Centre for Science and Environment
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The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (founded in 1980)is an Indian non-governmental organization seeking to create public awareness in India about science, technology, the environment, and sustainable development. Their primary goal is to promote 'knowledge-based activism' throughout the Indian populace. The organization was founded in 1980 by the late Anil Agarwal. The current director is environmental activist Sunita Narain, a recent winner of the Padma Shri as well as other awards, who has worked at CSE since its foundation.
The CSE is based in New Delhi, India and regularly publishes reports regarding the Indian environment. The CSE also publishes the magazine Down to Earth and their main activities consist of communication for awareness research and advocacy, education and training, documentation, pollution monitoring.
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The institute has come in national limelight twice for releasing studies that claim that CSE found a high level of pesticides in Coke and Pepsi
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