Symposium

Environmental Management
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Environmental consciousness in development strategies and governance can be traced back to almost 150 years. However, steady and noticeable environmentalism incepted in early 1970s. Over the last four decades, there have been numerous technological and ideological advancements that dot the environmental brigade. Conceptually, environmentalism is seen to experience a practical yet strange dichotomy - which is relevant till date. One arm of arguments proclaim for tight conservation and minimal interference with ecological systems. The other argument arm holds that optimising economic and industrial growth can lead to better management of environment. The dichotomy still exists and bifurcates governments, policy makers and investors. In the last 4 years, environmentalism has seen a renewed surge in its impetus and effects, particularly after the global awareness on 'climate change' gained momentum. Interestingly, most of these environmental movements and programmes have not yet focussed on the latent potential of geospatial innovation in becoming the backbone in executing environmentalism. Geospatial innovation, which refers to the latest technological advancements and research in the field of GIS, Remote Sensing and allied sciences, have ample potential to address some of the core lacunae in taking environmental management or planning forward.

This seminar is an attempt to bring together some of the leading thinkers, practitioners, managers, academicians and industry players in the ambit of environmental management and planning on one platform to deliberate and showcase particularly on operational and delivery aspects of the modern environmental movement. The particular emphasis on geospatial technologies is aimed at forming a possible bridge between the dichotomies.
Chairperson
Dr. M Anji Reddy
( IITK) PhD Professor
Environmental Science Technology Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Envoirmental Appraisal Committee, MOEF Director , JNTU Hyderabad
India
Speakers

G. Suryanarayana
Head -EQM Division & Manager
Centre for Spatial Environmental Planning Environment Protection Training & Research Institute
India

Dr. D S Mitra
Dy. General Manager (Geology)
Head, Remote Sensing & Geomatics
ONGC
India

Robert G. Cormier
Chief Pilot & Operating Officer
Bio-Carbon Systems International Inc.
Canada

Elemide Oyebola Adebola
Senior Lecturer
Federal College of Agriculture
Nigeria
Dr. Liu Shiyin
Professor, Pd. D
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Fariza Yunus
Meteorological Officer
Malaysian Meteorological Department
Malaysia
Sangeeta Deogawanka
Environmentalist
Independent Writer, Journalist and Consultant
India
Pranjit Mumar Sarma
Programme Head
Aaranyak
India
Dr. H C Mishra
IFS
APCCF (GIS)
Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
India
Arshad Amin
Research Scholar
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Rahman Md. Munsur
Professor
Institute of Water and Flood Management
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Bangladesh
Pankaj Kr Borah
Enterprise Geospatial and Defense Solution
Rolta
India
Iara Musse Felix
Business Development Director
Santiago & Cintra Consultoria
Brazil
Narendra P. Singh
Chief Manager (Remote Sensing)
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute
India

Christoph C. Borel
Research Associate Professor
Engineering Physics Air Force Institute of Technology
USA
Arunima Dasgupta
Junior Research Fellow
Space Applications Centre
ISRO
India
Rohit Goyal
Professor
Malaviya National Institute of Technology
India
Sumit Khandelwal
Assistant Professor
Malaviya National Institute of Technology
India