27 Facts About Licypriya Kangujam

Licypriya Kangujam has been regarded as India's Greta Thunberg, though she does not like the usage of this term.

On 21 June 2019, inspired by Greta Thunberg, Licypriya Kangujam started spending a week outside the Indian parliament House to draw the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pass a climate change law in India.

Licypriya Kangujam was born on 2 October 2011 in Bashikhong, Manipur, India, the eldest daughter of Kanarjit Kangujam and Bidyarani Devi Kangujam Ongbi, in a family of Meitei ethnicity.

In 2018, Licypriya Kangujam attended a UN disaster conference in Mongolia along with her father.

Licypriya Kangujam donated her savings of Rupees 100,000 to the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan on 24 August 2018 to help the child victims of the massive 2018 Kerala floods.

Licypriya Kangujam felt her small contribution would help make a difference during a tough time.

Licypriya Kangujam spoke on climate change along with Angolan President Joao Lourenco, Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Malawi President Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, First Lady of Angola Ana Dias Lourenco, First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Denis Mukwege, UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, Deputy Prime Minister of Guinea Francois Lonseny Fall and culture ministers of Africa.

On 4 October 2019, Licypriya Kangujam brought out a symbolic device called SUKIFU to curb air pollution.

Licypriya Kangujam launched it in front of the Punjab and Haryana Legislative Assembly House.

Licypriya Kangujam drew the attention of the leaders to find urgent solutions to address the crisis of air pollution in the Delhi and National Capital Region.

Licypriya Kangujam added that although the project is inspired by the air pollution in Delhi, she doesn't want its message to only be about the environment.

Licypriya Kangujam developed the model with the support of Chandan Ghosh, professor at Indian Institute of Technology Jammu.

On 21 October 2019, Licypriya Kangujam started the "Great October March 2019" at India Gate, New Delhi with thousands of her supporters.

Licypriya Kangujam spoke at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, urging world leaders to act now on climate change.

In 2020, Licypriya Kangujam published a letter to the participants at the World Economic Forum with activists Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, Isabelle Axelsson, and Loukina Tille, calling on companies, banks and governments to immediately stop subsidizing fossil fuels.

Licypriya Kangujam addressed global gatherings on Earth Day 2020 at Washington, DC, United States.

Licypriya Kangujam was featured with 50 other global leaders, influencers, celebrities, athletes and musicians, including Pope Francis, Sylvia Earle, Denis Hayes, Bill McKibben, Global Advisory Committee Member Albert II, Alexandria Villasenor, Al Gore, Patricia Espinosa, Christiana Figueres, Michelle Dilhara, Jerome Foster II, John Kerry, Thomas Lovejoy, Ed Begley Jr.

Licypriya Kangujam addressed TEDx talks six times by the time she was nine years old.

Licypriya Kangujam has been campaigning to make lessons in climate change mandatory in schools, and in response the government of the Indian state of Gujarat has included climate change in school education.

Licypriya Kangujam was given a round of applause before being removed from the session by security personnel.

Licypriya Kangujam was honored with the title "Rising Star" by the Earth Day Network headquarters based in Washington, DC.

Licypriya Kangujam received the "Global Child Prodigy Award 2020" on 3 January 2020 in New Delhi, presented by Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry Kiran Bedi.

Kanarjit Licypriya Kangujam known as Dr KK Singh was arrested in a joint operation with Manipur Police in connection with a fraud case.

Licypriya Kangujam allegedly defrauded individuals and organizations of over 19 lakh and falsely claimed affiliation with the UNESCO Youth Foundation, a claim later denied by the UNESCO.

In September 2019, news circulated that Licypriya Kangujam had received the "World Childern Peace Prize 2019" from Sydney-based Global Peace Index, presented by Charles Allen, Executive Director of the Institute for Economics and Peace, during a ceremony in the Maldives.

Since the outbreak of the Kuki-Meitei conflict in Manipur on 3 May 2023, Licypriya Kangujam has been accused by some of supporting the Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei organization.

Licypriya Kangujam provided boots and jackets to AT volunteers on the same day.