Anil Kumar Agarwal

Founder

Founder of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Anil Kumar Agarwal is the founder of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)[1], an Indian non-profit working on environment from New Delhi.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

The Centre for Science and Environment is a New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation that works on air quality, water management, waste, renewable energy, climate change and sustainable food systems. It publishes the Down To Earth magazine and Gobar Times, runs training and capacity-building courses, and engages directly in environmental policy and regulation in India.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reports the following, on its own site:

In 2024-25, 1,128 participants across the Global South attended CSE trainings and workshops, including 426 government officials from India and other countries
981 working journalists, research scholars and development communicators trained via CSE/Down To Earth Data Centre online certificate courses in 2024-25, a 30% increase over 2023-24, drawn from 25 countries
44 online trainings held with 10,262 registrations and 5,226 people trained, spanning subjects from municipal solid waste to environmental education