Book Launch "India in a Warming World" edited by Navroz K. Dubash | IIC, New Delhi 21 November, 6:00-7:30 PM

Nov 21 The Centre for Policy Research invites you to  Book Launch and Discussion: 'India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development' edited by Navroz K. Dubash Speakers: Chandra Bhushan – CEO, International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) Naina Lal Kidwai – Chairman, Advent Private Equity India Advisory board, and former President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Nitin Sethi – Independent journalist and writer Moderator: Navroz K. Dubash – Professor, Centre for Policy Research and Editor, India in A Warming World Thursday, 21 November 2019, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (tea at 5:30 p.m.) Kamladevi Complex, India International Centre RSVP     About the Book As science is increasingly making clear, the problem of climate change poses an existential challenge for humanity. For India, this challenge is compounded by immediate concerns of eradicating poverty and accelerating development, and complicated by its relatively limited role thus far in causing the problem. India in a Warming World explores this complex context for India's engagement with climate change. But, in addition, it argues that India, like other countries, can no longer ignore the problem, because a pathway to development innocent of climate change is no longer available. Bringing together leading researchers, activists, and policymakers, this volume lays out the emergent debate on climate change in India. Collectively, the chapters deepen clarity on why India should engage with climate change and how it can best do so. Read the open-access PDF version of India in a Warming World on the Oxford University Press website. To view the table of contents and learn more about the authors, visit the CPR website. About the Speakers Chandra Bhushan is a noted environmentalist, and has distinguished himself as a researcher, writer and campaigner for environmentally sound and socially inclusive development. Bhushan has wide-ranging research and public policy interests. He has researched, written and campaigned for issues ranging from climate change and energy transformation to rights of mining-affected people and industrial pollution. He was conferred with the Ozone Award by the UN Environment in 2017. He is presently the CEO of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), an independent non-profit environmental research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. Naina Lal Kidwai is Chairman, Advent Private Equity India Advisory board, a non-executive Director on the boards of LafargeHolcim, Max Financial Services, CIPLA, Nayara Energy and Larsen and Toubro, and a former President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). She retired in 2015 as Chairman, HSBC India and Executive Director on the board of HSBC Asia Pacific. She is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation's Economic Council on Planetary Health, and serves as a Commissioner on the Global Commission on Economy & Climate. She has previously been a member of the International Advisory Council of the United Nations Environment Program, and the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change. An MBA from Harvard Business School, Naina is the recipient of several awards and honours, including the Padma Shri for her contribution to trade and industry. Nitin Sethi is an independent writer and journalist. He has written on and investigated the intersections of environment, energy, climate change, development and the political economy over the last two decades. A winner of several international and national fellowships and awards, he has worked previously at The Hindu, Business Standard, Times of India, Scroll.in and the Down To Earth magazine.  About the Editor Navroz K. Dubash is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), and leads the CPR Initiative on Climate, Energy and Environment. He works on climate change policy and governance, the political economy of energy and air pollution, and the regulatory state in the developing world. Widely published in these areas, Navroz serves on Government of India advisory committees on climate change, energy and air pollution, and on the editorial boards of several international journals. He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the national policies and institutions chapter in the upcoming 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2015, he was conferred the 12th T. N. Khoshoo Memorial Award for his work on climate change policy. Please RSVP for this event here.   Tweet Share Forward

NIAS–DST Training Programme on Science & Technology: Global Developments & Perspectives

NIAS–DST Training Programme on Science & Technology: Global Developments & Perspectives

December 9 - 20, 2019

Venue: National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) has been organizing training programmes with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, to provide the orientations and planning skills required for scientists/ technocrats of the country, and in particular, to offer either induction training or a system of regular in-service training that are available to other cadre-based services. In order to bridge this gap, this Programme for scientist-administrators and technologists at the Mid-Level with 9 years and above experience in group 'A' will focus on the theme Science & Technology: Global Developments & Perspectives. The Course will be conducted during December 9-20, 2019. Consistent with the mission of NIAS, training courses emphasize on the aspects of development of leadership qualities through the integration of multidisciplinary knowledge.  
Course Outline: The training programme includes lectures by eminent speakers, presentations by the participants, group discussions, project work, weekend technical visits, public lectures, cultural programme, 'Yoga' practice from health point of view, and feedback. The defining feature of lecture pattern in NIAS courses consists of interactive sessions with distinguished faculty drawn from different organizations and occupations. The general format is a presentation for 45 minutes followed by lively discussions for another 45 minutes. The participants would be encouraged to interact as widely as possible with the speakers.
Infrastructure: NIAS has unique infrastructural facilities like accommodation, dining hall, library, auditorium, lecture hall, internet browsing centre, and campus with beautiful ambience. Since the programme is residential, NIAS will arrange boarding and lodging facilities. In view of this, it is necessary that all the participants stay in the campus.
Last date for submitting nominations: Wednesday, 13 November, 2019 

