Anil Kumar Agarwal was an Indian environmentalist, trained as a mechanical engineer at IIT Kanpur, worked as a science correspondent for the Hindustan Times. He was the founder of the Centre for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based research institute currently led by Sunita Narain. In 1987, the United Nations Environment Programme elected him to its Global 500 Roll of Honour for his work in the national and international arena. The Indian Government also honoured him with Padma Shri (1986) and Padma Bhushan (2002) for his work in environment and development. He authored more than 20 books and wrote numerous articles which were published in national and international journals too. *Source: Wikipedia.* “I have never been worried about the Earth. I’m worried about human beings. I was trying to understand what India is all about, what India’s people are all about. And that is how I stumbled upon the Earth. I realised that they have a deep relationship with the Earth, and that is why Earth became important to me." *[Source](https://cdn.cseindia.org/userfiles/anil-agarwal.pdf)* Contributions: - *Beyond Pretty Trees and Tigers in India* in [The Future of the Environment (1988)](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL10186280M/)