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Agenda
19.01.2009
Opening
Ceremony
3.00 PM to 5.00
PM – Kanakakunnu Place
20.01.2009
General
Session
(Global
Warming – Causes & Concerns)
9.30 AM to
12.30 PM – Travancore Hall, Technopark
Programme for the Bamboo Working Group
9.30 AM to 12.30 PM – Club House, Technopark
Technical Sessions
Technical
Session-I
(Natural
Resource with special reference to Forests in Western
Ghats)
1.30 PM to
6.00 PM - Travancore Hall, Technopark
Parallel
Technical
Session-II
(Bamboo:
A Global Cooling
Agent)
1.30 PM to
6.00 PM - Club Hall, Technopark
Parallel
Technical
Session-III
(Transport)
1.30
PM to 6.00 PM - Malabar Hall, Technopark
Parallel
Technical
Session-IV
(Energy,
Industry and Carbon
Economics)
1.30 PM to
6.00 PM - Exhibition Hall,
Technopark
21.01.2009
Plenary
Session
9.30 AM to
11.30 AM - Travancore Hall, Technopark
Valedictory
Function
11.50 AM to
1.00 PM - Travancore Hall, Technopark
OPENING
CEREMONY
| Day 1 |
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19th January 2009
(Monday) |
| Time |
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3.00 PM to 5.00
PM |
| Place |
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Kanakakkunnu Palace,
Thiruvananthapuram. |
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| Welcome Address |
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Shri. P. K. Mohanty IAS
Principal
Secretary, Forests & Wildlife Department,
Kerala. |
| Inaugural Address
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Shri. Binoy Viswam
Hon’ble
Minister for Forest & Housing,
Kerala |
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Presidential
Address
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Shri. V. Sivankutty
Member of
Legislative Assembly |
| Key Note Address |
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Prof.
Prabhat Patnaik
Vice-Chairman, State Planning Board,
Kerala |
| Felicitations |
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1. |
Padma
Shri O.N.V Kurup |
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2. |
Shri. C. Jayan Babu
Worshipful
Mayor, Thruvananthapuram. |
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3. |
Shri. Panniyan Raveendran
Member
of Parliament |
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4. |
Shri. Anavoor Nagappan
District
Panchayath President |
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5. |
Shri.
T. J. Anjalose
Chairman, Plantation Corporation of Kerala
Ltd. |
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6. |
Shri.
E. K. Vijayan
Chairman, Kerala Forest Development
Corporation Ltd. |
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7. |
Shri. C. K.
Viswanathan
Secretary, Environment
Department and Chairman Rehabilitation Plantation
Ltd. |
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Vote
of Thanks |
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Shri. V. K. Sinha
Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of
Forests, Kerala |
GENERAL SESSION
Global Warming – Causes &
Concerns
Day 2
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20th
January 2009
(Tuesday) |
Time |
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9:30
AM to 12:30
PM |
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Venue
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: |
Travancore
Hall.
Technopark |
Chairperson
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Dr. P. M. Rajan Gurukkal,
Vice
Chancellor,
Mahatma Gandhi
University |
Co-chairperson |
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Shri. V. K. Sinha IFS,
Addl
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Kerala
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Speakers
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09.30
09.45
10.00
10.15
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1.
Role of Forests on Climate Change mitigation in
India
Ms. Hari Priya,
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
2.
Global warming and climate change in
India during the recent
hundred
years
Dr. P. V.
Joseph
Emeritus
Professor, School of Atmospheric
Science
Cochin
University of
Science
&
Technology,
Cochin
3.
Climate change - causes and
concerns
Dr. Brahmanand
Mohanty
Regional
Adviser for Asia, French
Environment and
Energy Management
Agency.
4.
Hydro-climatic variability of wet and dry spells
across India
Dr. Nityanand Singh,
Head
Climatology & Hydrometeorology Division Indian
Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. |
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10.30
– 10.45 |
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Tea
Break |
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10.45
11.00
11.15
11.30
11.45
12.00
12.15
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5.
Climate Variability over Kerala during 1901-2007
Dr. D. R. Kothawale and Dr. H.
P. Borgoankar,
Indian Institute of
Tropical Meteorology, Pune.
