Session Plan for the 16th May Seminar - Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihood

Tentative Session Plan for the 16th May Seminar on “Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihood” 

Objective:  The proposed  seminar is envisaged to inform and be informed on the issues of GHG emission, climate change adaptation programmes.  

The day-long seminar will also explore policy, research and operational issues for short and long term perspectives, especially the areas where livelihood of poor people are affected. 

Venue: Amitava Dey Memorial Hall, 4th Floor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University

Organisers:  Self Help Group Promotional Forum along with Centre for Distributed Computing, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Jadavpur University and  Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Kolkata Chapter.

Co-organisers: IISW&BM, All India Harijan Sevak Sangh (founded by Gandhiji in 1932), Howrah Chamber of Commerce,  CARITAS, Loka Kalyan Parishad, SPADE, SEED - Kolkata, BRWAS - Magrahat, BCC - Bagnan, CVGBK - Namkhana, BTS - Kultali, CDHI - Jalpaiguri, RDA - Midnapur, Samikshan - Haldia, PUPA - Sagar, EcoYes Technologies – Kharagpur,  etc.

Expected Participants: Government officials, Students and teachers of schools, colleges & Universities, NGO representatives, media persons, community members and individuals.   (about 70)

Speakers / Resource Persons:  The Chairman West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Director IIEST, Director JBNSTS, Jadavpur University, BIT-M, IIT Kharagpur,  IISWBM, IIM Calcutta, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalay, etc.  

Time & Particulars / topic Speakers

9:30 Registration

10:00 Welcome Address Prof. Chandan Majumdar, JU

10:15 Objective of the Workshop Tarun Debnath

10:30 Presentation on "present and past climate change scenarios and its implication in agriculture over Eastern India" Prof. L Das, BCKV

11:00 Climate Change and Women Swati Bhattacharya, renowned journalist

11:20 Presentation on “cost-effective construction technology and climate change” Sri Nilanjan Sengupta, Secretariat Member, FOSET.

11:50 Presentation on  Changes in Sagar island Shri Shantanu Gayan, Head Master, Dhablat Lakshan Parabesh High School, Sagar

12:10 Address Prof. Ajay Ray, Director, IIEST, Shibpur

12:40 Address Prof. Maitree Bhattacharya. Director, JBNSTS

13:00 Address Prof. Kalyan Rudra, Chairman, WBPCB

13:30 Open Session Anchored by Prof. K M Agrwal, IISW&BM and Mr. Dilip Ghosh, IAS (retd), member WB Finance Commission

14:00 Wrap Up and take away Prof. Sankar Sanyal, President All India Harijan Sevak Sangh  and Prof. Radha Tamal Goswami, Director, BIT-M Kolkata Campus 

Note: if required, Open Session and Wrap up session may be taken up after lunch

Contact

1.    Mr. Saradindu Banerjee, 

09830048725; bsaradindu@gmail.com - SHGPF

2.    Prof. Abhijit Kundu, 

09007060549; abhijitkundu47@gmail.com – BITM, Kolkata

3.    Mr. Subhasish Debnath, 

08582949275; subhadebnath@gmail.com - SPADE