Urban Lakes as Ecological, Cultural and Public Spaces

For More Details and Registrations contact:

Divya Ravindranath or Bhargavi S. Rao, Environment Support Group, 1572, 36th Cross, Ring Road, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560070

Tel:91-80-26713559/60/61

Email bhargavi@esgindia.org/divyarrs@esgindia.org Website: www.esgindia.org

Lalbagh requires all Participants to pay the entrance fee of RS.10/- at the gates


Agenda

9.30 am: Registration

10.00 am:
Welcome: Ms. Bhargavi S. Rao, Coordinator (Education)/Trustee, Environment Support Group

10.10 am:
Keynote Address: Justice Santosh Hegde, Hon. Lokayukta and formerly Judge of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India

10.35 am:
Morning Session

Introductory Comments by Chairperson Dr. D. S. Ravindran, Indian Forest Service


10.40 am:  Dr. Esha Shah, Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK on “A Historical Anthropology of Tank Irrigation Technology in South India”

11.10 am:  Dr. S. Subramanya, Ornithologist and Wetland Specialist, and Professor, University of Agricultural Sciences, on “Structure and Ecology of Lakes with special emphasis on sustainable management practices”

11.40 am: Ms. Nandini Chami, Research Associate, Environment Support Group, on “Current Status of Lakes in Bangalore”

12.10 am:
Open Discussion and Closing remarks of the Chair

1.00 pm:
Lunch

1.45 pm:
Afternoon Session

Introductory Comments by Chair Mr. Ravi Joshi, Resident Editor (Karnataka), The New Indian Express

1.50 pm: Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principal Investigator – Rain Water Harvesting and Executive Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology on “Criticality of Lakes in building Water Security of Bangalore”

2.20 pm: Mr. Sunil Dutt Yadav, Advocate, High Court of Karnataka on “Policy and Legal Frameworks for Sustainable Protection of Lakes”

2.50 pm: Open Discussion and Closing remarks of the Chair

3.30 pm
: Concluding Session

Concluding Remarks by Mr. A. T. Ramaswamy, formerly Chairman of the Joint House Committee of Karnataka Legislature on Encroachment of Government Lands in Bangalore City/Urban District

Vote of Thanks

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