Pradip Burman

Pradip Burman, Director of dabur is also the Chairman of the Mobius Foundation, a non-profit organisation working for Environment. Mr. Pradip Burman has dedicated his life working for environment and towards the betterment of this country.

It is difficult to know the exact number of NGOs in the nation. However, according to a report by the government, there are at least 31 lakh NGOs, which are operated in the country. There are a plethora of volunteers working towards maintaining social equality through education, disaster relief, healthcare rights and so on. Social service does not just empower the people, but it also builds values in our culture, and we at Mobius Foundation are proud to be a part of this circle.

Here are some of the most successful stories of the Best NGOs in India that are putting effort & forth outstanding work in establishing equal opportunity to empower people.

1. Child Rights and You (CRY)

Rippan Kapur found CRY in 1979 with six of his friends, having fifty rupees, which was lying at his mother’s dining table. They had a dream to witness a day when every single child in India would enjoy his or her rights, such as protection, survival, and development.

Rippan was a young airline purser, hated seeing children work as servants. Being part of his school’s social service club, he helped street children with reading & writing. His motto was ‘What I can do, I must do.’

Today, CRY is among the top 100 non-profit organisations making a difference around the globe through its several projects.

2. Mobius Foundatiion

Mobius Foundation, a non-profit organisation, founded by Mr Pradip Burman, are contributing bit to promote environmental sustainability through sustainable methods that enable us to break unsustainable practices. These non-viable practices, such as overconsumption of energy & natural resources, deforestation, and sharp population, are harming the environment.

Our initiatives elevate ecological conservation through Project Sanjeevani & population stabilization. It also encourages people to reduce energy usage & nature resources through green education to lessen the carbon footprint.

3. Give India

Give India falls under the Top NGO in India. It provides a platform for people who wish to support a noble cause. Give India allows individuals to support its cause while ensuring that whatever amount they transfer gets transparency & credibility for their donation. It is the largest & one of the most trustworthy NGOs in India.

4. Nanhi Kali

Nanhi Kali is an NGO founded in 1996 by Anand Mahindra, jointly managed by Naandi Foundation and KC Mahindra Education Trust, which is part of the Mahindra Group’s corporate social responsibilities. It supports education for underprivileged girls in India.

It offers education to girls and women to influence India in the long run positively by helping them to be aware of their rights.

5. Goonj

Goonj is another non-governmental organisation in Delhi, India. It performs different activities such as disaster relief, humanitarian aid & community development in parts of 23 states of India. Anshu Gupta founded Goonj in 1999. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2015 for his work.

The Schwab Foundation, a World Economic Forum named Anshu Gupta, India’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012.

6. Smile Foundation

Young corporate professionals founded Smile Foundation in 2002, inspired by the philosophy of Peter Senge, the founder of the Society for Organisational Learning.

They began working from scratch to bring a difference in the lives of underprivileged families. Because the urban slum dwellers lack the education to be aware of diseases & healthcare. They do not visit the hospitals for checkups out of risking a day’s wages. Smile Foundation has a two-fold approach to tackle this problem. They worked hard to bring quality healthcare services with easy access to the needy. The second step they took was to promote healthcare awareness & encourage the poor to seek help. With their work & over 200 projects on social causes across 25 states, Smile could reach 6 lakhs, children & families, across 950 villages & slums in India.

7. HelpAge India

HelpAge India is an Indian non-profit organization focused on the concerns of elders. Cecil Jackson-Cole found it in 1978 with a mission to work for the cause and care of under-aged and elderly people, & improve their living standards. HelpAge is taking action against pension, healthcare, elder abuse at the national, state and social levels with the central & state governments & advocates for the needy. It aims to serve disadvantaged elders to lead an active and healthy life.

8. Uday Foundation

This organisation has a unique and heart-touching story behind its establishment. Tulika and Rahul Verma had welcomed their second baby, Arjunuday, in 2006. He was born with multiple congenital defects & after nine surgeries; he turned into a normal boy, but with the need of an artificial mechanism for his bowel movements. This led Rahul Verma to establish Uday Foundation to support children who are suffering from congenital disorders & other syndromes.

The foundation also researches new technologies in the healthcare sector to treat those children having congenital diseases. They have other various projects for common people and children to treat. It also has several programs for raising donations for food, blankets and so on.

9. CARE India

CARE India is a non-profit organisation. It has been working for 68 years, focusing on reducing social injustice and poverty. It also empowers women and girls from marginalised communities & improves their living conditions. The organization reached 31.5 million people through 43 projects in 14 states, covering over 90 districts. It is a part of CARE International Confederation, which operates in 95 countries globally, where people live with dignity & safety.

10. LEPRA Society

The 3rd International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE) is being organized on 9-10 September 2021, between 14:00 – 18:00 hrs, by Mobius Foundation in partnership with some of the key environmental organizations, Climate Reality Project, UNESCO, UNEP, Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE, Copenhagen), The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), Earth Day Network, IUCN, Earth Overshoot, WWF India, PFI, WTI, TERRE Policy Centre etc. The year 2021 marks the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021 – 2030).

The first day of the ICSE 2021 will, therefore, focus on the theme ‘Education for Ecosystem Restoration.’ The deliberations of the 2nd day will be devoted to the theme of ‘Climate Literacy’, in view of the urgent need to create enlightened citizenry for concrete action on climate change. This is being organized in continuation to the ‘Climate Literacy Conclave for South Asia’, which was organized by Mobius Foundation with Climate Reality Project and Earth Day Network to mark the 51st anniversary of the Earth Day on 22nd April 2021.

The Conference will look at the innovations and trends on sustainability education in school system from across the globe. It’s an initiative to explore different path ways to sustainability education. Quality is missing in the current educations structure, and this is where ‘International Conference on Sustainability Education 2021’ will come into play; it will challenge the existing paradigms in education.

More than 1000+ participants from across the globe will take part in the online event, which will have various sessions on sustainable education. There will be 4 plenaries and 11 parallel technical sessions besides exhibition, poster sessions and e-resource centre. Almost over 70+ eminent experts will participate in the conference. Speakers like Mr. Rajendra Singh, Water Man of India and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner for community leadership in 2001, Padma Shri awardee Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi, who is the founder of Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization (HESCO), Shri Atul Bagai Head, UN Environment Country Office, India, Mr. Tery Spahr, Founder and Director, Earth Overshoot, Mr. Kartikeya Sarabhai Founder and Director, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and Karuna A Singh, Regional Director Asia, EARTHDAY.ORG, will address the event.

Below are the quotes by eminent dignitaries and speakers during the conference:

Mr. Pradip Burman, Chairman of Mobius Foundation hoped that this conference will be a path breaking event in Sustainability Education.

Ram Boojh, CEO, Mobius Foundation: “ICSE is a flagship initiative of Mobius Foundation conceptualised in partnership with some of the world’s leading environment and sustainability organizations, educators and leaders.”

Mr. Tery Spahr, Founder and Director, Earth Overshoot: “The problem is, we have run out of places to go and new areas to exploit. We have invaded every corner of the globe and we must recognize this fact, begin to contract voluntarily, and live within the means of one planet. We have to be massive cheerleaders for a better, safer, less-crowded and more sustainable world.”

Karuna Singh, Regional Director Asia, Earthday.org: “In today’s world of unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, Climate Education provides a critical foundation on which to build climate literacy and stewardship for the environment from a young age. With this in mind we call upon governments across the globe to mandate compulsory, assessed climate and environmental education that motivates all to play a major role to help ‘Restore Our Earth.”

Shri Atul Bagai Head, UN Environment Country Office, India: “India has the largest youth population in the World. They are perhaps the most important stakeholder group and an important vehicle towards achieving the sustainable development goals as they are the innovators, creators, builders, and leaders of the future. But they can transform the future only if they have skills, good health and are empowered to make the right choices.”

ICSE is a platform that works as a bridge between educators and practioners. It tries to find out various methods to include sustainable education in the current education system.

About Mobius Foundation:

The Mobius Foundation is a non-profit organization promoting environmental sustainability through sustainable, relevant solutions that enable communities to break longstanding practices which are detrimental to human existence on Earth.

It spearheads various educational programs in India, which include setting up a residential green school in Karnataka and a day school in Uttar Pradesh. It also promotes population stabilization and ecological conservation through Project Aakar and Project Sanjeevani.

Today, we deal with various environmental problems like climate change, global warming, rising temperatures, air and water pollution, ecological degradation, resource depletion, and many more. These problems have arisen because of the ever-growing population and human ignorance. But sustainable development NGOs are making selfless efforts to reduce these problems and let humanity prosper forever on this planet.

Below is the list of the top 5 sustainability development NGOs in Delhi.

Mobius Foundation

Mr Pradip Burman, an influential leader, sworn environmentalist and a crusader of sustainability, founded a sustainable development NGO called Mobius Foundation in 2015 in Delhi. Their mission is to arrange programs that educate and encourage the residents of Delhi to adopt sustainable practices in their lifestyles. He has also initiated a few programmes that aim to inculcate sustainable practices in our daily lifestyle. The 3 programmes that encourage sustainable development are:

Project Akar

World Environment School (WESc)

Gyan Anant Vidyalay (GAV)

These programmes focus widely on curbing overpopulation and teaching people about the necessity of sustainable development through building green schools for younger generations and organising awareness campaigns.

SankalpTaru Foundation

SankalpTaru Foundation is a leading sustainable development NGO in India. Their main work area is to plant as many trees as possible and spread greenery in metropolitan cities like Bangalore and Delhi. They encourage residents to sow seeds and plant trees in their vicinity and take good care of them. After the task completion, volunteers can contact the NGO for the collection of the certificate of appreciation.

Till now, they have planted and survived 2274847 trees across 21 states in India, 13377315 tonnes of carbon footprint is reduced and maintained a healthy tree survival rate of more than 95% even in desert regions.

Environics Trust

Environics Trust is a top NGO for sustainable development in Delhi. They conduct research and find solutions to environmental issues and problems arising from human behaviours. The studies are later used to promote art and culture through innovative technical and institutional designs for environmental development.

It helps in guiding the local, state and central government and international communities in their development campaigns. Environics Trust executes its activities in the Himalayan regions and tries to reach communities like disaster-affected people, mining-affected communities, coastal people and the displaced communities.

Being Green

Being Green is a registered sustainable development NGO in Nangloi, Delhi and was established in 2014. They aim to live sustainably in a Green Society by implementing environmental responsibilities and optimum usage of resources for the betterment of future generations. Their mission is to live in a sustainable environment which can be achieved by the contribution of the people to make their community, city and country more sustainable.

They wish to build efficient relationships and partnership with communities which share similar interests. By 2030, they want to plant 1 lakh trees with the help of these partnerships.

Delhi Greens

Delhi Greens was established in 2007 with a mission to preserve natural resources. It is considered the best sustainable development NGO in Delhi as they educate people about the importance of environmentalism and its betterment experienced by future generations. They also encourage people to adopt practices that curb the problems of climate change and global warming.

Pradip Burman said “The diabolical protests that every now and then break in Delhi nowadays, have now become a serious issue for commuters waiting on highways”. When will this problem make headway?

At Singhu Border (Delhi-Haryana border) you can witness the security checks, which caused the heavy congestion near Delhi-Noida border.

Commuters in Delhi continue to suffer and have a distressing time on Tuesday, as the roads were heavily barricaded… police operating hastily from points as the closure of several border points which led to massive congestion and fights on the roads.

Senior policers who also spoke on the condition of anonymity said security was tightened in the city, because it was expecting the wrath of thousands of troubled farmers who were protesting on Delhi borders against farm laws. Farmers took on a rampage destroying public property and attacking public personnels in broad daylight.They also barged into Red Fort and disgraced the national flag.

Massive traffic jams told the tale of the chaos that was created from the eastern, southern and central parts of Delhi which were worsened by the closure of the Ghazipur-Ghaziabad border, Delhi-Meerut expressway, NH-9, and NH-24. The closed lanes of NH-24 resulted in bumper-to-bumper traffic on roads in the eastern part of the city.

“Ghazipur border is closed. Traffic diverted from NH 24, NH 9, Road no 56, 57 A, Kondli,Paper Market, Telco T point, EDM Mall, Akshardham and Nizammudin Khatta. Traffic is heavy on Vikas Marg, IP extension, NH 24. Please commute from other borders,” the Delhi Traffic Police said on Twitter.

The alternative routes on account of the closure of the Ghazipur border included Anand Vihar, Chilla, DND, Apsara, Bhopra and Loni borders. “Singhu, Saboli, Piau Maniyari borders are closed. Auchandi, Lampur, Safiabad, Singhu school and Palla toll tax borders are open. Please take alternate routes. Traffic is heavy and diverted from NH44. Please avoid Outer Ring Road, GTK road and NH 44,” the traffic police add

WION, in partnership with Mobius Foundation, is taking the vision of the Government of India forward and launching a one-year-long social initiative called 'Mission Sustainability - Population v/s Planet'. The campaign commenced with a two-hour-long Thought Leadership Conclave on February 20, 2021.

