Workshop Schedule

Developing an actionable approach to Carbon Neutrality
Date: 11 October 2022
Venue: IME Seminar room, IIT Kanpur

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Time

Activity  

9:00-9:15

Registration  

9:15-9:20

Welcome by Ashish Garg

9:20-9.30

Address by the Director, IIT Kanpur

9:30-10:00

Context setting: Pravin Bhagwat  Day’s programme: Rajeev Jindal

10:00-10:30

High Tea

Session-I

Cities’ Plans and Experiences (Chair: Dr. Nitin Pandit)

10:30-10:45

Presentation by Ms Poonam Mehta: “Carbon Neutrality initiatives in Pune Division: Collaboration and Exploration”  

10:45-11:00

Presentation by Kanpur City Admin, Mr. Shiva Sharanappa (IAS), Municipal Commissioner, Kanpur

11:00-11:15

Smart microgrid rural pilot, Ankush Sharma, IITK  

11:15-11:30

Experience in MP (Vivek Porwal, MP Government)

11:30-11:45

“Zero Carbon Emission for Small & Marginal Farmers:A Practical approach”  presentation by Anant Chaturvedi Vikalp (Start up), Kanpur

11:45-12:00

Tea break

12:00-13:00

Discussion

13:00-14:00

Break

Session-II

Ecological and Socio-economic aspects (Chair: Alexander Hogeveen Rutter, ISA)

14:00-14:15

Pradip Swarnakar - IITK (Just transition)

14:15-14:30

Environment-development trade-offs at different scales: Bejoy Thomas - IISER
(Socio-economic aspects)

14:30-14:45

Ajay Phatak - Social-Ecological perspective on Netzero

14:45-15:00

Deepak Kumar, IFS - Ecology and carbon sequestration  

15:00-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:45

Tea break

Session-III

Creating an actionable approach (Chair: Dr. Rajeev Jindal)

15:45-16:30

Presentations by Industry partners - Infosys, ENPRO etc.
Presentation on IITK data Capture - Deepika
Presentation on Carbon calculator (SPRIH)
(Carbon emitters - data capture, Carbon footprint - calculation
Carbon footprint reduction (Usage optimization, Clean technology implementation, Sequestration), Solution, challenges and how to create a balance between technology-ecology-socioeconomic factors)

16:30-17:15

Discussion on way forward (Pravin Bhagwat and Ashish Garg) -IIT Kanpur
-Carbon footprint reduction in Pune and Kanpur

17:15-17:30

Wrapup and Takeaways (Pravin Bhagwat and Ashish Garg)