Both Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh congratulated Dr Eklabya Sharma on being awarded the Padma Shri.
Both Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh congratulated Dr Eklabya Sharma on being awarded the Padma Shri. While Mr Bista extended his heartiest congratulations to Dr Eklabya Sharma on social media, Dr Ghosh today met Dr Sharma at his Siliguri residence.
Dr Sharma, originally from St Mary’s in Kurseong, had previously served as the deputy director general at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu. He was also the head and the founding scientist incharge of GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Sikkim, Darjeeling MP Mr Bista said.
Dr Sharma is the chairperson of Science Advisory Committee of GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and a fellow of Indian National Science Academy. He had joined as the vice chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies, previously known as TERI University, Delhi. Currently, he is serving as the Strategic Advisor and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore
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Panaji: Speaking at a conference, environment minister Nilesh Cabral urged the state’s students to volunteer for climate monitoring, especially measuring temperature, rainfall, and wind speed on a regular basis. Tulsi Gouda, a Padma Shri awardee popularly known as the ‘Encyclopedia of Forests’, was the chief guest at the event. Gouda appealed to the young audience to plant more trees.
The minister and Gouda were speaking on the final day of the two-day national conference on ‘Sustainable Development: Addressing Climate Change, Global Warming & Carbon Footprints’, on Tuesday. The conference was hosted at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.
Gouda spoke about the importance of trees and forests in maintaining the ecological balance, while BITS Pilani Goa Campus professor Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi called for more research on climate change.
The conference received 57 abstracts from institutes across India, of which 21 were selected for presentation. The paper presenters included those from TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; JNU, New Delhi; Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; and Goa University. Participants from eight states presented papers at the conference organized by the department of economics of Government College, Quepem, in association with the state directorate of higher education and Goa State Biodiversity Board.
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