OUR SEMINARS - WORKSHOPS - CONFERENCES

2016

• 2016, January 18, “ Urban Mobility System in Contemporary Kolkata: A Sustainable and Inclusive  Transitions Perspective” delivered by Ms. Bipashyee Ghosh,  Doctoral Researcher, SPRU-Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK at Global Change Programme,  Jadavpur University.

• 2016, March 04, “ What India can Learn from History of Environmental Progress?” delivered by Dr. Michael Shellenberger, Founder & President, Environmental Progress, USA at The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

2015

• 2015, January 6, ‘Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Cognitive Functioning at 2 years: Impact on Maternal Stress and Neighbourhood Quality’ delivered by Dr. DebanjanaChatterjee, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota at Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.
• 2015, February 2, ‘Chaos and non-linear analysis in Physical, biological and Social Science with Special Reference to Econophysics’ delivered by Prof. DipakGhosh, UGC Emeritus Fellow, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University at Global change Programme, Jadavpur University.
• 2015, March 9, GCP- JU held IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Dissemination Workshop at The Oberoi Grand organised by Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University in collaboration with West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal, supported by Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
• 2015, March 30, GCP-JU collaborated with the Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University to organize the National Workshop on Green Accounting: Theories and Practices” at Teqip Building, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
• 2015, September 30, “ Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh: Politics of Knowledge, Development and Ecological Change” delivered by Ms. Kasia Paprocki, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, Cornell University at Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.

2014

• 2014, February 26th , “Climate Change Issues Related to – New Approaches to Climate Equity in the International Arena, Building Cooperation between India and the US on the Climate Change, Development-first Approaches to Climate Action, Exploring Approaches to ‘Loss and Damage’ from Climate Change ” delivered by Mr. David Waskow, Director of the World Resources Institute’s International Climate Action Signature Initiatives.
• 2014, March 25th , “ Historical Atmospheric Black Carbon: Implications For Climate Change Modelling and Assessment” delivered by Dr. SayantanSarkar, Research Affiliate, Wordsworth Center, New York State department of Health, USA and Adjunct Research Scientist, Atmospheric Science Research Center, State University of New York- Albany, USA
• 2014, March 27th, GCP-JU organized a workshop on “Accounting for Ecosystem Services: Theories and Practices” in collaboration with CAS-Department of Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
• 2014, May 5th -8th, GCP-JU jointly organised an international workshop on “Accounting for Ecosystem Services: Theory and Practice” with TIFAC and IIASA.
• 2014, September 2, ‘Pumpless Transport of Liquids: From Atmospheric Water Harvesting to Personalised Healthcare’ delivered by Dr. RanjanGanguly, Associate Professor, Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, at Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.
• 2014, September 15, ‘Indian Power Sector: Status and Challenges’ delivered by Dr. AmitavaDatta, Professor, Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, at Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.
• 2014, October 30 – November 1, GCP- JU held training programme on ‘ Environmental Fiscal Reforms: International Experiences and Relevance for India’ at TEQIP building jointly organised by Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University in collaboration with Centre of Excellence, Madras School of Economics, funded by Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change, Government of India.

2014, November 5, ‘Indian Power Sector: Implications of Low Carbon Future’ delivered by Mr. Lars Beke, Exchange student of Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University Form Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, University of Technology, Eindhoven at Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.

2013

• 2013, January 8 - 9, GCP – JU organized an inception workshop on ‘Coastal Ecosystem and Changing Economic Activities: Challenges for Sustainability Transition along Chinese and South Asian Coasts’ with financial support from Asia Pacific Network (APN)

• 2013, January 10 - 11, GCP – JU participated in the kick –off conference under ‘Indo – European Multilevel Climate Governance Research Network’ held at New Delhi with financial support from the same.

• 2013, February 11 – 14, GCP – JU organized sector - specific consultative workshops to find out the best energy – efficient measures for each sector namely industry, transport, waste management, building, energy and water under the Project ‘The Economics of a Low Carbon Kolkata (Mini-stern)’ undertaken as a part of ‘Ten Climate Smart City Programme’ with financial assistance from Centre for Low Carbon Futures, University of Leeds; University of York and Stockholm Environment Institute.

• 2013, March 5,GCP – JU organized an interactive talk session on’ Your Dinner Could Save the Planet: How Local Food Systems Can Keep the Poison Out of Your Plate and Address the Current Environmental Crises’ delivered by  Aparajita Sengupta, Ph.D, Co-Founder, Smell of the Earth,  a community for applicable sustainable measures, at Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.

