GAABESU
SUSTAINABLE INDIA
A virtual Conference consisting of 2 back-to-back Webinars
Jointly Organized by GAABESU and ADI ASSOCIATES FOUNDATION, USA
January 28 & 29, 2022, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. IST
Following the success of the first two Global Sustainability Conferences held in January 2020 & 2021, GAABESU & ADI Associates Foundation USA jointly organized “Sustainable India”, a virtual Conference consisting of 2 webinars that were held on January 28 and 29, 2022. The overall Theme of the Conference was “Sustainability related to Basic Human Needs in the Indian context: Power, Water, Food and the Environment”. For Day 1 the Session Theme was “Sustainability, Climate Change and its Implications for India in the aftermath of COP26, the Glasgow Global Climate Summit”, and for Day 2 the Session Theme was “Seeking Answers for a Sustainable Future Life - Empowering Young Activists in India for the Way Forward”. The webinars were held using the Zoom videoconferencing platform and they were recorded, to be made available on YouTube.
The Conference Brochure and the 2-Day Agenda covering the webinars, can be downloaded here
The video recording for the January 28 webinar can be watched here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rESEZUpOthk
The video recording for the January 29 webinar can be watched herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qRCaTiNzZk
Themes:
SUSTAINABILITY RELATED TO BASIC HUMAN NEEDS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT – POWER, WATER, FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
SESSION – I: Friday, January 28, 2022 – 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM IST
Session Theme: Sustainability, Climate Change and its Implications for India in the aftermath of COP26, the Glasgow Global Climate Summit.
Anchor: Partha Majumder
6:00-6:10: Welcome with Opening Invocation from Rabindranath Tagore
[by Prof. Arup Sengupta, USA (videotaped)]
Anjana Ganguly Roy, President GAABESU and Dr. Arup Bhattacharyya, 5I Foundation.
6:10-6:15: Inaugural poem “Neon Trees”:
Poetess Iona Mandal, U.K. (videotaped)
6:15-6.35: Keynote Address: Energy, Water and Climate Change: UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), COP26 and the Implications for India: Speaker Mr. Sudhangsu Chakraborty
6.35–6.55: Clean and Affordable Energy: From Fossil Fuels to Renewables – “Phasing Down Coal” and the Role of Renewables in the Indian Energy mix: Speaker Dr. Santipada Gonchaudhuri
6.55-7:15: Empowering Young Entrepreneurs towards future Sustainable Solutions of Energy
and Drinking water: Speaker Mr. Solomon Jones
7.15-7.35: Water Management and Use for Rural and Urban Life: Current Initiatives and Future Issues in a Water-stressed India: Speaker Prof. Anirban Gupta, IIEST
7:35-7:55: Climate Change and the Changing Coastline of Bengal:
Speaker Dr. Kalyan Rudra, Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board &
Member, Sundarbans Development Board
7:55-8:00: Wrap-Up: Dr. Prabir Neogi
SESSION – II: Saturday, January 29, 2022 – 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM IST
Session Theme: Seeking Answers for a Sustainable Future Life - Empowering Young Activists in India for the Way Forward
Anchors: Dr. Deepanjana Adak, IIEST Shibpur; Prof. Rumana Parveen, Dinhata College, Calcutta University.
6.00- 6:10 P.M.: Opening Remarks for the Session by Dr. Prabir Neogi,
Opening Invocation from: Rabindranath Tagore by Prof. Arup Sengupta, USA (videotaped)
6:10-6:25: Opening Address: Future Sustainable Life in India: Challenges and Opportunities for the Younger Generations - Prof: Chirosree Pramanik, IIEST Shibpur
Follow-up Q&A Exchanges: 5 minutes
6:30-7:30: PLENARY PANEL SESSION:
Session Moderator: Dr. Deepanjana Adak
P 1 –Potable Water Crisis – Dr. Somnath Adak, IIT Kharagpur
P 2 – Solutions to Energy Crisis – Dr. Silajit Manna, IIEST Shibpur
P 3 – Alternative Sustainable Technology – Dr. Amitav Sarkar, Calcutta University
P 4 – Sustainable Urbanism – Dr. Sumana Roy, IIT Roorkee
P 5. Anthropological Influence to Climate Change - Diptangshu Sarkar, IIT Kharagpur
7:30 -7:40: Synthesis and Conclusions – Moderator 10 min.
7:40 -7:45: POEM “The Amazon Is Burning”: Poetess Iona Mandal, U.K. (videotaped)
7:45-8:00 PM: Wrap-up and Closing:
Concluding Remarks & Recognition: Dr. Arup Bhattacharyya & Anjana Ganguly Roy