6.
Carbon Financing – a perspective from KfW Carbon
Fund
Prof. Usha Rao,
Project Manager – South Asia, KFW Carbon Fund.
7.
Environmental Jurisprudence
Dr.
N. Leela Krishnan and Dr. M.C. Valsan
8.
Impact of Climatic Changes on Bio-diversity.
Dr. V. S. Vijayan,
Chairman, Kerala State Bio-diversity Board.
9.
Gain maximization for a few Vs Risk minimization
for all: Choice that society will have to make
to survive this century
Dr. Sagar Dhara,
U. N.
Consultant on Climate Change.
10.
Dr. K. Ramachandran Nair
Member, Planning Board, Kerala
11.
Environment and Power Transmission
Shri. Sanjeev Singh and Dr.
R.K. Srivastav,
Power Grid Corporation
of India Ltd.
Discussion and concluding
remarks by
Chairperson |
12:30 PM –
01:30 PM |
LUNCH |
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PROGRAMME FOR THE
BAMBOO WORKING GROUP
Day 2
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20th
January 2009 (Tuesday) |
Time
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09.30
AM to 02.30 PM |
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Place |
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Club
House, Technopark |
Sensitization Programme
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Speakers |
09.30
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1. An Introduction to Bamboo
Dr. S. Sankar,
Scientist,
Kerala Forest
Research
Institute, PeechI |
10.30-10.45
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Tea Break |
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10.45
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2. Bamboo resource development – Species and
Opportunities for cultivation
Dr. K. K.
Seethalakshmi,
KFRI,
Peechi.
3. Demonstration of Propagation techniques for
bamboo
Shri. V.P. Raveendran,
KFRI,
Peechi |
Inaugural Session
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01.30
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Invocation |
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Welcome Address
Lighting of lamp & Inaugural
Address
Presidential Address
Special
Address
Vote of Thanks
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01.35
01.40
01.55
02.10
02.25 |
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Dr. K. V. Sankaran,
Director, KFRI, Peechi
Shri. Mullakara Ratnakaran,
Hon’ble
Minister for Agriculture, Kerala
Shri. P. K. Mohanty,
Principal Secretary, Forests and Wildlife Dept &
Chairman, Kerala Bamboo Mission, Govt. of Kerala
Shri. C. P. John,
President, Centre for Cane and Bamboo
Dr. K. K. Seethalakshmi,
Coordinator, Bamboo Technical Support Group, KFRI,
Peechi.
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TECHNICAL SESSION - I
Natural Resource with special
reference to Forests in Western
Ghats
Day 2
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20th
January 2009
(Tuesday) |
Time |
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01.30
PM to 06.00 PM
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Place |
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Travancore
Hall, Technopark
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Chairperson
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Shri. Jagdish Kiswan
IFS
Director
General, Indian Council for Forestry Research and
Education,
Dehra
Dun |
Co-Chairperson |
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Shri. K. K. Srivastava IFS
Addl.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Kerala
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Speakers
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01.30
01.50
02.10
02.30
02.50 |
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1.
Climate Change and forests in
India with special
reference to
Western
Ghats.
Prof. N.H. Ravindranath, Indian
Institute of Science,
Bangalore.
2.
Climate change impacts on
Sundarbans
Shri. A. K. Raha
IFS
Principal
Chief Conservator of Forests,
West
Bengal.
3.
Carbon for People –developing a case for
CFM communities in Andhra
Pradesh
Shri. P. Raghuveer
IFS,
Chief
Conservator of Forests, Andhra
Pradesh.
4.
Forest Management
Strategies for carbon
management functions
in context of Climate
Change
Dr. S. K. Khanduri
IFS
Director, Environment Management
Agency, Kerala
5.
Implications and resolution of effects of climate
change
Dr.
Mehar Singh IFS,
CCF Kerala
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03.10
- 03.30 |
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Tea
Break |
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03.30
03.50
04.10
04.30
04.50
05.10
05.30 |
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6.
Forest Productivity under elevated
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Dr. Jose Kallarackal, Kerala Forest
Research Institute, Peechi
7.
