National Seminar on

“Global Climate Change: Issues & Challenges for India”

5^th June 2007,

To Commemorate World Environment Day,

Organized by

West Bengal Pollution Control Board,

Indian Chamber of Commerce

and

Jadavpur University.

Programme Schedule

Inaugural Session:

·        Shri  Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of West Bengal,

·        Prof. A. N. Basu; Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board,

·        Shri Harsh K. Jha, Senior Vice President, Indian Chamber of Commerce,

·        Prof. S. Datta, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University,

·        Shri M. L. Meena, Secretary, Department of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal.

·        Shri Sailen Sarkar, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge, Parliamentary Affairs & Department of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal.,

·        Shri Debal Ray, Member Secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control Board,

·        Shri Sanjay Budhia, Vice President, Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Activities:

·        Release of Campaign Report and Air Quality CD;

·        Release of Climate Change Poster and Questionnaire for Industry Survey on Business Opportunities & Risks of Climate Change;

Technical Session

Presentation 1: Dr Prodipto Ghosh (Secretary to the Govt. Of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests): “National Preparedness in Front of the Major and Inevitable Adversity”. 

Presentation 2: Dr Surya Sethi (Principal Advisor – Energy; Planning Commission, Govt. of India): “India’s Strategy in Climate Mitigation”. 

Presentation 3: Dr. P. K. Aggarwal (Division of Environmental Sciences, IARI): “Climate Change: Implications for Indian Agriculture”. 

Presentation 4: Prof. Joyashree Roy (Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata): “Climate Change: The Cost Society Pays for Choice of A Development Pathway". 

Presentation 5: Dr K. Krishna Kumar (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology – Pune): “Climate Scenarios for India”.