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Conference on Climate Change and India

FLAME Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change, FLAME Centre for Economics & Public Policy, FLAME Centre for South and Southeast Asia Studies

ABOUT CONFERENCE

The conference is being organized by FLAME University, the pioneer of liberal education in India. The university is based in Pune and aims to impart a broad-based, liberal education that encourages students to think beyond disciplinary silos and fosters conversations on holistic and nuanced solutions to various existential challenges from climate change to pandemics.

The university has four schools: 1) School of Liberal Education, 2) School of Business, 3) School of Communication and 4) School of Fine and Performing Arts that together offer more than 300 major-minor combinations, allowing students to customize their learning to better align with their interests.

The conference is being jointly organized in particular by three centres at the university:

  1. Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change
  2. Centre for South and Southeast Asia Studies
  3. Centre for Economics & Public Policy

The mandate of the centres is to position FLAME University as the forum of choice for scientifically rigorous, politically consequential and policy-relevant discussions involving the Indian and global intelligentsia. The centres also aim to disseminate the salient insights from such discussions to the academics, think-tanks, media, policymakers, NGO’s and students.

THEME

Climate change and India: Implications for environment, policy and international politics

FLAME University is organizing the "Climate change and India: Implications for environment, policy and international politics" on December 9th and 10th, 2021. It would be conducted online given the challenging pandemic.

Impacts of climate change are intensifying rapidly than the scientists have predicted. India has its own challenges with respect to climate change. Globally, India is being looked at one of the major greenhouse gas emitters when the country wants to grow and claim its economic prowess. At the same time, altered weather patterns, threatened biodiversity and lurking danger of sea-level rise to coastal cities pose serious existential questions on the future growth plans.

Not only that, India’s relationships with other countries and political scenario at the global stage is seriously affected by climate change.

This conference aims to provide a platform for experts, practitioners, academicians, researchers and leaders to come together, express their thoughts, suggest actions and intensity the movement to alter the path of climate change. This is the first conference in its sequence, and we hope to build a sustained platform for dialogues through this conference. We also hope to witness cutting edge research being presented by young scholars and provide them with an opportunity to listen to the panel members. Following are the objectives of the conference:

  1. With respect to climate change, explore and understand issues and challenges to India
  2. International scenario about climate change, its implications on the economic scenario and India’s position
  3. National and regional initiatives to deal with climate change its impacts in India
  4. Bring forth the latest research regarding climate change by young scholars
  5. Exchange of ideas, ideation of new projects, and creation of network of climate change researchers

SCHEDULE

Dates: December 9th - 10th, 2021

DAY 1 | THURSDAY, 9TH DECEMBER 2021

9:30- 9:45 AM

Welcome Address
Dr. Dishan Kamdar (Vice-Chancellor, FLAME University)

9:45-10:00 AM

Inaugural Speech

10:00- 10:30 AM

Speeches by Centre Chairs
Dr. Roger Liu, Centre for South and Southeast Asia Studies
Dr. Prasad Pathak, Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change
Dr. Chaitanya Ravi, Centre for Economics & Public Policy

10:30- 11:30 AM

Keynote Address
Ms. Saloni Goel, Climate Change Specialist at NITI Aayog

11:30- 12:00 PM

Tea Break

12:00- 1:30 PM

Panel 1: Public Policy (India’s Climate Change Policies- National and Regional Initiatives)
Dr. Kaveri Iychettira, Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi
Dr. Aalok Khandekar, Assistant Professor, IIT Hyderabad Dr. A. Damodaran, Professor, IIM Bangalore

1:30- 2:30 PM

Lunch Break

2:30- 4:00 PM

Panel 2: Environmental Studies (Climate Change and Challenges: Is India Prepared?)
Mr. Pranab Ranjan Choudhury, Vice President, Centre for Land Governance Dr. Priyadarshani Karve, Director, Samuchit Enviro Tech
Dr. Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Krea University

4:00- 4:30 PM

Tea Break

4:30- 6:00 PM

Panel 3: International Studies (The International Politics of Climate Change: Implications for India)
Vice Admiral (Retd.) Pradeep Chauhan, Director-General, National Maritime Foundation,
New Delhi
Dr. Jagannath Panda, Research Fellow, IDSA
Dr. Swapna Pathak, Assistant Professor, Oberlin College Dr. Pradip Swarnakar, Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur

