NMML Invites You to Public Lectures Series "Science, Society and Nature", Feb-Dec 2013

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

 Public Lectures Series

Science, Society and Nature

 

 

All lectures will be held in the Seminar Room at 3.00 pm.

 

 

S. No.		Day and Date		Speaker		Title
1.		Monday 11 February, 2013		Prof. Kathleen Morrison, University of Chicago, USA.		'Human face of the land: Why the past matters for India's environmental future'
2.		Wednesday 13 March, 2013		Prof. J. Srinivasan, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.		'How should India deal with climate change?'
3.		Monday 22 April, 2013		Prof. Deepak Kumar, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.		'Science, religion and society: Snippets from colonial India'
4.		Wednesday 1 May, 2013		Prof. R. Sukumar, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.		'Elephants, empire and ecology in ancient India: Reflections for modern-day conservation'
5.		Wednesday 22 May, 2013		Prof. Vishvajit Pandya, Dhirubhai Ambai Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ahmedabad.		'In Terra Nullius: The legacies of science and colonialism in the Andaman Islands'
6.		Friday 24 May, 2013		Dr. Harini Nagendra, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bengaluru.		'The challenge of collective action: Ecological restoration by people in forests and cities'
7.		Wednesday 17  July, 2013		Prof. Madhav  Gadgil, Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar Road, Pune.		'Democracy and ecology in contemporary India'
8.		Wednesday 24  July, 2013		Dr.  Sindhu Radhakrishna, National Institute of Advanced Studies,  Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.		'Rethinking animal-human boundaries: Musings of a primatologist'
9.		Wednesday 31 July, 2013		Dr. Kartik Shanker, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.		'Wagging the dog: The use and abuse of science in marine conservation in Orissa'
10.		Wednesday 7 August, 2013		Prof. Ambuj Sagar, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.		'Knowledge and decision-making in the climate arena: National and international dimensions'
11.		Wednesday 14 August, 2013		Dr. Ullas Karanth, Director for Science-Asia Wildlife Conservation Society and Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru.		'Rescuing nature from growth and equity'
12.		Wednesday 21 August, 2013		Dr. Sagari R. Ramdas, Anthra, Secunderabad.		'Contested landscapes and livelihoods: Interfaces and insights on forests, fields and grasslands'
13.		Wednesday 4  September, 2013		Prof. E. Somanathan, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi.		'Economics and the crisis of ecology'
14.		Wednesday 11 September, 2013		Prof. Shiv Vishwanathan, O.P. Jindal global University, Sonipat, Haryana.		'Impending battles: Science and democracy'
15.		Wednesday 18 September, 2013		Dr. Aditi Mukherji Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute, New Delhi.		'An Evergreen Revolution in eastern India: Are we on the right track?'
16.		Wednesday 9 October, 2013		Prof C.R. Babu, School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi.		'Conservation of nature: A strategy for human endurance'
17.		Wednesday 30  October, 2013		Dr. Aparajita Datta, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore.		'Conservation challenges in Northeast India: Science, policy, tribal rights and development'
18.		Wednesday 6 November, 2013		Dr. Rinki Sarkar, Independent Researcher and Economist, New Delhi.		'Endangered landscapes, unperturbed response: Socio–ecological concerns in the Western Himalayas'
19.		Wednesday 13 November,   2013		Dr. M. Rajeevan, Ministry of Earth Sciences , Prithvi Bhavan , Lodi Road, IMD Campus, New Delhi.		'The changing monsoon and its manifold implications'
20.		Wednesday 20 November, 2013		Prof. Jayanta Bandopadhyaya, Former Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.		'Water future  of South Asia: The option for advancing ecological engineering'
21.		Wednesday 27 November, 2013		Prof. Harsh K. Gupta National Disaster Management Authority, NDMA Bhavan, A-1, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi.		'Earthquakes: How to cope with them'
22.		Wednesday 4 December, 2013		Dr. Pradip Prabhu, Barefoot Academy of Governance, Thane District, Maharashtra.		'Decolonizing the forest: The new challenges'
23.		Wednesday 18 December, 2013		Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bengaluru.		'DNA studies and evolutionary history: Why species survival is more than a game of numbers'

 

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