FORESTRY – “A Magic Answer” for
GLOBAL WARMING ?
Dr. T. P.
Sasikumar
Scientist,
Department of Space,
Secunderabad
8.
Greening of
Kerala
Shri. K. K. Srivastava IFS and Shri.
K. J. Varghese IFS,
Kerala
9.
Forest Management in
a Changing
Climate
Shri R. P. Sharma IFS, PCCF and
Dr. B.S. Corrie IFS, CCF
Kerala
10.
NABARD’s initiatives in promoting forestry
projects for mitigating
climate
change
Dr. M. S. Haque, General Manager,
Forestry,National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ,
Mumbai
11.
Adaptation & Mitigation Initiative to the
Challenges of Global Warming
Shri. R.N Jha
IFS,
Conservator of Forests, Uttarakhand
Discussion
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PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION - II
Bamboo: A Global Cooling
Agent
Day
2 |
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20th
January 2009
(Tuesday) |
Time |
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02.30
PM to 06.00 PM
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Place |
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Club
House, Technopark
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Chairperson |
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Shri. P.K. Mohanty IAS,
Principal
Secretary,
Kerala Forests
&
Wildlife. |
Co-Chairperson |
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Dr. K. V. Sankaran,
Director, Kerala
Forest Research
Institute, Peechi |
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Speakers |
02.30
02.45
03.00
03.15
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1.
Recent
Developments in the bamboo sector in
India
Dr. K. K. Seethalakshmi, KFRI, Peechi.
2.
Carbon
credit and bamboo
Dr. Kamesh
Salam
Director,
Cane & Bamboo Technology Centre,
Guwahati.
3.
Carbon
sequestration potentials of
bamboo
Dr. M. Balagopalan,
KFRI,
Peechi.
4.
Bamboo
Resources, People and the
Environment
Dr. V. Sivaram & Smt. Anita.
M
Department of
Botany,
Bangalore
University
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03.30-
03.45 |
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Tea
Break |
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03.45
04.00
04.15
04.30
04.45
05.00
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5.
Bamboo
processing machineries and new
generation products
with bamboo
M.R. Anil Kumar, Bamboo Corporation,
Angamali.
7.
Properties
of bamboo and Opportunities for value
addition
Dr. T. K.
Dhamodaran, KFRI,
Peechi.
8.
Achievements
& challenges in micro-propagation of
bamboo
Dr. E. M. Muralidharan, KFRI,
Peechi.
9.
Status
of bamboo plantations and constraints in
commercial cultivation
Dr. R. C. Pandalai, KFRI,
Peechi.
10. Cluster
development of bamboo artisans and farmers – a
promise
for livelihood
improvement
Dr. S. Sankar, KFRI,
Peechi.
Discussion
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PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION -
III
Transport
Day 2
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20th
January 2009
(Tuesday) |
Time |
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01.30
PM to 06.00 PM
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Place |
: |
Malabar
Hall, Technopark
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Chairperson |
: |
Shri. M. N.
Prasad
Former
Chairman, Railway
Board,
India |
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Co-Chairperson |
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Shri. Amarnatha Shetty
IFS
Managing
Director, Kerala Forest Development Corporation
Ltd. |
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Speakers |
01.30
01.50
02.10
02.40
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1.
Dr. E. P.
Yesodharan
Principal
Secretary, Science and Technology, Kerala and Exe.
Vice President of
Kerala
State Council
for Science, Technology &
Environment.
2.
Shri. K. R. Jyothilal
IAS
Secretary,
Transport, Government of Kerala.
3.
Global Warming and its impact on Transport
sector
Commodore R. M.
Nair
Former
member (Technical), Inland Waterways Authority of
India.
4.
Economic Recession & Climate
Change
Dr. G.
Ravikumar
Head,
Extension Service Division,
NATPAC. |
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03.10-
03.30 |
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Tea
Break |
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03.30
03.50
04.10
04.30
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5.
Development of Alternate Fuels for
Automobiles
Prof. B. Anil
College of
Engineering,
Thiruvananthapuram.
6.
Reduction of pollution created by
Automobiles
Prof. U. Prakash & V. R. Sabu
Sree
Chithra
Thirunal
College of
Engineering.
