SUNITA NARAIN

By,
ARUNKUMAR G

PROFILE
Indian environmentalist and political activist. Major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. Currently the director of the Centre and the director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth. She is currently in charge of the Centre's management and plays an active role in a number of research projects and

public campaigns.

ACTIVITIES
By writing and researching for the State of India's Environment reports and then went on to study issues related to forest management. to understand people's management of natural resources. In the early 1990s she got involved with global environmental issues. Her research interests are wide-ranging - from global democracy, with a special focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy.

AWARDS
2005 : Padma Shri by the Government of India.

2009 :She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Calcutta.

2009 : Was conferred with the Raja-Lakshmi Award from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai.

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