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Nair is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Sustainability<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Agenda Council for Sustainability 2012-2014|url=http://www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-governance-sustainability-2012-2014|publisher=World Economic Forum|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> and has argued at numerous forums including the WEF, APEC<ref>{{cite web|title=National Center for APEC|url=http://www.ncapec.org/media/photos/ceosummit/FutureFlash.html|publisher=APEC|accessdate=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232607/http://www.ncapec.org/media/photos/ceosummit/FutureFlash.html|archive-date=26 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and OECD<ref>{{cite web|title=Speakers - OECD|url=http://www.oecd.org/forum/speakers/|publisher=OECD|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> about the need for radical reform of the current economic model and strict limits on consumption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/symposium-2014/news/interview-with-chandran-nair|title=Global Economic Symposium|last=|first=|date=|work=Interview with Chandran Nair|publisher=Global Economic Symposium|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> Nair was previously Chairman of ] (ERM), building the company to be the leading environmental consultancy in Asia Pacific. He left in March 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chandran Nair|url=http://mbaalum.ust.hk/doc/Chandran_NAIR_Bio.pdf|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> Nair is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Sustainability<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Agenda Council for Sustainability 2012-2014|url=http://www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-governance-sustainability-2012-2014|publisher=World Economic Forum|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> and has argued at numerous forums including the WEF, APEC<ref>{{cite web|title=National Center for APEC|url=http://www.ncapec.org/media/photos/ceosummit/FutureFlash.html|publisher=APEC|accessdate=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232607/http://www.ncapec.org/media/photos/ceosummit/FutureFlash.html|archive-date=26 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and OECD<ref>{{cite web|title=Speakers - OECD|url=http://www.oecd.org/forum/speakers/|publisher=OECD|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> about the need for radical reform of the current economic model and strict limits on consumption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/symposium-2014/news/interview-with-chandran-nair|title=Global Economic Symposium|last=|first=|date=|work=Interview with Chandran Nair|publisher=Global Economic Symposium|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> Nair was previously Chairman of ] (ERM), building the company to be the leading environmental consultancy in Asia Pacific. He left in March 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chandran Nair|url=http://mbaalum.ust.hk/doc/Chandran_NAIR_Bio.pdf|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref>


Nair is a frequent contributor to various media outlets including ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=We should stop talking of an Asian century|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6c33db86-6781-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2zfmKWI6b|work=The Financial Times|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=Why is the west seen as the greatest threat? From Asia, the answer's clear|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/06/us-greatest-threat-to-peace-asia-survey|work=The Guardian|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=If Asia wants to prosper, don't listen to the IMF|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chandran-nair/asia-prosper-imf_b_4817711.html|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> ,].<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=Focusing Science on the Damage|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/opinion/focusing-science-on-the-damage-of-fossil-fuel.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> and ]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Chandran Nair|url=https://www.scmp.com/author/chandran-nair|access-date=2021-11-30|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>He is the author of ''Consumptionomics: Asia's role in reshaping capitalism and saving the planet'', named one of the top ten books of 2011 by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theglobalist.com/the-globalists-top-books-of-2011/|title=The Globalist's Top Books of 2011 - The Globalist|date=22 December 2011|publisher=}}</ref> In 2018 he published ''The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://global-inst.com/the-sustainable-state/|title=The Sustainable State|date=9 October 2018}}</ref> Nair is a frequent contributor to various media outlets including ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=We should stop talking of an Asian century|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6c33db86-6781-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2zfmKWI6b|work=The Financial Times|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=Why is the west seen as the greatest threat? From Asia, the answer's clear|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/06/us-greatest-threat-to-peace-asia-survey|work=The Guardian|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=If Asia wants to prosper, don't listen to the IMF|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chandran-nair/asia-prosper-imf_b_4817711.html|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> ,].<ref>{{cite web|last=Nair|first=Chandran|title=Focusing Science on the Damage|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/opinion/focusing-science-on-the-damage-of-fossil-fuel.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> and ]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Chandran Nair|url=https://www.scmp.com/author/chandran-nair|access-date=2021-11-30|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> He is the author of ''Consumptionomics: Asia's role in reshaping capitalism and saving the planet'', named one of the top ten books of 2011 by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theglobalist.com/the-globalists-top-books-of-2011/|title=The Globalist's Top Books of 2011 - The Globalist|date=22 December 2011|publisher=}}</ref> In 2018 he published ''The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://global-inst.com/the-sustainable-state/|title=The Sustainable State|date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

In August 26 2021, Nair wrote an op-ed to Time Magazine accused Nicole Kidman using her "]" in HK to avoid being quarantind when filming the Amazon Prime Video series titled "]". However, his claim was quickly dismantled by Hong Kong authorities, responded that the quarantine exemption was granted for the purpose of performing designated professional work and necessary operation of Hong Kong’s economy,<ref name="hongkongfp_20210819_nicole">{{Cite web|last=Kwan|first=Rhoda|date=August 19, 2021|title=Hong Kong exempts actor Nicole Kidman from Covid quarantine as Amazon's 'tone-deaf' expat TV shows see backlash|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/08/19/hong-kong-exempts-actor-nicole-kidman-from-covid-quarantine-as-amazons-tone-deaf-expat-tv-shows-see-backlash/|website=Hong Kong Free Press}}</ref> said that the claim of“white privilege” is not only just misplaced but absurd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Letters to Editors/Op-ed - Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco|url=https://www.hketony.gov.hk/letters-to-editors.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.hketony.gov.hk|quote="Chandran Nair’s article “Quarantine, What Quarantine? Nicole Kidman, Expats and White Privilege” (posted on August 26) regarding a recent decision to provide a quarantine exemption to personnel involved in the production of a TV series contains assertions that are groundless and speculative."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Letter to TIME|url=https://www.hketony.gov.hk/letters/083121.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>

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Chandran Nair at the World Economic Forum at Davos 2012

Chandran Nair is a Malaysian businessman and founder of The Global Institute for Tomorrow, an independent think-tank based in Hong Kong. He is also Project Director for The Other Hundred, an international photography competition and photo-book project.

Background

Nair was born in Malaysia, the seventh of eight children. His parents were immigrants to Malaysia from India, and not well off, with all the children sharing a room. He studied chemical engineering in the UK, where he then worked for a few years. At 28, he joined the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, building sanitation and water systems by day on a stipend and playing the saxophone in his free time in a band. He later earned a masters in environmental engineering from Bangkok.

Career

Nair is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Sustainability and has argued at numerous forums including the WEF, APEC and OECD about the need for radical reform of the current economic model and strict limits on consumption. Nair was previously Chairman of Environmental Resources Management (ERM), building the company to be the leading environmental consultancy in Asia Pacific. He left in March 2004.

Nair is a frequent contributor to various media outlets including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post ,The New York Times. and South China Morning Post. He is the author of Consumptionomics: Asia's role in reshaping capitalism and saving the planet, named one of the top ten books of 2011 by The Globalist. In 2018 he published The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society.

References

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  4. Up close & personal with Founder of Gift and author Chandran Nair, The Star (Malaysia), 21 May 2011
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  11. Nair, Chandran. "Why is the west seen as the greatest threat? From Asia, the answer's clear". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  12. Nair, Chandran. "If Asia wants to prosper, don't listen to the IMF". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  13. Nair, Chandran. "Focusing Science on the Damage". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  14. "Chandran Nair". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
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  16. "The Sustainable State". 9 October 2018.
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