Sunita Narain

Sunita Narain
Narain in 2009
Born	1961 New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Delhi
Occupation	Environmentalist
Awards	Padma Shri (2005) Raja-Lakshmi Award (2009) Edinburgh Medal (2020)
Website	cseindia.org/page/sunita-narain

Sunita Narain (born 1961) is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development.^[1] Narain is director general of the India-based research institute for the Centre for Science and Environment, director of the Society for Environmental Communications, and editor of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth.

In 2016 Narain was named on Time Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People. She appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the documentary Before The Flood (2016), discussing the impact of climate change on the Monsoon in India and how it affects farmers.