Community

Change Makers

Individuals driving civic transformation in Gurugram — one initiative at a time.

GOVERNANCE

Poonam Verma

Poonam Verma has spent more than a decade organising at the grassroots level in Gurugram’s residential…

AIR QUALITY

Anumita Roychowdhary is one of India’s foremost authorities on urban air quality and vehicular emissions policy.…

AIR QUALITY

Shubhra Puri Arora founded GurgaonFirst in 2012 out of a conviction that Gurugram’s citizens deserved a…

ARAVALLIS

Latika Thukral co-founded I Am Gurgaon in 2009 as a citizen movement to protect Gurugram’s biodiversity…

EDUCATION

Manvir Singh Nagi brings a corporate sustainability perspective to GurgaonFirst’s ecosystem — bridging the gap between…

Successfully implemented source segregation across a 1,200-unit residential complex, reducing landfill contribution by 70%.

Produced 17+ civic songs, organised 47+ workshops, published 4 handbooks, launched a Women’s Helpline and the…

India’s leading clean air and sustainable mobility expert. Keynote speaker at Gurgaon First’s Environment Conclave 2019.

Led campaigns to protect the Aravalli forests and natural heritage of southern Haryana. Key voice in…

Gurugram-based environmentalist documenting Aravalli biodiversity and advocating for protection of green cover in southern Haryana.