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Lucknow: The School of Management Sciences (SMS), Lucknow, organised a two-day national conference focusing on sustainable business approaches for a collective future.
At the collaborative event with the Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD) and the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) , institute director Ashish Bhatnagar said, "Sustainability is not an option, it is a necessity."
Speakers, including former chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh R Ramani, former director of IIM Kozhikode Krishna Kumar, and TERI SAS New Delhi Associate Professor, Shruti Sharma Rana, led discussions on sustainable finance, circular economy, and ESG practices. TNN
Read MoreProminent environmental experts have challenged the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report declaring Triveni Sangam water unfit for bathing during the Mahakumbh. The experts argue CPCB report is incomplete citing missing data on nitrates and phosphates.
New Delhi: Prominent environment experts have countered Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report claiming poor quality of water at Mahakumbh. The CPCB report said that Triveni Sangam water is not fit for bathing. The CPCB cites high levels of biological oxygen demand (BOD) in the water.
Prof Umesh Kumar Singh, who teaches at Centre of Environmental Science at the University of Allahabad, said that water at Sangam is fit for taking a bath keeping in view the current set of data.
‘CPCB needs to work more’
“A few days back, the Centre Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report stated increased levels of faecal coliform (bacteria) in the water. I believe that the CPCB needs to work more on the report because their data is not complete,” Professor Singh said. “The level of nitrates and phosphates are missing from the report. The level of dissolved oxygen in the water, as shown in the report, is good. And on the basis of the current data, I can say that the water at Triveni Sangam is fit for taking a bath,” Professor Umesh Singh told ANI.
“Report very inconsistent”
Similarly, another professor RK Ranjan termed CPCB report “very inconsistent”. According to RK Ranjan, who is Associate Professor Central University of South Bihar, the Central Pollution Control Board data is very inconsistent and to conclude that water is unsafe to bathe in would be to say things in haste.
He added, “There is not enough data to conclude that the waters in Prayagraj are not safe to bathe in. Similar data can be seen from Garhmukteshwar, Gazipur, Buxar and Patna. There could be many reasons for this to happen. Among others one reason behind this is when a large number of people bathe in the same waters. It also matters from where and when the sample of water is taken.”
“Coliform bacteria is nothing new”
Dr. Amit Kumar Mishra, another environmental scientist from JNU, also holds the same opinion. Mishra says the presence of coliform bacteria is nothing new and called for new data set.
I would say we need more data sets, we need more measurements. There is a huge number of population which is taking bath at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. If you talk about the coliform bacteria, it is nothing new. If you see the data of the Shashi Snan peaks, you will see that the E.Coli bacteria peaks at that time. So, I would say that we need more data sets, we need more parameters, we need more monitoring stations, especially down the stream,” Amit Kumar Mishra said.
Prof. Chander Kumar Singh of TERI School of Advanced Studies also said that many parameters are not present in the CPBC report.
“In the CPCB report available, many parameters are not present. I believe better information can be given if more data and facts come out,” Prof. Chander argued.
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New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), New Delhi, a deemed to be University, held its 14th Convocation on 8th December 2021 at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
Professor Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India was the Chief Guest for this august occasion. Prof. VijayRaghavan is also the Chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology & Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC). Prior to this, Prof. Vijay Raghavan was the Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India from January 28th, 2013 to February 2nd, 2018.
During the Convocation ceremony, 23 scholars received their doctoral degrees and a total of 253 graduands received their master’s in niche and diverse programmes offered by the institute.
As an institution of higher learning and cutting-edge research, TERI School of Advanced Studies has always been ahead of its time in terms of finding sustainable solutions to world challenges. Over the years, the institute tailor-made an informed cadre of sustainability professionals who are well-equipped to tackle, beyond cultural boundaries and sectoral divisions, the interwoven challenges of environmental impacts and ecosystem vulnerability and have been solution providers to both mitigation and adaptation to climate change that led to a more sustainable development pathway especially in a post-COVID-19 era.
Padma Shri Prof. K Vijaya Raghavan in his address drew attention to some of the challenges of the post-COVID world and hoped the students passing out would be a part of the mainstream agenda to mitigate climate change effects, especially as India aims to make environmental sustainability central to its developmental policy.
While briefly outlining the way the planet is progressing post the pandemic, coupled with unbridled big city growth and increased devastating climate events, Prof VijayRaghavan stressed that the frugal high quality innovation is beneficial now but takes a toll on the future generations, and students need to use technology and knowledge that empowers future generations to keep sustainability alive.
Over the past few years, the subject of climate change has gone beyond the regular and conventional challenges of air pollution, water, waste & energy management, biodiversity conservation, mobility and environmental health and in the post-COVID-19 era the subject is being seen from a diverse prism that requires an interdisciplinary approach to find sustainable solutions to the environmental challenges that India and the world have to collectively handle. As the change agents, TERI SAS students are not only trained to take on these challenges, but are also socially awakened to make sure that the changes they work have a last mile impact.
The chancellor, TERI SAS, Dr Shailesh Nayak in his address reminded the outgoing students of their training, “I am optimistic that the knowledge gained in TERI SAS will help our passing out students to address issues beyond poverty and hunger, education and inequality, climate change and energy, bringing about inclusive sustainable development. Mahatma Gandhi had said, “Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. I believe our students will always keep these words by Mahatma in mind when they reach a position where they can make decisions about people.”
Prof. Prateek Sharma. Vice-Chancellor, TERI SAS spoke about the legacy TERI SAS carries as an institute and how it’s the collective responsibility of all including the outgoing students to add new feathers to the institute’s cap.
“More than two decades ago when the concept of sustainable development figured passingly in very limited discussion fora, a few people at TERI had the foresight to anticipate the outcomes of development path under a ‘business as usual’ scenario. Hence TERI School of Advanced studies was born in 1998 that has today matured into a leading institution synonymous with its motto “Knowledge for Sustainable Development”. Research-led education at TERI School of Advanced studies has always been a win-win model to create knowledge and capacity in various areas of sustainable development, especially at a time when the world is facing serious challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and extreme climate events. The outgoing students will have a special responsibility in pushing the sustainability agenda, broad enough for every sector of the economy having a multiplier effect for the coming generations,” said Prof. Sharma.
TERI SAS (earlier TERI University) is one of the eminent institutes in the country in the field of Sustainability Education. It was conceived to disseminate the knowledge base created by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
It offers 12 masters programmes and an interdisciplinary PhD programme in the six thematic areas of Bioresources and Biotechnology, Business Sustainability, Energy and Environment, Natural Resources Management, Policy Studies and Water Science and Governance at its campus in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi and is also coming up with a campus at Hyderabad, Telangana.
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