• 2013, April 9, GCP – JU organized a lecture session on'Household Carbon Footprint from Road Transport Use in Kolkata City' delivered by Mitali Das Gupta, Post- Doctoral Fellow, Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.

• 2013, July 12, GCP – JU organized a lecture session on “Equity in Climate Change: Is ICAO an ‘appropriate forum’ for negotiations?” delivered by Nupur Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University.

• 2013, October 24-25, GCP-JU organized a workshop on “Climate Change statistics” was arranged by Global change Programme Jadavpur University in collaboration with Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implimentation (MOSPI), CSO Social statistics division, New Delhi, at anita Banerjee Memorial Hall, UG Arts Building, JU.

• 2013, November 11th -15th, GCP-JU organized an international workshop named “International workshop on sustainability impact of experiments Kolkata” collaboration with WOTRO-NOW at Peerless Inn, Kolkata.

• 2013, November 19th , 2013, GCP-JU organized final launch of the report “The Economics of a Low Carbon Kolkata” at The Park Hotel, Kolkata. The project was collaboration between Global Change Programme-Jadavpur University and the University of Leeds, with support from the Centre for Low Carbon Futures and the British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata.

• 2013, November 20th-22nd, GCP-JU organized an international workshop on “Conceptualizing Multilevel Governance in Transition Process Towards Low Carbon Growth” in collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin, VU University Amsterdam, Pondicherry University Pondicherry and TERI University New Delhi at Pride Hotel, Kolkata.

• 2013, November 25th, GCP-JU organized a lecture session on “An Assessment of Carbon Reduction Policy Options in India- A CGE Modeling Approach” delivered by Dr. Barun Dev Paul, Assistant Professor, Centre for Economic Studies & Policies, Institute for Social and Economic Change.

2013, December 11th, 2013, GCP-JU organized a lecture session on “Sustainable Construction” delivered by Mr. R.Nand Kumar, Head-Corporate Communication, ACC Limited

2012

• 2012, January 9, “Does Competition Improve Public School Efficiency? A Spatial Analysis” & “Opportunities to research on the emerging area of Family Business” delivered by Dr. Kaustav Misra, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Saginaw Valley State University, United States.

• 2012, January 11, as a part of the dissemination programme of GCP-JU, it had supported a UGC-sponsored seminar on “Access to Safe Water: Socio-economic and Technological Challenges in Arsenic Affected Areas of Murshidabad” at Kandi Raj College, Murshidabad. Regarding the same, affiliation of GCP-JU was sought and GCP-JU provided affiliation through knowledge support and subject resource persons to the seminar.

• 2012, February 24, "Lifestyles and Carbon Footprint: The case of Kolkata city" delivered by Dr. Mitali Das Gupta, Post- Doctoral Fellow, Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University.

• 2012, March 2-3, International Conference on ‘Resource and Environmental Economics: A Review of Theory and Practice’ sponsored by Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, JU in association with Global Change Programme- JU.

• 2012, May 4, GCP - JU held dissemination workshop on ‘Vulnerability of Home Garden Eco-Systems to Climate Change and Its Impacts on Food Security in South Asia’ (project undertaken with financial assistance from Asia- Pacific Network for Global Change Research) for the villagers at Midnapore in collaboration with Vidyasagar University.

• 2012, November 29, GCP –JU held a conference on ‘The Economics of a Low Carbon Kolkata (Mini-stern)’ at Bengal Club, Kolkata (project undertaken as a part of  ‘Ten Climate Smart City Programme’ with financial assistance from Centre for Low Carbon Futures, University of Leeds; University of York and Stockholm Environment Institute).

 

2012, December 17, GCP - JU conducted a dissemination workshop at Dhapdhapi High School, Baruipur on ‘Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation (ECAR)’s Pilot Scale Field trial October 2012 to January 2013 with financial support from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), University of Berkeley, California.

2011

• 2011, January 9-11, International Conference on “Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Asia at Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organized by APN; University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur; The Research Council of Norway; Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, and the Jadavpur University, India.

• 2011, February 4, Interactive Workshop on “Climate Smart Initiative@ Rotary: Empowering Citizens” (for school children on how to calculate carbon sequestering capacity of trees), organized in cooperation with Rotary International and My Chlorophyll.

