Our Vision
One million young climate champions.
Young people equipped with the awareness, knowledge, agency, and opportunities to contribute to climate action in their schools, communities, institutions, and future professions.
Create
Speak
About Purple Umbrella
Young minds. Bold ideas. A better planet.
We help children move from climate awareness to participation, from participation to innovation, and from innovation to leadership.
The Foundation
Building a generation of climate champions.
Purple Umbrella Foundation is a Section 8 not-for-profit company dedicated to advancing climate action through education, public engagement, youth innovation, and storytelling.
Our Mission
Turning awareness into informed action.
We strengthen climate education, youth participation, and public engagement through innovative programmes, institutional partnerships, and creative platforms.
How We Create Change
Five connected pillars
Each pillar supports the next, creating a clear pathway from climate awareness to confident, youth-led action.
Climate Education
Building climate literacy through structured learning experiences.
Public Engagement
Creating opportunities for participation, dialogue, and wider climate awareness.
Youth Innovation
Supporting young people as they develop practical ideas and solutions for a sustainable future.
Storytelling & Culture
Using creativity, arts, film, theatre, and culture to make climate conversations engaging and inspiring.
Partnerships & Collaboration
Working with schools, universities, governments, institutions, industry, and civil society to create lasting impact.
Flagship · Purple Umbrella Festival
Knowledge · PICS
Campaign · Climate Promise
Neeraj Kumar
Festival Director
A Message From The Festival Director
Empowering young minds to shape a sustainable future.
Climate change is shaping the world our children are growing up in, while Artificial Intelligence is transforming how we learn, create, solve problems, and lead. Together, they offer the next generation an extraordinary opportunity to imagine solutions that are innovative, responsible, and impactful.
At Purple Umbrella Festival, education extends far beyond the classroom. When students perform, build innovations, tell powerful stories, debate ideas, and engage with experts, they develop the confidence, creativity, empathy, collaboration, and leadership every future-ready citizen needs.
I warmly invite schools to become part of this growing movement. Together, let us nurture informed, compassionate, and solution-oriented young leaders who will not simply inherit the future, but actively shape it.
The future will not be shaped by those who wait for change, but by young minds who choose to create it.
With warm regards,
Neeraj Kumar · Purple Umbrella Festival 2026
Why Purple Umbrella Festival?
Because young minds can change the world.
More than an event, the festival combines creativity, innovation, knowledge, dialogue, and action so students can discover their potential and become changemakers in their own unique ways.
The climate challenge is real
Young people have the ideas, energy, and creativity to help shape solutions.
Young minds, big solutions
We encourage students to question the status quo and build a better tomorrow.
Beyond classrooms, beyond limits
Experiential learning builds confidence, communication, leadership, and life skills.
Connect, collaborate, create
Students learn and co-create with peers, experts, mentors, and changemakers.
Action today, a better tomorrow
Every idea, performance, innovation, and conversation moves us toward a sustainable future.
Confidence & Expression
A national platform to showcase talent and express ideas.
Knowledge & Awareness
A deeper understanding of climate change, sustainability, and the SDGs.
21st Century Skills
Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, and problem-solving.
Innovation & Creativity
Encouragement to develop ideas and bring practical solutions to life.
Leadership & Responsibility
Empathy and responsibility for people, communities, and the planet.
Recognition & Growth
National recognition and opportunities to learn from experts and peers.
Our Journey
From a powerful beginning to a bigger national movement.
The inaugural edition demonstrated what becomes possible when young people are trusted with meaningful opportunities. In 2026, the platform grows in reach, depth, and ambition.
The Impact We Created
The 2025 festival sparked a movement.
Held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, the inaugural edition brought together children, educators, experts, and changemakers in a national celebration of climate action, creativity, innovation, and leadership.
750+
Schools
3,500+
Students
100,000+
Children reached
5
Experiences
Festival 2026
Six national experiences. One powerful movement.
The 2026 edition connects Artificial Intelligence and climate action while giving students many pathways to perform, question, build, film, speak, and thrive.
Theatre for Climate
Climate & Heritage Quiz
Climate Innovation
Short Film & Documentary
Climate Talks
Climate, Health & Mental Well-being
People Behind The Movement
