Reena Gupta

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Reena Gupta
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NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materBrandeis University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Spokesperson
Known forPolitics, Environmental Activism
Political partyAam Aadmi Party

Reena Gupta is a politician and spokesperson for Aam Aadmi Party.[1][2][3][4] She works as an advisor to Government of Delhi Gopal Rai[5] and is a member of the Steering Committee of Delhi Government's policy think tank, the Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi, constituted to help DDCD in implementation of Vision Delhi@2047.[6][7] She is also a member of Delhi's State Level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA).[8]

Early Life and Education

Born in Uttar Pradesh, Gupta holds a Masters in International Development from Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.[9] She has been working on issues related to environment and sustainable development for more than two decades covering both grass roots work as well as policy/advocacy work, at civil society groups (AMUL milk cooperative) and internationally at Oxfam America as well as multilateral institutions like World Bank[10] (in Washington DC and later in Delhi).

Environmental Activism

Gupta has been very active in the Safe Food Movement and has written extensively on the menace of pesticides in India.[11][12][13][14]

Gupta is working on making environment a political agenda for the citizens and is very vocal on issues of environment and social injustice.[15][16][17] She writes regular columns in Indian newspapers like Hindustan Times, The Times of India, The Indian Express on issues of air pollution, environment and social justice.[18][19][20]

Politics

Gupta took the plunge into active politics in 2013 when she gave up her illustrious career at the World Bank to join the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement in Delhi as an activist and then as a volunteer with the Aam Aadmi Party.

As the advisor to the Environment Minister of Delhi, she has helped create a decision support system that identifies the major pollution sources and a time bound measurable action plan to tackle each of these.[21]

One of her biggest, recent legislative wins has been the policy around logistics and vehicle aggregators companies like Uber, Ola Cabs.[22] To address Mobile source air pollution — one of the leading causes of air pollution in Delhi — she legislated a policy that legally mandates vehicle aggregators to convert their fleet to Electric vehicle with annual targets in a time bound manner.[23] She is now lobbying with the neighbouring state and federal governments to legislate similar mandates in order to boost adoption of electric vehicles.[24][25]

To ensure that things happen at scale, Gupta has also been able to leverage technology for solving the air pollution crisis in Delhi. She was the brain behind the creation of Green Delhi App and Green War Room.[26] Green Delhi is a mobile-based application through which residents are able to report instances causing localised pollution.[27][28] The complaints are monitored to identify air pollution hotspots, leading to the creation of local air action plans through a 24x7 operational Green War Room.[29][30]

She was instrumental in the launch of 'Yudh Pradhushan Ke Virudh' (Delhi’s war on pollution) - a statewide participatory citizen engagement campaign to fight Delhi’s air pollution.[31][32]

Gupta is also leading 'Greening Delhi' — another key initiative of Delhi Government. This two-pronged initiative is converting vacant spaces in Delhi into Neighborhood park|community parks and forests and modernising the existing neighbourhood parks with world class facilities.[33][34] Secondly, the Delhi Government is organising free urban farming workshops[35] to encourage and support citizens in growing vegetables and fruits in sustainable and pesticide-free environment, as well as increasing the green cover of the city.[36]

Gupta supported Delhi in signing onto the Urban 20 (U20), a city diplomacy initiative permanently convened by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and United Cities and Local Governments, that allows Delhi to use a global platform and represent itself in discussions on climate and sustainable development to inform the G20 summit agenda.[37]

Due to her outstanding work and experience, Reena Gupta was nominated as a member of the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority late last year. She is working on making this Authority more transparent and participatory in nature.[8]

References

  1. ↑ AAP Spokesperson Reena Gupta On Delhi's Environment Situation | Talk To Bhupen | India Ahead News, retrieved 2022-03-15
  2. ↑ "Video | "BJP's Level Of Political Discourse Is Shameful": AAP Leader - Times Of Globe". 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. ↑ AAP's Reena Gupta's message for people of Delhi, retrieved 2022-03-15
  4. ↑ Reena Gupta, AAP Spokesperson, compares Indian Government with USA's Biden Government in providing relief to citizens | Urban Debate, retrieved 2022-03-15
  5. ↑ India, Press Trust of (2022-02-15). "Delhi one step closer to data on real-time pollution sources: Kejriwal". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Steering Committee – Dialogue & Development Commission of Delhi". ddc.delhi.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  7. ↑ "Vision 2047: Arvind Kejriwal eyes '21st century Delhi' where poorest can live with dignity". Financialexpress. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Centre sets up panel to assess environmental impacts of projects in Delhi". Hindustan Times. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  9. ↑ "panellists - 2021". events.cleanaircollective.org. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  10. ↑ Bank, World (2005). "India : Unlocking Opportunities for Forest-Dependent People in India, Volume 1, Main Report". Open Knowledge Repository, World Bank Group.
  11. ↑ "India's plague of pesticide poisoning: Why does the government not act to regulate pesticides better?". Times of India Blog. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  12. ↑ "Insecticide used in K'taka temple has killed before. And the govt isn't banning it". The News Minute. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  13. ↑ Gupta, Reena. "Wake up to children's exposure to pesticides". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  14. ↑ "India Does Not Test For Feared Carcinogen In Food". NewsClick. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  15. ↑ "National Capital battles pollution; Is politics costing Delhi its clean air? - India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia". www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  16. ↑ "To tackle air pollution, devise concrete, measurable time-bound targets". Hindustan Times. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  17. ↑ Gupta, Reena. "A mother's appeal: Pollution in Delhi is not just an elite concern". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  18. ↑ "Reena Gupta Blog". Times of India Blog. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  19. ↑ "Hey Virat, do your bit to eliminate single-use plastic… maybe carry your own bottle to the dressing room". The Indian Express. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  20. ↑ "To tackle air pollution, devise concrete, measurable time-bound targets". Hindustan Times. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  21. ↑ Bureau, BW Online. "Delhi One Step Closer To Data On Real-time Pollution Sources: CM Kejriwal". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  22. ↑ "Delhi notifies draft EV policy for app-based services, seeks public feedback". Hindustan Times. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  23. ↑ "Delhi: Draft policy pushes for up to 50% EVs in aggregators' fleet by 2023". Hindustan Times. 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  24. ↑ "Delhi: Draft policy pushes for up to 50% EVs in aggregators' fleet by 2023". Hindustan Times. 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  25. ↑ "Delhi govt notifies draft policy for aggregators to switch to EVs". The Indian Express. 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  26. ↑ "War Room in Delhi to Be Equipped With High-End Technology to Monitor Real-Time Pollution Data, NASA-ISRO Images of Stubble Burning: Gopal Rai". ca.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  27. ↑ "Arvind Kejriwal launches 'Green Delhi' app to redress pollution complaints". The Hindu. PTI. 2020-10-29. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-03-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  28. ↑ Sep 11, Priyangi Agarwal / Updated; 2021; Ist, 00:46. "25k complaints on Green Delhi app in a year | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ↑ "Delhi Govt launches Advanced Green War Room and Green Delhi App to address 10 types of pollution". ANI News. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  30. ↑ "'Green war room' set up to monitor pollution in the capital". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  31. ↑ "Delhi launches plan for war on pollution". Hindustan Times. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  32. ↑ Mar 7, TNN / Updated; 2022; Ist, 09:01. "Delhi: On Raahgiri Day, Burari residents shun vehicles to promote fitness | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ↑ "Government to transform 1,000 parks adding world-class facilities". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  34. ↑ Pioneer, The. "DDC to upgrade Capital's neighbourhood parks, gardens". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  35. ↑ Nov 28, TNN / Updated; 2021; Ist, 07:35. "Urban farming expo in Delhi to teach latest trends | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  36. ↑ "Sisodia inaugurates Smart Urban Farming Expo". The Week. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  37. ↑ Cities, C40 (2021-12-14). "A 'Letter to Nature' in Delhi". Medium. Retrieved 2022-03-15.

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