Technology has advanced in the last 100 years to give us television, satellites, space exploration, and instant communication through apps. But today, there is an urgency to take action, in the short and long term -- for the survival of civilisation as we know it. Although the general population is aware that the future looks bleak, the causes are not immediately apparent to the common person. But if we had to attribute the difficulty to a single cause, it is the explosion of population. The solution (mitigation), however, does not seem feasible.

Overpopulation is among the most pressing environmental issues, silently aggravating the forces behind global warming, environmental pollution, habitat loss, and consumption of finite natural resources at speeds faster than their rate of regeneration. Ecological issues are anyway just the beginning for many more problems and issues.

This conclave on WION seeks to trigger an informed and engaging debate around the dynamics of population and its bearing on economic growth and our resource-scarce planet.

"Population explosion will cause many problems for our future generations. But there is a vigilant section of public that stops to think, before bringing a child to the world, whether they can do justice to the child, give them all that she or he wants. They have a small family and express their patriotism to the country. Let’s learn from them. There is need for social awareness.” - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, has been invited to grace the event as the chief guest and share his vision for population stabilisation and sustainable development of India. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog will also join the event and address India's population policy and family planning programme.

Who is Pradip Burman?

Mr Pradip Burman is an environmentalist, social contributor, and prolific businessman. He is the grandson of DR. S.K Burman, the founder of India’s largest ayurvedic company - Dabur. 

Mr Pradip Burman is a graduate in B Sc. Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. Today, he is the founder of Mobius Foundation, a non-governmental organization that works towards sustainable development and reaching sustainable development goals in India. 

He is a crusader of sustainability. He often talks about sustainable development and solutions that have a positive impact on the environment. He sheds light on the massive harms caused by humans in the name of development, destroying planetary health.  

He has also founded a company- AGES (Alternative Green Energy Solution), which focuses on providing Hydroponic Green Feed to contribute towards sustainable energy throughout the year.

‘’If we do not switch to renewable, cleaner sources of energy and implement more sustainable methods of development, the next generation will not survive,” says Mr Pradip Burman. Waste management, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, pollution, and renewable energy are topics that interest Mr Pradip Burman. 

According to him, consistent changes in climate and air pollution are the top concerns that challenge the nourishment of the ecosystem. Due to rising levels of pollution, humanity is suffering from diseases like asthma and various lung ailments. 

Air pollution is creating a massive expansion of global warming and climate change. However, everything boils down to overpopulation as the greater the consumption of non-renewable resources, the more the pollution. This step-down effect carries on and on.

“No other species on the planet has caused as much of a negative impact on the environment, as compared to us Humans, due to unsustainable consumption and the use of non-renewable energy”, says Mr Pradip Burman. He also talks about how the planet has relied on primitive, limited sources of energy that could soon get exhausted, threatening the survival of the human species. 

He also talks about the increased frequency of natural disasters, such as cyclones and floods, resulting from unsustainable ways implemented by governments and corporations all across the globe. The coming generations will not survive if we will not change our lifestyles. 

Today our children suffer from breathing problems due to low air quality. The excess consumption of non-renewable energy should be avoided. Not implementing any waste management techniques will lead to a pyre of waste. Implementing a sustainable lifestyle in our daily life is the only solution in the end.

Mr Pradip Burman has launched an all-India Campaign – Mission Sustainability to promote, create awareness, and educate the people of India about the condition of the planet and promote sustainable development across the country. 

‘’Unless the corporations and the governments across the globe don’t take action and try to promote sustainable development and green sources of energy, there is no hope left,” says Mr Pradip Burman. He also says that all hope is not lost yet, as there is still time to revert the changes caused by us or slow down the effects of climate change from impacting the human population.

Mobius Foundation in partnership with WION is taking the vision of the Government of India forward, and launched a one-year-long social initiative called 'Mission Sustainability - Population v/s Planet'. The campaign commenced with a two-hour-long Thought Leadership Conclave on February 20, 2021. The launch was graced by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Amitabh Kanth, CEO, NITI AAYOG.

Expressing his satisfaction at the timely importance of holding the event, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, "More people require more resources, and as the population increases, the earth's resources deplete. The population boom has been affecting the planet and the human race in many adverse ways. People in developing countries like India, feel the impact of environmental problems more acutely." - Quoted (indiaeducationdiary.in)

On this occasion, Amitabh Kanth, CEO, NITI AAYOG said, "'Family Planning' is considered the smartest development investment. For India to realise its sustainable development goals and economic aspirations, it is important to ensure that people have informed access to contraception and quality family planning services."

