Climate Change: Science and Society
A conference organised by
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
in collaboration with
Liberty Institute
and in partnership with
Friedrich Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
This conference on climate change is a part of a series of similar events being organised by Liberty Institute. The concept note and background is available here.
Programme:
Day 1 : Friday, 30 March 2012
1600-1630 - Tea
1630-1700 – Inauguration (Video Here)
1700-1830 – Session 1: Climate Science
- Prof. Rajiv Sinha (IIT Kanpur) : Challenges and Priorities in Climate Change
Research: The Indian context (Video Here) - Prof. Rajesh Srivastava (IIT Kanpur) : The effect of Climate Change on Hydrologic Processes (Video Here)
- Prof. S. N. Tripathi (IIT Kanpur) : “Aerosol impact on climate change” (Video Here)
1830-1900 – Tea
1900-2030 – Session 2 : Climate Change and Health
- Prof. Rais Akhtar, (AMU Aligarh) : Climate Change and Human Health Scenario: Global and Indian Perspective (Video Here)
- Prof. Tarun Gupta (IIT Kanpur) : A Panel Study on Personal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: Assessing Seasonal Effects (Video Here)
- Prof Shagnik Dey (IIT Delhi) : Uncertainties in Connecting Climate Change with Human Health (Video Here)
2030 - Dinner
Day 2 : Saturday, 31 March 2012
900-1030 – Session 3 : Climate Change: Politics and Economics
- Mr. Barun Mitra, (Liberty Institute, New Delhi) : Indian Agriculture: Why droughts no longer turn in to famine? (Video Here)
- Prof. Sanjay K. Singh (IIM Lucknow) : Transport and Carbon Emission: An Economic Perspective (Video Here)
1030-1100 – Tea
1100-1230 – Session 4 : Climate Change: Culture and Society
- Prof. Bijoy H. Boruah (IIT Delhi) : Environmental Ethics (Video Here)
- Prof. A. K. Sharma (IIT Kanpur) : Population and Environment (Video Here)
- Dr. Ashish Chaturvedi (ASEM Delhi) : Community Based Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation: Experiences from India (Video Here)
1230-1300 – Valedictory Session
RSVP: Dr Vimal Kumar, Dept. of HSS, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Email: vk@iit.ac.in
Partner organisations
Liberty Institute
4/8 Sahyadri, Plot 5, Sector 12
Dwarka, New Delhi-110078. India
Tel: 011-28031309
Email: info@libertyinstitute.org.in
Websites: www.InDefenceofLiberty.org| www.EmpoweringIndia.org
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Regional Office, South Asia
USO House, 6 Special Institutional Area
New Delhi-110067. India
Websites: www.freiheit.org| www.southasia.fnst.org