7.
Impact of Climate Change on Kerala
ports
Capt. S. Vijayan Pillai
Director,
Ports, Government of Kerala
Discussion
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PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION -
IV
Energy, Industry and Carbon Economics
Day 2
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20th
January 2009
(Tuesday) |
Time |
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01.30
PM to 06.00 PM
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Place |
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Exhibition
Hall, Technopark
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Chairperson |
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Shri. L. Radhakrishnan IAS,
Secretary,
Power, Government of Kerala.
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Co-Chairperson |
: |
Dr. B. Shivaraju
IFS
Managing
Director, Rehabilitation Plantation Ltd.
Punalur. |
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Speakers |
01.30
01.50
02.10
02.30
02.50
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1.
Energy and
Environment
Prof. M.
K. Prasad,
Exec-Chairman
& Director, Information Kerala
Mission.
2.
Solar Energy, the future
energy source
Prof. R. V. G.
Menon,
Former Director, Integrated Rural
Technology Centre, Palakkad.
3.
Industrial Energy
Conservation
Shri. K. M. Dharesan Unnithan,
Director,
Energy Management Centre.
4.
Green
building
Shri. S.
Ragupathy, Head
CII-Green Business Centre,
Hyderabad
5.
Energy and Health Hazards
in Domestic Sector
Shri. C.R. Soman
Former
Head of Bio-chemistry & Nutrition,
Medical
College. |
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03.10
- 03.30 |
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Tea
Break |
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03.30
03.50
04.10
04.30
04.50
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6.
Multipurpose small Hydro
Power
Shri. V. K. Damodaran
7.
Understanding the impact of Climate
Change –a
need of the hour
Shri. C. K.
Rajan
Cochin
University of
Science
& Technology,
Cochin
8.
Global Warming from Chemical/Textile
Industries and its
management
Shri. Niroj
Mohanty, Carbon
X Solutions,
Hyderabad
9.
Shri. Jayaprasad S.D.
Member Secretary,
Kerala State Pollution Control
Board.
Discussion
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PLENARY
SESSION
Day 3
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21st
January 2009
(Wednesday) |
Time |
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09:30
AM to 11:30 AM
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Place |
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Travancore
Hall, Technopark
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Chairperson |
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Shri. P. K. Mohanty
IAS,
Principal
Secretary, Forest and
Wildlife Department,
Kerala |
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Special Address by |
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Dr. Vandana Shiva |
Panel
Members
09.30
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1.
Shri. R. P.
Sharma IFS
Principal
Chief Conservator of Forests (D&P),
Kerala.
2.
Shri. T. M. Manoharan IFS
Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests, Kerala
3.
Dr. E. P. Yesodharan
Executive,
Vice President,
Kerala
State Council for
Science, Technology &
Environment.
4.
Dr. K. V. Sankaran,
Director,
KFRI, Peechi.
5.
One representative of each
Technical Session
Presentation of Report by
each session
representative |
10.20
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Discussion and Workshop
Recommendations |
11:15 –
11:30 |
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Tea
Break |
VALEDICTORY FUNCTION
Day 3
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21st
January 2009
(Wednesday) |
Time |
: |
11.50
AM to 1:00 PM
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Place |
: |
Travancore
Hall, Technopark
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National
Anthem |
Welcome
Speech |
: |
Shri. P. K. Mohanty
IAS,
Principal
Secretary, Forest and
Wildlife Department, Govt. of Kerala
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Presentation of report of
Workshop |
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Shri. T.
M. Manoharan IFS
Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests,
Kerala. |
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Address
by special guest |
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Dr. Vandana Shiva |
Presidential
Address |
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Shri.
Binoy Viswam,
Hon’ble Minister for
Forests & Housing,
Kerala |
Address by Chief
Guest |
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His Excellency Shri. R.S. Gavai
Governor of
Kerala |
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Vote of Thanks
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Shri. Lakhwinder Singh
Chief Conservator of Forests, Kerala. |
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National
Anthem |
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Time:
1.00
PM – 2:00
PM |
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LUNCH |
Time:
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
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Field Visit to Neyyar
Sanctuary.
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