The launch had visionaries and dignitaries on board from across the country, and from different fields. Mr Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, Sec. Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Dr Madhavan Nair, Sec. Ministry of Earth Science India, Ms Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India (PFI), Ms Shailaja Chandra, Former Secretary to the Government of India and Former Chief Secretary, Delhi, Mr Manu Gaur, President, Taxpayers Association of Bharat (TAXAB), Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai, Founder and Director, CEE, Prof. Saroj Yadav Dean (Academic) NCERT, K.S. James, Director, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) were part of the launch.

The complete 2-hour launch was divided in two three robust segments, each setting up the contest of the year-long awareness programme. The three segments were:

SESSION 1: POPULATION VS PLANET: SUSTAINING THE BALANCE SESSION 2: POPULATION STABILISATION: THE ROAD MAP SESSION 3: EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

To watch the launch, visit: https://youtu.be/ADEA06gbUv4

There was an exclusive one-on-one fireside chat with the Chairman of Mobius Foundation, Mr. Pradip Burman, where he mentioned that the "Mobius Foundation is focusing on two main objectives EDUCATION and POPULATION STABILISATION and emphasised that two solutions which can be implemented right away are RECYCLING and RENEWABLE ENERGY. If we can attain 100% of these two things, then our problem is solved."

Dr Ram Boojh, CEO, Mobius Foundation along with other panellists shed light on why we should focus on education and awareness around 'Population Stabilisation'. Points brought in focus were 'education leads to lower birth rates and slows population growth. This makes it easier for countries to develop. A more-educated workforce also makes poverty eradication and economic growth easier to achieve. The literacy rate is directly proportional to the fertility rate. Lack of formal education on matters related to population, like family planning, sexual education, reproductive behaviour, cultural and social values, and contraception is missing from the educational structure. This should not be a controversial subject, rather taken to the younger generation and young couples openly.

Mobius Foundation with this campaign is working to put the spotlight back on human population growth. Programme is titled "MISSION SUSTAINABILITY- POPULATION VS. PLANET" for English audience on WION Channel and "संभलना ज़रूरी है - जनसंख्या बनाम प्रकृति" for Hindi and regional audience on Zee News and it's regional network. Under this campaign, topics on how over population is responsible for exerting pressure in these areas or developing these issues are Climate Change, Bio Diversity and Natural Resources, Energy Crisis, Air Pollution, Jobs and Housing, Water Pollution, Depletion of Non-Renewable Resources, Education and Empowerment, Waste Generation, Education, Over Consumption Patterns etc.

About the Mobius Foundation:

The Mobius Foundation is a non-profit organisation, committed to supporting sustainability, empowering technologies, strengthening systems, encouraging healthy behaviour and   focusing on education. The Foundation intends to create sustainable, culturally relevant   solutions, enabling communities to break longstanding practices that are detrimental to human existence. The Mobius Foundation has been working in India since 2015, collaborating with a diverse range of civil society partners and NGO partners to contribute to achieving a sustainable India.

Green champion and social change-maker, Pradip Burman’s views on this…

Karnataka is the frontrunner in achieving clean water & sanitation, life on land, peace and justice with a Sustainable Development Goals score of 66.

Ranked 6th in the country in the SDG category set by the United Nations Organisation.

According to the recent news Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who released the Strategies and Action Plan 2030 encouraged the officials “to strive to do better in meeting the SDGs set by UNO.” Mr Pradip Burman view the plan has been designed very innovatively, however the performance of plan implementation can be managed more effectively.

The state has achieved a 52 on a scale of 100 for poverty- below the national average. The state also scored a 54, slightly above the national average of 48 in ‘Zero Hunger’ goal. The report suggested a low productivity in agriculture.

The action plan has given us an effective roadmap that other metropolitan and even non-metropolitan cities can follow up with. The living conditions of all people, foster a cleaner environment, ensure better health, good education and provide nutritional food.

Chief secretary, T M Vijay Bhaskar said that this operation involved separate committees consisting of senior officials on achieving the 17 UN-designated SDGs suggested by the NITI Aayog. “Karnataka had secured 66 points to achieve the sixth rank as per the SDG India Index 2919 released by the NITI Aayog. Efforts are being made to improve the performance in the areas where the state’s achievement was below par.”