• 2011, March 22- 24, “IPCC Expert Meeting on Human Settlements and Infrastucture”, organized in collaboration with IPCC Working Group II & III.

• 2011, June 1, “Exclusion - Economist's Perspective to Revisit Concerns of Development Practitioners” delivered by Dr. Sajjad Zohir, Coordinator, International Growth Centre’s Bangladesh Country Programme, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• 2011, June 15 – 16, 2nd Progress Review Meeting onAPN PROJECT: “Vulnerability of Home Garden Eco-Systems to Climate Change and Its Impacts on Food Security in South Asia at the Peerless Inn, Kolkata, India.

• 2011, August 9 & July 28, “Radioactivity and Carbon Dating” delivered by Professor Deepak Ghosh, Former Professor, Department of Physics and Former Dean, Faculty of Science and Coordinator, Nuclear & Particle Physics Research, Jadavpur University.

• 2011, August 26, “Quantum Ideas of Rabindranath, Satyendranath & Einstein” delivered by Professor Deepak Ghosh, Former Professor, Department of Physics and Former Dean, Faculty of Science and Coordinator, Nuclear & particle Physics Research, Jadavpur University.

• 2011, September 6, “India- IIASA Programme: Leveraging Collaboration for Scientific Research and Capac.ity Building” delivered by Dr. Sangeeta Bakshi, Scientist – TIFAC, India – IIASA Programme from DST, Government of India.

• 2011, December 27, Presentation on the Masters level course in Innovations Sciences in the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands to interested JU students as well as discussion regarding mutual  research interests and potential collaboration both for research and education, including student exchange between the two institutes. The talk was delivered by Prof. Johan Schot, Programme Leader in Innovation Sciences, the Technical University of Eindhoven.

2011, December 28 – 29, Conference on “Subversive Niches: Tracking Mobility Studies and Transitions in India and Bangladesh” sponsored by the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands and the University of Burdwan, West Bengal.

2010

• 2010, May 19, Climate SMART Workshop, Climate Smart Initiative organized in cooperation with Low Carbon Futures, British Council and My Chlorophyll

2010, October 29, “Iron and Steel Sectoral Approaches to the Mitigation of Climate Change: Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) in India” organized in cooperation with Civil Engineering Department – IIT Delhi supported by Climate Strategies, UK

2009

• 2009, February 9, “North Bengal CDM Elephant Corridor Reforestation Viability Study”, jointly organized with IISC Bangalore.

• 2009, March 19, “Low Carbon Growth Path”, jointly organized with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA.

• 2009, June 3, “International Sectoral Approaches and Agreement: Case Studies of Steel Sector in India and Japan” jointly organized with Climate Strategies, UK

• 2009 June 5, " Climate Responsible Lifestyle Initiative - 2009" jointly organized with Rotary Club of Belvedere gardens, Calcutta

• 2009, June 10, “Issue Arsenic: Sustaining Technological Solution for Human Wellbeing” jointly organized with Berkeley Arsenic Alleviation Group (BAAG)

• 2009, June 29, “Climate Change Adaptation in West Bengal: Scoping Study”, jointly organized with World Bank.

• 2009, August 13, “Building Energy Stimulation Software Installation & Awareness Workshop”, jointly organized with USAID, BEE, ECO III, School of Illumination Science and Engineering, JU.

• 2009, August 21, “Carbon Sequestration by Plantation, Carbon Footprint, Certification, Risk Assessment and Responsible Procurement”, jointly organized with Regional Centre, National Afforestation Eco-Development Board, JU

2009, October 15 & 16; “Visioning Exercise and Poster Designing Workshop for Climate Change Leaders” jointly organized with Lead India, Delhi.

2008

1. 2008, International Workshop of Research into Use (RIU) funded by DFID – UK on “Eating Safe Food from Street Vendors of South Asian Cities”.

2.  2008, May 31st, GCP-JU organized Dissemination Workshop on SANDEE Research Projects in Collaboration with Centre for Rural and Cryogenic Technologies, Jadavpur University on:

• “Can Tourism be a Vehicle for Conservation? – An Investigation from the Mangrove Forest of the Indian Sunderbans”
• “Buxa Tiger: An Institutional Quest – Probing for Low Participation in Biodiversity Conservation Programme”