6:00- 6:15 PM

Vote of Thanks

DAY 2 | FRIDAY, 10TH DECEMBER 2021

9:30- 10:15 AM

Special Session: The ‘Saaf Water’ Project
Manikanta Chavvakula, Hrishikesh M. Bhandari, Satyam Prakash, Jay Aherkar, Sanket Marathe

10:15- 10:30 AM

Tea Break

10:30- 11:30 AM

Keynote Address
Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at the Ministry of Education, Government of India

11:30- 12:00 PM

Tea Break

12:00- 1:30 PM

Panel 1: Climate Change: Policy, Adaptation, & Education
Yamini Srikanth (Azim Premji University), “Sparking Change: The Pedagogy of the Oppressed in Environmental Education”

Pankaj Jain (FLAME University), “Climate Engineering based on Indic Philosophies”

1:30- 2:30 PM

Lunch Break

2:30- 4:00 PM

Panel 2: Climate Change Mitigation (Parallel Session)
Pranav Pandya (FLAME University), “Hyperlocal sensing with LoRaWAN Technology for Intra-surface UHI Observation in consideration to Landscape Characteristics”
Lasithamol N. L. (Central University of Kerala), “Impact of climate change on Indian agriculture: assessing agriculture policies to mitigate climate change”
Dipak Sharma (Rajiv Gandhi University), “Emerging Need to Foster Climate-Resilient
Agriculture for Ensuring Food Security in the Face of Climate Change with Special Reference to Arunachal Pradesh, India”

2:30- 4:00 PM

Panel 3: The Politics of Climate Change (Parallel Session)
Muskan Verma (Savitribai Phule Pune University), “Climate Refugee of India: Status and Future of Most Vulnerable Group”
Sakshi Venkateswaran (Medall Care Centre), “The Comparative Politics of Climate Change: India and China”
Eerishika Pankaj (Organisation for Research on China and Asia), “China’s Himalayan Power Politics: Sino-Indian Water Rivalry and what that means for the Region”
Jayanth Deshmukh (Independent Scholar), “Game Theory and Climate Change: Understanding Sino-India Policies”

4:00- 4:30 PM

Tea Break

4:30- 6:00 PM

Panel 4: Climate Change & Ecological Imperatives- I (Parallel Session)
Chancy Shah (Independent Scholar), “Climate Change effects on Urban Dynamics in Planned and Unplanned City: A Case Study of Gandhinagar & Anand City”
Vaibhav Belhekar (Savitribai Phule Pune University), “Climate Change and its impact on Hydropower Projects of Himachal Pradesh”
Nishita Narwal (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University), “Microplastics in the lotic eco- system: Variation in types and characteristics of microplastics and nanoplastics found in
riverine environments of northern India”

4:30- 6:00 PM

Panel 5: Climate Change & Ecological Imperatives- II (Parallel Session)
Roop Kishor (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology) et a. “Impact of Climate Change on Flexible Pavement: A review”
Pawan Kumar et al. (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology), “Carbon sequestration and CO2 absorption in vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) during phytoremediation study”
Neha Devi (Independent Scholar), “Assessment of Above Ground Biomass, Carbon Accumulation of Dendrocalamus strictus and Thyrsostachys oliveri”

6:00- 6:15 PM

Vote of Thanks

To attend, please visit following links.

9th December, 2021
https://flameuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_koNoaNIKSlq-qh4y4wXiHw

10th December, 2021
https://zoom.us/j/94385919981

For Parallel sessions:
https://flameuniversity.zoom.us/j/99661867768
2.30 PM to 6.30 PM
Panel 3: The Politics of Climate Change (Parallel Session)
Panel 5: Climate Change & Ecological Imperatives- II (Parallel Session)

IMPORTANT DATES

Sr. No Subject Date
1 Abstract submission October 07, 2021
2 Decision for submission of full paper October 18, 2021
3 Full paper submission November 20, 2021
4 Registration deadline
5 Conference dates Decmber 9 & 10, 2021

REGISTRATION

Climate change is a critical issue right now for everyone, who is aware of it and who is not. There is no registration fee with the hope that we will connect to larger audience of all age, gender, profession and interests and benefit from the interactions.

To register, please visit: https://www.flame.edu.in/research/resources/conferences/climate-change-and-india/conference-on-climate-change-and-india-registration

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

To submit abstract, please visit: https://www.flame.edu.in/research/resources/conferences/climate-change-and-india/abstract-submission

CONTACT US

Organizing Team
Dr. Prasad Pathak / Dr. Chaitanya Ravi / Dr. Kasturi Chatterjee

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Phone: 020-6790-6300
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