Mr. Gurmit Singh is an environmentalist, social activist and engineer. He is the Chairman of CETDEM. Prior to becoming Chairman, he was the Centre’s Executive Director from June 1985 to December 2006. He was appointed as Director of CETDEM’s think tank SUDI in Aug. 2011.

He is also an Adviser with the Environmental Protection Society, Malaysia, and till 15 Sept. 2012 was Regional Coordinator of Climate Action Network, Southeast Asia (CANSEA).
For his dedicated work, the Malaysian Government awarded Gurmit the distinguished Langkawi Award in 1993 and the Sustainable Consumer Award in 2008. He also garnered an Honorary M.Sc. from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2000. more...