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Sunita Narain, the noted enviornmentalist and Padma Shri recipient will address the webinar hosted by IIT Madras on the Republic Day.
As the patriotic fervour will reverberate across the nation, Sunita Narain who is also the Director General of Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi will speak at the webinar on ‘Gandhi and Cities: Challenges of Affordable and Sustainable Growth’
Sunita Narain to speak at great webinar of IIT M
Dr. Sunita Narain has also served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change.
Recently, Sunita Narain has been appointed as a member of One Health Global Leaders Group on Anti-microbial Resistance which reports to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The webinar where environmentalist Sunitha Narain would address the gathering is a part of SIDDHI webinar series which has a Gandhian theme.
Further information about the event is available at ‘siddhi.iitm.ac.in.’
The webinar, scheduled for 11 am, 26th January 2021, is open to the public.
Those interested can register using the following link – https://tinyurl.com/siddhi-26jan
Professor Raghunathan Rengaswamy, dean (global engagement) at IIT Madras speaking about the seminar said the Siddhi webinar series hosted by IIT M is proud to feature an eminent speaker like Sunita Narain.
The theme of on which eminent speaker Sunita Narain would speak is sustainable, affordable and inclusive growth of cities.
This is of relevance to all of us, particularly given the massive urbanization that is occurring in India.
‘We hope that the attendees gain an authentic and unique perspective on this topic by participating in this webinar,’ said Professor Raghunathan.
Professor Sudhir Chella Rajan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, IIT Madras, will moderate the webinar.
Students, teachers, Policymakers, Think tanks, government officials, civil society, researchers, the general public, and research groups are expected to benefit from this lecture where Sunita Narain would be speaking.
SIDDHI is a collaborative endeavour with faculty, researchers and students involved in projects sponsored by Government of India under SPARC, VAJRA and socially relevant projects approved by the Government of India such as Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and New India Internship.
SIDDHI is expanded into ‘Self-reliant India: Discussions and Dialogues for Humane Innovations’ and SIDDHI webinar series focuses on themes like socially relevant technologies, technology for self reliance and technology and rural development.
Sunita Narain has been with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) since 1982.
Sunita Narain is currently the director general of CSE with which she has been associated since 1982.
The noted environmentalist is also the editor of fortnightly magazine ‘Down to Earth.’
She is a writer who uses knowledge for change. The year 2005 was a special moment for Sunita Narain as she turned proud recipient of Padma Shri.
The good work done by the CSE director general has won recognition from various sources. Her work in connection with rainwater harvesting won Sunita Narain World Water Prize.
There is more to it than meets the eye as far as Sunita Narain is concerned.
Sunita Narain also chaired Tiger Task Force at the direction of Prime Minister with an objective of evolving an action plan for conservation in the country after the loss of tigers in Sariska.
Sunita Narain was a member of Prime Minister’s Council for Climate Change as well as National Ganga River Basin Authority.
Sunita Narain was a co-researcher when she began her work in early part of 1980s. She began working the along with Anil Agarwal who was also a noted enviromentalist.
About IIT Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’
The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.
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The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.
IITM is a residential institute with more than 580 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here. IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.