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‘Mission Sustainability – Population v/s Planet’ is a social cause initiative on WION in partnership with the Mobius Foundation. The thought leadership conclave seeks to trigger an informed and engaging debate around the dynamics of population and its bearing on and our resource-scarce planet.

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Pradip Burman is the chairman of Dabur, Nepal, an influential leader, sworn environmentalist and a crusader of sustainability. He has been a great observant all his life and has adapted a keen interest in protecting the environment through his NGO,

Mobius Foundation

The traditional practices are ruining the environment. Thus to protect it, Mr Pradip Burman encourages people to adopt sustainable practices in their daily lives. According to him, the top 3 small changes people should make in their daily life to save the environment are as follows:

To reduce the use of single-use plastics

According to Mr Pradip Burman, there was this ever-existing pandemic before the covid-19 outbreak. It is environmental pollution due to plastic.

Plastics are used in our everyday life for various purposes in the form of packets, carry bags, bottles, containers, covers and many more. Most of these plastics are single-use and are thrown away right after their usage. These single-use plastics travel to various water bodies and landscapes and pollute these areas. The soil loses its quality, the water is filled with garbage, and there is no place for the plants and animals to breathe. This entire process disturbs the ecosystem.

To avoid this, Mr Pradip Burman encourages people to replace single-use plastics with reusable products like cloth bags, metal containers, reusable plastic bottles, paper packets, etc. These products should be adopted in our lifestyle to make it a habit to save the environment. 2. To be more responsible towards the environment.When humanity was suffering from the

Covid-19 outbreak, the environment was healing, the species returned to their natural habitat, the water bodies were getting cleaned, and the skies were clear even through our balconies. Mr Pradip Burman guided people to reflect on these changes happening in our surroundings and the reasons behind them.

Human bodies are resistant to disease when it is fit and taken care of properly. Similarly, the environment becomes immune to climate change and other effects when not exposed to pollution. This shows that the state of the environment is directly connected with us.

The pandemic has shown this positive side to humans. Such positivity helps us fight any crisis. Imagining our relationship with nature, it is our responsibility to take necessary precautions to save the environment. 3. To have family planning.Overpopulation is one of the top concerns in the rise of climate change. Some of the cities in India don't have space to breathe due to the high population and their toxic habits. The roads are covered with vehicles emitting gases, there is no proper dumping ground, plastic waste is increasing, and thus carbon footprint is at an all-time high.

Mr Pradip Burman saw this concern and encouraged people to take preventive measures to curb overpopulation. He started the initiative 'Project Akar' to spread awareness about family planning and its various benefits to the environment. This initiative educates newly married couples and unmarried youngsters in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh about using contraceptives.

Environment concerns in 2021 have only risen, and it is badly affecting climate. To curb such issues, environmental NGOs are undertaking selfless activities to protect our planet. The top 10 environmental NGOs in Delhi are as follows:

Mobius Foundation

Mobius Foundation is one of the best NGOs in Delhi that organizes campaigns promoting sustainability and environment protection. Their awareness programs encourage sustainable practices like renew, re-use and replace non-renewable resources. They want to eradicate overpopulation and educate younger generations about the importance of sustainable practices through introducing green schools. 

Help Delhi Breathe

Help Delhi Breathe is the top NGO in Delhi to reduce air pollution and improve air quality. These initiatives will let the residents breathe fresh air and reduce diseases like asthma and lung ailments. To overcome air pollution, HDB organizes campaigns to educate people about the consequences and the necessities.

Delhi Greens

Delhi Greens is the best home-grown environmental NGO in India that aims to preserve natural resources. They spread the values of environmentalism and its benefits for future generations. They focus on educating the residents of Delhi about sustainable development and climate change. 

Being Green

Based in New Delhi, Being Green is a well known NGO in Delhi that focuses on living sustainably through efficient habits in a Green Society. People interested in volunteering can contact them as they are always looking for participation from environmental enthusiasts who can bring change to society.

Clear Air Asia

This NGO works in cities that are highly air polluted and need immediate action to survive. One such city is Delhi. They have been incorporated in Delhi to bring change by raising awareness about collaboration and unity among organizations in sustaining the planet.

Chintan

Spreading the values of knowledge, action and activism, Chintan is an NGO working for environment protection in India. They work towards reducing air pollution, recycling, waste management, and making the world a better place to live. Recently Chintan has introduced an initiative to educate waste pickers about waste management.

