Chandrakanta Kesavan Lecture Series

Lecture Series 20
Mr. Chaitanya Gade, Head of Sustainability Monitoring and Evaluation at Govardhan Eco Village
Title: "Exploring Sustainable Solutions: The Symbiotic Recycling Model of Govardhan Eco Village"
16th April 2024 (Tuesday), 05:30-06:30 PM, LH-14. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 19
Mr. Pawan Joshi, Senior Manager, Tata Motors, Pune, India
Title: "My experiences with the Automobile Industry"
09th April 2024 (Tuesday), 05:30-06:30 PM, Online. Poster Link


Lecture Series 18
Dr. Rodion Stepanov, Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Perm, Russia
Title: "WRF simulations of mid-latitude atmospheric waves"
04th April 2024 (Thursday), 05:15-06:15 PM, LH-14. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 17
Dr. Rohan Shetty, Postdoctoral Scientist Lat Faculty of Science UJEP
Title: "Vegetation response to Climate Change in the sub-arctic, alpine and tropical environments: Current projects and future ideas for research and development of sustainable landscapes"
19th March 2024 (Tuesday), 05:30 PM, LH-13. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 16
Mr. Sanjay Khare, Executive Advisor-Sustainability ,Skoda-Volkswagen India
Title: "Sustainability-Beyond Greening to Conscious Capitalism , a 30 Trillion $ opportunity"
14th March 2024 (Thursday), 05:30 PM, LH-08. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 15
Dr. Satyam Sahay, INAE & John Deere Fellow
Title: "Technology Led Sustainability Solutions for Precision Agriculture"
12th March 2024 (Tuesday), 05:30 PM, LH-13. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 14
Dr. Pramod Pandey, Distinguished Professor, and Specialist in environmental modeling and sensing, RenewableEnergy, and GHG emission control at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UNCAR)
Title: "Implementation of Innovative Sustainable Technologies for Methane Emission Reductions and Mitigating Unintended Environmental Impacts in California"
28th February 2024 (Wednesday), 02:00 PM, Conference Room, 102, Ground Floor, National Aerosol Facility. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 13
Mr. Rajendra Bhattarai, President of Clean Water Strategies, Austin, Texas
Title:"Strass: The First Net Energy Positive Wastewater Treatment Plant in the world"
15th February 2024 (Thursday), 05:00 PM, Lecture Hall-8. Poster Link | Picture Link


Lecture Series 12
Dr. V. Balaji
Distinguished Fellow, Schmidt Futures
Title: "Climate Models: Whence they came, where they're going and why you should trust them" 30 Oct 2023 (Monday), 4:00 PM, L-17. Poster Link |  Picture Link


Lecture Series 11
Shri Sanjay Dubey, IAS
Principal Secretary, Department of Energy and Renewable and New Energy, Government of Madhya Pradesh
Title: "India's Energy Transition: Challenges and Way Forward" 04 Sep 2023 (Monday), 6:15 PM, L-17. Poster Link |  Picture Link


Lecture Series 10
Dr. Ajay A. Deshpande , Adjunct Professor, AD-CPS, IIT-Bombay
Title: "Environmental Governance: Opportunity of Synergy of Science and Law in Emerging areas of Remediation and Restoration"
22nd August 2023 (Tuesday), 5:15 PM, L-13. Poster Link |  Picture Link


Lecture Series 9
Dr. Ram Ramaswamy, Director of NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
Title: "Climate Change: Lessons from the Past for the Future Temperature and Hydrologic Impacts "
17th March 2023 (Friday), 12:00 PM, DJ-306 (Diamond Jubilee). Poster Link  | Video Link


Lecture Series 8
Mr. Rajendra Bhattarai, President of Clean Water Strategies, Austin, Texas
Title:" Austin's 100-Year Water Plan: Resilient, Reliable, and Sustainable to Address the Effects of Climate Change "
10th February 2023 (Friday), 05:00 PM, DJ-306 (Diamond Jubilee). Poster Link | Video Link


Lecture Series 7
Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Title:" In search of justice in coal transition in India "
10th February 2023 (Friday), 01:00 PM, Online. Poster Link


Lecture Series 6
Dr. Usha Iyer-Raniga, Professor, Sustainable Built Environment, RMIT University
Title:" Using circular practices to achieve the UN SDG Goal 12 "
19th January 2023 (Thursday), 11:00 AM, SEE Seminar Room. Poster Link


Lecture Series 5
Dr. Anna Agarwal, Visiting Fellow, CPR’s Initiative on Climate, Energy and Environment
Title:" Changing cooling energy demand patterns in urban households in India "
3rd November 2022 (Monday), 3:30 PM, L-13. Poster Link |  Picture Link | Video Link


Lecture Series 4
Dr. Amitabh Verma, Advisor , Aditya Birla Solar Limited
Title:" Solar PV through the lens of Industry "
12th September 2022 (Monday), 5:00 PM, L-15. Poster Link |  Picture Link


Lecture Series 3
Dr. Shibani Ghosh, Fellow, Centre for Policy Research New Delhi
Title: "Regulating air quality in India: Challenges and the way forward"
26th August 2022 (Friday), 3:00 PM, L-12. Poster Link | Video Link


Lecture Series 2
Atul Gopal, Co-founder and trustee of three schools, Peepal Tree umbrella
Title: "Ending the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) age"
6th June 2022(Monday), 2:30 PM, L-13 . Poster Link | Video Link


Lecture Series 1
Prof. Rakesh Agrawal, Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
Title:"Engineering Solutions for a Solar Economy"
Wed, 27 Apr 2022, 4:00 PM , Online. Poster Link | Video Link