Sunita Narain is the Director of the Indian-based Centre for Science and Environment
(see profile), the director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth.

In her years at the Centre, she has worked hard at analysing and studying the relationship between environment and development and at creating public consciousness about the need for sustainable development.

Over the years, she has also developed the management and financial support systems needed for the institution, which has over 100 staff members and a dynamic programme profile. She is currently in charge of the Centre’s management and plays an active role in a number of research projects and public campaigns.

Her research interests spans from global democracy, with a special focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy, within which she has worked both on forest-related resource management and water-related issues.

Narain remains an active participant, both nationally and internationally, in civil society. She serves on the boards of various organisations and on governmental committees and has spoken at many fora across the world on issues of her concern and expertise.