Toxics Link

Toxics Link is one of the top environmental NGOs in Delhi that works towards a toxic-free environment. Toxins such as lead, chemicals, paints, mercury, pesticides, medical waste, plastic, etc., are harmful to the nourishment of the environment. Their programs aim at eliminating these toxins from the environment.

Environics Trust

This NGO focuses on researching the problems related to the environment and human behaviour. These researches are later used in building innovative community development campaigns. Environics also offers these research services to local, state, national and international institutions and works with communities affected by industrialization and mining.

Swechha 

Swechha is a youth-led NGO working for environmental protection in India. Their mission is to create awareness campaigns and spread the value of 'be the change' for the environment among the citizens. They also focus on eradicating water and air pollution through sustainable practices. Anyone can volunteer in their programs.

SankalpTaru Foundation

NGOs have evolved and strengthened over the last two decades with their kind efforts. However, a few of them have created a beneficial impact in protecting our planet through their awareness programs and other initiatives. Here is a list of the top 5 best NGOs in Delhi working every day to protect our environment.

1.   Mobius Foundation

Mobius foundation is among the best NGOs in Delhi that works towards environmental issues and sustainable development. They encourage residents and businesses to adopt sustainable practices over traditional habits by renewing, re-using and replacing the limited resources of nature.

Their initiatives focus mainly on eradicating overpopulation and educating people about the importance of sustainable practices through green schools and awareness campaigns. During the pandemic, they have also raised covid relief fund to provide essential items to covid frontiers and lower-income groups in the rural areas of Karnataka.

2.           Swechha 

Based in New Delhi, Swechha is a youth-led NGO working towards the betterment of the environment. They aim to educate people to ‘be the change’ by making a valuable difference towards the environment. They also raise voices against humans’ day to day habits that cause water and air pollution in urban areas. 

 Their recent events focused on sustainable practices for a low carbon future, upcycling, ways to lower air pollution, managing kitchen waste, etc. People interested in giving back to nature can associate with them as they are 24*7 looking for young and kind individuals who can help create a change in society.

3.           Chintan

Chintan is a non-profit organization that works towards protecting the environment with knowledge, action and activism. They focus majorly on waste management, combating air pollution, recycling, and making Delhi a sustainable city. It is currently the top environmental NGO in Delhi.

Recently Times of India had a talk with Chitra Mukherjee, head for advocacy and policy at Chintan, regarding the apathy of Delhi residents towards waste pickers during such worrying times. Therefore Chintan has started undertaking awareness campaigns for waste pickers wherein they are taught about waste segregating and management techniques.

4.           Toxics Link

Toxics Link is one of the best environmental NGOs in Delhi that works with a mission to free the environment from toxins. Toxins like chemicals, lead paints, POPs, pesticides, mercury, bio-medical waste, electronic waste, plastic, etc., harm the health of both human and nature. They have set up specific campaigns to put an end to all these toxins. 

Since the coronavirus outbreak, they have also started covid relief work wherein they provide hygiene kits like sanitizer, masks, soap, gloves and food to vulnerable groups. They are also educating these people about the safety measures they must undertake for protection against the virus.

5.           Delhi Greens

Founded in 2007, Delhi Greens is a home-grown environmental NGO in Delhi that promotes the conservation of nature and natural resources. Their mission is to teach the public and invite them to participate in sustainable development. With this mission, they want to spread the message of environmentalism and a green economy at a global level.

In 2010, their web-based publication ‘Delhi Green Blog (DGB)’ was started by one of the founders to protest against the heritage tree felling in Delhi. After a vast outreach and student protest, it is later considered the first Green Media Network initiative in India.

Pradip Burman Climate Change documentary on the impact of rising population on our planet. 

Every day the climate is becoming hazardous due to the negligence of people towards nature and the perilous outcomes of traditional methods. Sustainable development will let the planet breathe and live peacefully forever. To spread the knowledge about sustainable practices among the younger generation, Mr Pradip Burman set up the World Environment School (WESc) in the hills of Coorg, Karnataka.

World Environment School launched by Mr Pradip Burman, is Asia’s first green school spread over 100 acres across the sensitive western ghats of Coorg. It is also the first school in South Asia that has taken a step ahead to encourage and deliver environmental education, with sustainability being the crux. The mission behind building this school is to inculcate strong ecological and moral values at a younger age and keep on spreading the importance to our future generations through the students of the school.

