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Sunita Narain

1961 - Today

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Sunita Narain (born 1961) is an Indian environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the Green concept of sustainable development. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Sunita Narain is the 848th most popular businessperson (down from 805th in 2024), the 1,280th most popular biography from India (down from 1,264th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sunita Narain ranks 848 out of 847. Before her are Håkon Wium Lie, Scott Forstall, Peter Diamandis, Simon Leviev, Bob Chapek, and Janus Friis. After her are Zhou Qunfei, Roger Goodell, Aliya Nazarbayeva, Jack Abramoff, Steve King, and Noumandiez Doué.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Sunita Narain ranks 952. Before her are Betsy Beard, Kenny Monday, Bonita Friedericy, Aleksandar Markov, Peter Diamandis, and Devon Morris. After her are Jorge Amado Nunes, Fredy Schmidtke, Pat Toomey, Tom Mueller, Ewa Björling, and Suhasini Maniratnam.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sunita Narain ranks 1,280 out of 1,861. Before her are Gita Mehta (1943), Mahesh Babu (1975), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Flora Saini (1984), Alia Bhatt (1993), and Pooja Bhatt (1972). After her are Asaduddin Owaisi (1969), Ram Swarup (1920), Honey Irani (1954), Gita Gopinath (1971), Bombay Jayashri (1950), and Adil Hussain (1963).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Sunita Narain ranks 24. Before her are Cyrus Mistry (1968), Nita Ambani (1963), Dorabji Tata (1859), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Pallonji Mistry (1929), and Vinod Khosla (1955). After her are Indu Jain (1936), Sunil Mittal (1957), Shantanu Narayen (1963), Parag Agrawal (1984), Chanda Kochhar (1961), and Vinita Bali (1955).

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