A weekly assembly for all budding environmentalists
HELD EVERY FRIDAY | 4:30 PM IST
WEEK 01
JUNE 19, 2020
Theme:
Reshaping Environmental Conservation Approach
Key Speaker:
Ms. Gayatri Raghwa, Consultant, UNEP-India
Theme:
Conflict of Sustainability in Dehing Patkai and Dibru-Saikhowa
Key Speaker:
Mr. Aakash Upadhyay, Research Scholar, University of Delhi
Theme:
Environment around an Oil Well: Baghjan Blaze and its Consequences
Key Speaker:
Ms. Anasuya Borah, Field Researcher and Activist
Theme:
EIA 2020: Politics, Society and Environment
Key Speaker:
Mr. Azam Danish, Political Enthusiast and Researcher
Theme:
Nature-Based Tourism: The Changing Perspective
Key Speaker:
Ms. Upanita Chakraborty, Environment Enthusiast and Researcher
Key Speaker:
Ms. Shreya Raj, Master's Student, University of Delhi
Theme:
Russain Oil Spill: The Arctic Catastrophe
Key Speaker:
Ms. Harshita Asthana, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Theme:
Status of Environment Education in India
Key Speaker:
Mr. Ankur Srivastava, Research Scholar, Delhi School of Economics
Theme:
Hydropower: A Green Energy or Myth
Key Speaker:
Dr. Komal Agarwal, Assistant Professor of English, University of Delhi
Theme:
Nature, Environment and Conservation in India: What Can We Learn from Our Past?
Key Speaker:
Ms. Aakansha Jain, Research Associate at Land Rights Initiative, Centre for Policy Research
Theme:
Role of Adivasis in Environmental Regulation: Experiences from the Field
Key Speaker:
Ms. Apoorva Sharma, PhD Research Scholar, Central University of Dharamshala
Theme:
Ecocriticism: An Overview of the Theory and Praxis for the Anthropocene
WEEK 12
SEPTEMBER 04, 2020
Key Speaker:
Mr. Lakshyayog, UGC Research Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
Theme:
Urban Environment And Social Justice: An Urban Political Ecological Perspective
WEEK 13
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Key Speaker:
Dr. Anindita S. Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor of Geography,
University of Delhi
Theme:
The Impact of Urbanisation on Groundwater
WEEK 14
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Key Speaker:
Mr. Md. Arif Husain, Research Scholar, Department of Geography,
University of Delhi
Theme:
Insights into the Cold Desert Environment in the Indian Himalaya
WEEK 15
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Key Speaker:
Mr. Ankit, UGC Senior Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi.
Theme:
Phytoremediation: A Green and Clean Technology for Environmental
Clean-Up
#COCKATOOATHOME
An initiative by Harithkram to take a stand on Gandhiji's vision of clean India.
Theme:
Cockatoo at home: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Key Speaker:
Dr. Prachi Singh, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Delhi.
Theme:
Biochar - A Sustainable Material for the Environment:
Fundamentals and Applications
Key Speaker:
Ms. Harshita Asthana, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Theme:
Environmental Psychology: Reinventing The Human-Nature Relationship
Key Speaker:
Dr. Avijit Sahay, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay
Theme:
Ostrom Framework and Social-Ecological Systems
Key Speaker:
Dr. Ruchi Shree, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bihar
Theme:
Politicising Water: Perspectives, Issues and Actors
WEEK 21
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 ( 3:30 PM ONWARDS )
Key Speaker:
Mr. Piyush Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Centre For Policy Studies, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Theme:
Building Urban Resilience: Contested Meanings, Strategies and Policies
WEEK 22
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
#COCKATOOATHOME
An initiative by Harithkram to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali.
Theme:
Cockatoo at home: Diwali Celebration
WEEK 23
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Key Speaker:
Ms. Anshika Srivastava, Independent Consultant, Initiative for Climate Action
Theme:
Today's Air Pollution Policies: An Attempt to Mend the Past Actions
WEEK 24
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Key Speaker:
Ms. Shrishtee Bajpai, Young Activist Researcher, member of Kalpavriksh
Theme:
Radical Ecological Democracy: Examples from the Grassroots
WEEK 25
DECEMBER 04, 2020
Key Speaker:
Nikhil Mathew, Research Associate, The Social and Political Research Foundation
Theme:
Analysing the Case for the Commercialisation of India's Coal Sector
Key Speaker:
Sayanangshu Modak, Junior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata
Theme:
Reimagining floods as agents of vitality and creating nature-based solutions for flood risk management