Lucknow :

City girl Yugratna Srivastava, the first Indian child to make it to the junior board of Tunza, a United Nations Environment protection program, and represent Asia and pacific region is all set to participate in the International conference of parties organized in Paris from November 30 to December 11.

Yugratna, a student of Btech at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, has done remarkable work for creating a sustainable environment; she uses social media as an effective tool to add people in the noble job. She has also delivered rousing speeches in and outside India about the inevitable need of spreading awareness about environmental issues and ways to tackle it. The aim of Tunza Junior board is to build ecological sensitivity, equip members of the society to tackle local environmental issues and make people aware about the preservation of bio-diversity.

Yugratna, an alumnus of St Fidelis College, has participated in several International conferences and talked about the importance of environment preservation as also her ideas to take the issue forward. “Deposit Green Gold to Enrich Oxy Bank,” a slogan launched by her in Nairobi stirred the social media for a long time.

During her visit to France this year, she will also give a representation in United Nation foundation on December 7 and at the Unesco Headquarters in Paris the next day

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / November 19th, 2015