World Environment School is set up with the support of Whitgift School, a prominent British Educational Institute and a part of Whitgift Foundation, a charity based in Croydon, South London, England. It will start functioning in 2021 for students around the globe studying in grade 6 to 12. The school will board 950 people, out of which 550 will be students and the rest teaching and non-teaching staff. The school offers an international curriculum with affiliation from Cambridge Assessments and International Baccalaureate.

The school focuses on providing practical experiences to students, forming sustainable practices part of their lifestyle. Some of the impressive features of the school campus are as follows:

·         All the significant buildings will have south-facing slopes to maximise the usage of solar and wind energy.

·         Zero energy, zero waste and water independent campus.

·         5 artificial ponds to harvest rainwater.

·         Organic waste will be composed or utilised as animal feed.

·         Non-biodegradable waste will be sent to the recycling unit.

·         E-vehicles will be used inside the campus.

·         Total energy demand will be met by solar PV panels or wind energy.

·         The entire school campus will be 100% plastic-free.

The campus will set an example with its sustainable systems, construction, water and air quality, flora and fauna, weather dashboards and technology.

During the launch session of the World Environment School at the International Conference of Sustainability Education (ICSE) 2019, Mr Pradip Burman said, “The school will touch all the aspects of sustainability. We are also trying to make a special curriculum so that the students graduating from the school will be fully briefed about the sustainability issues and the consequences of not undertaking sustainable practices when they are grown up. It will turn the students into student leaders, making more leaders as they will pass on the knowledge to other students. They can also start movements which will force the people to protect the environment now rather than waiting till its destruction”.

World Environment School is an initiative through the Mobius Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization founded by Mr Pradip Burman that works towards environmental protection. The NGO entirely focuses on protecting the ecosystem by spreading awareness about the importance of adopting sustainable practices in our day to day life. They organise awareness programs that help encourage and educate the people to curb overpopulation, pollution and traditional methods harming the nourishment of the ecosystem.

The birth rate is at an all-time higher in India as compared to the death rate. India is in the second position globally for the highest population and is said to step up to the first position by 2025. Also, its landmass is much smaller to accommodate a higher population. Such issues have been noticed by social leaders like Mr Pradip Burman and are making valuable efforts to eradicate overpopulation.

Mr Pradip Burman, chairman of Dabur, Nepal and a board member of Aviva Life Insurance, is a philanthropist, sworn environmentalist and a crusader of sustainability. He has been the director of his ancestral FMCG company Dabur India. He has also founded Ayurvet, a company manufacturing herbal products for animals.

According to Mr Pradip Burman, overpopulation has led to the two biggest sustainability challenges, i.e. climate change and air pollution. Due to air pollution, our children are suffering. They have asthma, lung ailments and other respiratory problems from a young age. Pollution is also the leading cause of climate change. It is happening through overpopulation because the greater the population, the higher the emission of gases.

Mr Pradip Burman further says,” Overpopulation is the most significant challenge faced by many countries today. As the global population grows towards 10 billion, consumption of water, food and energy is increasing, which results in the depletion of non-renewable resources. But these challenges can be overcome through solutions like recycling and 100% consumption of renewable energy. We have to recycle everything and consume resources that will come from renewable energy. If we can execute these two things, I think the problem will be solved”.

Being around philanthropists and environmentalists all his life, Mr Pradip Burman is determined towards protecting the environment and is currently working for various social causes. One of them is population stabilization through Project Aakar.

Project Aakar is an initiative that focuses on curbing overpopulation in India. Setting up the project in 2 districts in Uttar Pradesh, namely Barabanki and Bahraich, they educate the people in rural areas on the importance of family planning, reproduction, and the usage of contraceptives. The reason behind starting this initiative in these regions is due to its high fertility rate. They are also creating awareness among newly married and young unmarried people. There are primary health centres where they make contraceptives and distribute them to young couples. Their short film, namely ‘Dampatti No 1’, depicts the importance of family planning and has won an award for the best film towards family planning.

Project Akar is an initiative through the Mobius Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Mr Pradip Burman that works towards environmental protection. The organization aims to protect the ecosystem by educating people about the importance of sustainable development that can also help eradicate overpopulation. They organize awareness programs that help to curb overpopulation, pollution and traditional practices that harm the environment.

Besides Project Aakar, they have also initiated two more projects, i.e. World Environmental School (WESc) and Gyan Anant Vidyalaya (GAV). These are educational institutes that help people educate about the importance of a sustainable environment and the harmful consequences of resource extinction in the future.