Leading content creator Prajakta Koli becomes UNDP India's First Youth Climate Champion

NEW DELHI: Young Indians are today become the leading voice to make the world more sustainable.


Leading content creator and actor, Prajakta Koli, who embraces the moniker MostlySane, has become the first United Nations Development Programme India Youth Climate Champion.

Upon being selected as the first India Youth Champion, an elated

Prajakta

says, "I am extremely humbled and honoured to have been entitled with this unique responsibility to champion a cause that is close to my heart. Apart from producing and participating in conversations about climate change, the young girl who has a connect with millions of Indians, understands that, "youth need to be torchbearers of revolution" to achieve a common shared goal of an empowered future.

Koli, a youth icon, has been extensively known for her long-standing contribution towards mental health, women rights and socially relevant youth-centric issues through various global social campaigns.

In 2021, Prajakta joined Google.org to aid grants to non-profits addressing economic inequities faced by women and girls alongside Shakira, Amanda Gorman,

Naomi Osaka

.

In 2019, She participated in Unite, a 24-live streamathon to promote education amongst children, when she was seen alongside

George Bush

,

Bill Clinton

, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts. The same year she was also invited by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for their annual Goalkeepers Summit.

A year before that, she was seen in WhatsApp’s first ever TVC which addressed the importance of not spreading fake news. Apart from this, she is known for being an active campaigner, tackling issues such as body shaming and online bullying with “Shameless” as part of her campaign #iPledgeToBeMe which she launched on World Mental Health Day in 2016.