{"id":7673,"date":"2019-11-14T22:12:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greentechdelhi.com\/blog\/?p=7673"},"modified":"2019-11-14T22:45:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:15:37","slug":"environment-crusaders-of-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greentechdelhi.com\/blog\/environment-crusaders-of-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminent Environment Crusaders of Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Anil Kumar Agarwal <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greentechdelhi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/anil-agarwal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7674\" width=\"488\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greentechdelhi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/anil-agarwal.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.greentechdelhi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/anil-agarwal-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit:  <a href=\"https:\/\/csestore.cse.org.in\/\">https:\/\/csestore.cse.org.in\/<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anil Kumar Agarwal was an Indian environmentalist, an eminent and committed environmentalist who gave the country its environmental concern and message. He did his mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur, then worked as a science correspondent for the Hindustan Times publication.  He founded Delhi based public interest research and advocacy organisation&nbsp;<strong>Centre for Science and Environment<\/strong>, who works on environmental sustainability solutions and awareness programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Anil Kumar Agarwal on  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cseindia.org\/page\/anil-agarwal\">Centre for Science and Environment<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vandana Shiva<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and anti-globalization author and founder of Navdanya,  Indian-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving. Shiva, currently based in Delhi, has authored more than twenty books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization, and a figure of the global solidarity movement known as the anti-globalization movement. To read more about Vandana Shiva&#8217;s work please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navdanya.org\/site\/\">Navdanya website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arun Krishnamurthy <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Arun Krishnamurthy is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India. He is founder of NGO, <strong>Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI)<\/strong> which is based in Chennai and has its branches in other cities such as Hyderabad, Delhi and Coimbatore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E.F.I focuses on scientific revival of these freshwater bodies through a community based collaborative conservation effort. We volunteer for India &amp; her Environment.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about on  <a href=\"https:\/\/indiaenvironment.org\/\">Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI)<\/a> website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunita Narain <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunita Narain, an environmentalist, who uses knowledge for change is an Indian environmentalist and political activist and a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. 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