NCESS is organizing a National Workshop on Western Ghats – Evolution and Environmental Issues for delineating critical gaps in the geo-environmental knowledge base on Western Ghats and to plan for more focused research on natural resource management.
The workshop proposes to have lead lectures relevant to four themes such as (i) Evolution of Western Ghats, (ii) Western Ghats- A climate regulator, (iii) Ecosystem dynamics and (iv) Environmental management. In addition, it is also proposed to have presentations and poster sessions under the above themes. The workshop is scheduled at NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram on January 1 & 2, 2016.
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Invited Speakers:
Dr. V. K Dadhwal, Director, National Remote Sensing Centre
Dr. S. Sinha Roy, Dy Director General (Rtd), Geological Survey of Inda
Dr. N. P Kurian, Director (Rtd), NCESS
Dr. M. Sekhar, Professor, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, IISc
Dr. Kusala Rajendran, Professor, Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc
Dr. S. K Singh, Professor, Physical Research Laboratory
Dr. M. Radhakrishna, Professor, IIT, Mumbai
Dr. Sukanta Roy, Project Director, Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory
Dr. Pankaj Jaiswal, Superintending Geologist, Geological Survey of India
Dr. Paras. R Pujari, Principal Scientist, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
Dr. Prasanta Patro, Principal Scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute
Dr. A. P Pradeep Kumar, Head, Dept of Geology, University of Kerala
Dr. S. Muralidas, Scientist (Rtd), NCESS
Mr. John Mathai, Scientist G, NCESS
Dr. D Padmalal, Scientist F, NCESS
Dr. Suresh Goswami, Scientist, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting