NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Climate change & the Himalayas: Reassessing the Development towards
Water Security & Sustainability
In Memory of GCTC Member Maj Gen Raj Krishan Malhotra, AVSM, VSM ®
Date: December 15th, 2023
Tentative Agenda
Time Description
9:30AM-10:00AM Registration of Speakers & Delegates
10:00AM-10:05AM Opening Remarks By GCTC
10:05AM-10:20AM Remembering Maj Gen Raj Krishan Malhotra, AVSM, VSM(Retd)
10:20AM-10:40AM Address By Shri Suresh Prabhu, Patron-GCTC & Former Union Minister,
Government of India
10:40AM-11:30AM Session 1: Key takeaways of G20 New Delhi declaration and COP 28.
Session Chair: Alok Perti, Former Coal Secretary, Govt. of India
Speakers:
11:30AM-11:50AM Special Address By Varun Gandhi, Member Parliament, Lok Sabha
11:50AM-1:15PM Session 2: Assessing Himalayan climate vulnerabilities.
Developmental Pressures on land- deforestation, population growth,
growing tourism economies, rapid urbanization based on mainland
developments
Geological challenges of formations, landslides, seismicity
Loss of bio-diversity and over exploitation of rare flora and fauna
Changing precipitation regimes- cloud bursts, rainfall traveling to
higher reaches
Temperature rise effects on glaciers, Glacial Lake Outburst
Floods, other flash floods
Session Chair: Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Former Director-Exploration & CMD
Addl. Chrg., ONGC Ltd.
Speakers:
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Prof Sushil Kumar Dash, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian
Institute of Technology, Delhi
Dr M Sudhanshu, Scientist "F, DGRE, DRDO
Prof Devesh K Sinha, Department of Geology, Centre of Advanced
Studies, Delhi University
Prof Deepak Khare, Department of Water Resources Development
& Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
1:15PM-1:30PM Keynote Address By Dr. Shekhar Dutt, SM, IAS®, Former Governor-
Chhattisgarh State, Defence Secretary & Deputy National Security Advisor,
Govt. of India
1:30PM-2:20PM Break
2:20PM-3:40PM Developmental Challenges – 1
Water Infrastructure Development. Dams and storage structures,
Provision of local water supply, springs and streams sustainability
against over exploitation, sustainability against climate challenges,
adaptation to changing climatic environment
Power Infrastructure. Sustainable solutions for hydropower
development.
Sustainable agriculture for local prosperity. Cash crops versus
subsistence farming, land productivity management, horticulture
developments, nutrient provision with organic concepts, animal
husbandry adaptable to local conditions
Session Chair: Lt Gen Arun Sahni, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM®, Former Army
Commander, Indian Army
Speakers:
1. Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha, Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA
2. Dr. Vaibhav Garg, Scientist, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO,
Government of India
3:40PM-4:30PM Developmental Challenges – 2
Border Infrastructure Development. Roads and railways,
communication infrastructure, building all weather habitats
Surface Transport. Building tunnels & Roads, Reducing of Carbon
Footprints of vehicles in Vulnerable Areas.
Session Chair: Brig KD Malhotra, Army Veteran
Speakers:
1. Prof. Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha, School of Environmental
Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University
4:30PM-6:00PM Perspective from the Himalayan States.
Jammu and Kashmir- Special challenges of security, Indus treaty,
hydropower development
Ladakh
Himachal Pradesh- hydropower development with social
harmony, protecting investments under changing hydro-climatic
regime, GLOF and related vulnerabilities, Seismic resilience in
developments
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Uttarakhand- hydropower development with social harmony,
protecting investments under changing hydro-climatic regime, GLOF
and related vulnerabilities, Seismic resilience in developments,
tourism pressures, interstate water management issues
Sikkim
Arunachal Pradesh- Brahmaputra challenges with China, hydropower
development, societal participation in the new developments
Nagaland-Manipur
Meghalaya
Session Chair: Shri Anil Razdan, IAS® Former Secretary(Power) & Additional
Secretary, (MoP & NG), Govt. of India
Speakers:
1. Er. AB Pandya, Secretary General-ICID & Former Chairman-Central
Water Commission
2. Devendra Kumar Sharma, Member-NSAB Chairman, Himachal
Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission & Former Chairman,
BBMB
3. Dr. Anwar Sadat, Senior Assistant Professor, Indian Society of
International Law
6:00PM Vote of Thanks/End of the conference Hi-Tea
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