She is also the director of the Society for Environmental Communications, and editor of the fortnightly magazine, Down to Earth. She made it to Time Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People in 2016.



            Sunita Narain is a member in many organisations that work in the field of environment. In 1991, she co-authored the work Global Warming in an Unequal World: A case of environmental colonialism.



            She has also co-edited a book called Green Politics: Global Environmental Negotiations in 2000. The book analyses the emerging ecological globalization framework.



           Sunita Narain was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005.



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