Centre for Science and Environment

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a not-for-profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1980, CSE works as a think tank on environment-development issues in India, poor planning, climate shifts devastating India's Sundarbans and advocates for policy changes and better implementation of the already existing policies.

Centre for Science and Environment
Founded1980 (1980)
FounderAnil Agarwal
TypePublic interest research
Location
Area served
India
Key people
Sunita Narain, Chandra Bhushan [1]
Websitewww.cseindia.org

The director of the Centre is Sunita Narain. Under her leadership, Centre for Science and Environment exposed the high level of pesticides present in American brands of soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi.[2]

In 2018 the CSE was awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.[3]

Some of its projects include investigating food adulteration[4] and consumer product safety.[5]

See also

References
  1. https://www.cseindia.org/page/directors-cse
  2. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/pesticide-cocktail-in-coke-pepsi-brands/articleshow/1844556.cms?from=mdr
  3. "Centre for Science and Environment to receive Indira Gandhi Prize | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. "Honey adulteration: CSE rebuts Chinese firm's claim". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. "After new quality control rule, toy safety finally set to become a reality in India". Hindustan Times. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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