Further Details & Nomination Form

Today's Lecture on "Environmental Justice" by Juan Martinez-Alier | IIC New Delhi, at 6-8 pm

Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (CPACT), Shiv Nadar University (SNU)

Invites you to 

Talk on 

Environmental Justice Movements in India and the World: The EJAtlas 

by Prof. Juan Martinez Alier 

(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

13th November 2019 | 6-8 pm 

Venue: Seminar Hall 1, Kamala Devi Complex, India International Centre

Schedule  

• Welcome Note Prof. Rajeswari S. Raina (C-PACT, SNU)
• Lecture Prof. Juan Martinez Alier (ICTA, UAB)
• Discussants: Prof. Asmita Kabra (SHE, AUD) Dr. Brototi Roy (ICTA, UAB)
• Open discussion
• Please join us for tea at 5.30 pm.

JNU Global Symposium on "Disaster Resilient Smart Cities" | 4-6 December, New Delhi

Online Registration & Concept Note

CSH Workshop on Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and Africa | 4 December, New Delhi

Workshop on Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and Africa

Date: Wednesday, 4th December 2019

Venue: CSH Conference Room, New Delhi

Schedule

9.00 : Welcome note by Nicolas Gravel (CSH) & Mathieu Quet (CEPED- IRD)

9.15 to 13.15 : Session 1 on Digital Empire(s)

- On technological empire as an analytical tool (Mathieu Quet, CEPED-IRD).

- Skeletal and elephantine bureaucracies in Africa and India : comparing histories of registration and their effects on digital infrastructures. (Keith Breckenridge, Wiser)

- From Ghana to India, saving the global south's mothers with a digital empire (Marine Al Dahdah, Cems-CNRS).

- Digital and Visual Populism: Personalised Politics and Online Publics in the PostColony (Krishanu Bhargav Neog, CPS-JNU)

- Feedback Loops and (In)Significant Voices: Social Interactions with ID Systems of Digital Empires in South Asia and East Africa- (Rajiv Mishra, CSSP-JNU)

- Netflix, Amazon Video and Jio Cinema : Reflection on the notion of digital empires through the prism of audiovisual platforms (Christine Ithurbide, LabSIC-Paris13)

- Colonializing the nation through digital technology (Ursula Rao, Leipzig University)

14.00 to 18.30 : Session 2 on Digital Empire(s)

- The invention of the electoral biometrics market in Africa (Marielle Debos, Univ. Paris Nanterre)

- Tracing digital governance and the history of ICTD developments in India. (Khetrimayum Monish Singh, CIS).

- Marketizing water in Kenya: From "dependency syndrome" towards a radiant future? (Christiane Tristl, Goethe Universitat)

- Calibrating digital payments in India (Javed Alam, JNU-Univ. of Paris)

- Digital Empire as Biometric Labor Division. Notes for a regressive anthropology of technology from the Senegalese electoral administration (Cecilia Passanti, University of Paris)

- The Rise of the Invisible Publics: Reality TV as Visibility Infrastructures in Northeast India (Sagorika Singha,SAA-JNU)

- Digitalization of social security in Nepal (Sohan Sha, Martin Chautari)

- The digital in communicating peace and conflict in the Sahel (Mirjam de Bruijn, Leiden University)

Registration: 

RSVP mentioning your full name to: neeru.gohar[@]csh-delhi.com. Due to security protocols, we request you to please pre-register over email and kindly carry an ID proof to be granted access to the venue.

CSIR- NISTADS Invited Talk "Measuring andCharacterizing Indian Scientific Research: New Dimensions" by Dr Vivek Singh, BHU | on 11th November

CSIR- NISTADS Invited Talk

 

A Talk by Dr Vivek Singh, Professor of Computer Science and Director, Computer Centre at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

 

Title:  Measuring and Characterizing Indian Scientific Research: New Dimensions

Date and Time:   11^th November, 2019; 4.00 PM

Venue: NISTADS Conference Hall

 

Abstract: The talk will attempt to address quantitative pursuits in Indian Science, addressing several traditional issues like India's research output, global share and rank, disciplinary distribution of research output and international collaboration patterns. The main emphasis will be on quantitative methods and how they can be used to draw inferences useful for science policy. The talk will include discussion on issues of gender and research publishing as well as open access levels and patterns in Indian research. The University-Industry-Government collaboration in research would also be looked into. The talk will also discuss on a very important and emerging issue of social media attention of Indian research output, including characterizing the type of research output that gets significant attention in different social media and news platforms.

