The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable.
 

Programs
 

The Centre’s efforts are built around five broad programs:

Communication for Awareness
 

CSE’s publications and informational products have been its strength and they have always combined research and readability to get the message across.
CSE’s tools for awareness raising are periodicals, publications, films/short spots, briefing papers, exhibitions, posters and other products. CSE’s informational products reach people in more diverse ways such as features service, website and e-news bulletins.
 

Research and Advocacy

CSE’s efforts are specifically designed to create awareness about problems and propose sustainable solutions. Research at CSE often consists of in-depth learning about an environmental problem and then finding answers in accordance with CSE’s core values.

Education and Training

There is a growing interest amongst professionals, public administrators, private sector executives NGO professionals, students and others in environmental issues. With this in mind, CSE, has for some years, been developing programmes in the area on non-formal environmental education programmes.

Knowledge Portal

The overall aim is to develop into an excellent resource centre with information -- printed and visual -- on sustainable development issues, which is possibly the best in India. For a knowledge-based organisation like CSE, information collection is the basic foundation for all its research and advocacy activities.

Pollution Monitoring

CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory is an independent, analytical laboratory that monitors toxic contamination of the environment and uses the results of this monitoring to advocate for improved regulation of the use of toxins in the country.