 

About the Speaker: Dr Vivek Singh is Professor of Computer Science and Director, Computer Centre at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. His primary research interests are in Information Systems, Text Analytics and Scientometrics. He has rich volume of scholarly work. He has worked on several research projects, including those involving international collaboration with Germany, Mexico and Brazil. He is on the review board of many top-tier SCIE indexed journals, including Scientometrics, Information Processing and Management and several IEEE Transactions. He is one of the Editors of The Journal of Scientometric Research, a Life member of ISSI and Computer Society of India and Senior Member of IEEE & ACM.

ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

New Book | India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development

India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development
Edited by Navroz K. Dubash, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, ISBN: 9780199098392
 
About the Book
As science is increasingly making clear, the problem of climate change poses an existential challenge for humanity. For India, this challenge is compounded by immediate concerns of eradicating poverty and accelerating development, and complicated by its relatively limited role thus far in causing the problem. India in a Warming World explores this complex context for India's engagement with climate change. But, in addition, it argues that India, like other countries, can no longer ignore the problem, because a pathway to development innocent of climate change is no longer available. Bringing together leading researchers, activists, and policymakers, this volume lays out the emergent debate on climate change in India. Collectively, the chapters deepen clarity on why India should engage with climate change and how it can best do so.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to India's Evolving Climate Change Debate: From Diplomatic Insulation to Policy Integration | Navroz K. Dubash

SECTION I CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

2. Impact of Climate Change on India | J. Srinivasan
3. Changing Climate and Weather: Evidence from Attribution Science | Krishna AchutaRao and Friederike Otto
4. Impacts of Global Warming in India: Narratives from Below | Nagraj Adve

SECTION II INTERNATIONAL DEBATES AND NEGOTIATIONS

5. Global Warming in an Unequal World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism | Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain
6. Equity in Long-Term Mitigation | Tejal Kanitkar and T. Jayaraman
7. India's Engagement in Global Climate Negotiations from Rio to Paris | Sandeep Sengupta
8. Present at the Creation: Th e Making of the Framework Convention on Climate Change | Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
9. One Long Day in Copenhagen | Shyam Saran
10. Reaching Agreement in Paris: A Negotiator's Perspective | Ashok Lavasa
11. India in International Climate Negotiations: Chequered Trajectory | D. Raghunandan
12. Understanding the 2015 Paris Agreement | Lavanya Rajamani
13. India and Paris: A Pragmatic Way Forward | Ajay Mathur
14. Making Sense on Its Own Terms: India in the HFC and Aviation Negotiations | Arunabha Ghosh

SECTION III POLITICS

15. Climate Change, Civil Society, and Social Movement in India | Pradip Swarnakar
16. Business Action on Climate Change: A Perspective from the Private Sector | Shankar Venkateswaran and Mukund Rajan
17. Energy and Climate Change: A Just Transition for Indian Labour | Ashim Roy , Benny Kuruvilla , and Ankit Bhardwaj
18. Looking Out, Looking In: Th e Shifting Discourse on Climate Change in the Indian Print Media | Anu Jogesh

SECTION IV POLICY

19. National Climate Policies and Institutions | Navroz K. Dubash and Shibani Ghosh
20. From Margins to Mainstream?: State Climate Change Planning in India | Navroz K. Dubash and Anu Jogesh
21. State Climate Change Planning: Has It Reached the Mainstream? | Elizabeth Gogoi
22. Climate Finance | Koyel Kumar Mandal
23. Managing the Climate Technology Transition | Ambuj Sagar

SECTION V CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT

24. Aligning Energy, Development, and Mitigation | Ashok Sreenivas and Ashwin Gambhir
25. Urban India and Climate Change | Radhika Khosla and Ankit Bhardwaj
26. Climate Change and India's Forests | Sharachchandra Lele and Jagdish Krishnaswamy
27. Climate Adaptation in the Water Sector in India | Veena Srinivasan
28. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation: Agriculture | K.S. Kavi Kumar and Brinda Viswanathan
29. Shoring Up: Climate Change and the Indian Coasts and Islands | Rohan Arthur

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