Programme Schedule

Inaugural Session:

a.                  Welcome Remarks:

Prof Baharul Islam, Program Director, The World Bank Project

b.         Workshop Overview by Lead Resource Person:

Dr V Rajagopalan, IAS (Retd), Former Environment Secretary, Govt. of India.

c.         Address  of Chief Guest:

            Sri Manoj K Das, Director, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship Guwahati

Session 1: National  Environmental Policy

Resource Persons / Speakers:

·         Dr V Rajagopalan, IAS (Retd)

Topics:

a.                  Background to 2006 Policy – constitutional mandate

b.                  Key Challenges, Causes and Impacts

c.                   Objectives

d.                  Principles

e.                  Strategies and Actions

Regulatory reforms, Enhancing and Conserving Environmental Resources, Environmental Standards, Clean Technologies and Innovation, Environmental Awareness, Education and Information, Partnerships and Stakeholder Involvement, Capacity Building, Research and Development, International Cooperation, Review of the Policy and Implementation

Session 2:  Environmental protection and Interface with Industry

Resource Persons / Speakers:

·         Dr A K Goswami, former Director ASTEC and Member SEIAA

·         Dr S U Choudhary, IFS,  DCF, Govt of Assam

Topics:

a.                  Background to EP Act, Constitutional Mandate

b.                  Salient Features, power to set up authorities, issue directions, industry specific discharge/emission standards

c.                   Principal subordinate legislation – EC and CRZ notifications – online processing, public hearing

d.                  Coal transportation, waste management, etc

e.                  Eco-sensitive zones

Session 3:  Forest Conservation, Wildlife Protection and Biodiversity Conservation

Resource Persons / Speakers:

·         Sri Abhay K Johari, IFS

·         Dr. A.H.Khan IFS (Retd.)

Topics:

a.      Background to FC Act,1980

b.      Salient Features of FC Act and Indian Forest Act

c.       Online FC system

d.      Background to WP Act,1972

e.      Salient Features, Protected Areas, CITES obligations

f.        Convention on Biodiversity and enactment of National Biodiversity Act

g.      Salient Features, National Biodiversity Authority, Access and Benefit Sharing

h.      Cartegena and Nagoya Protocols

Session 4:  Pollution – Air, Water; Hazardous Chemicals and Waste Management

Resource Persons / Speakers:

·         Dr Mohammad Jawed, Professor, IIT Guwahati

Topics:

a.      Hazardous Chemicals – manufacture, handling and storage - notification, obligations of Occupiers

b.      Waste Management -  Notifications;  Prescribed Authority, Authorisation/Registration  requirements;   

Session 5 : Law Relating to Securing Environment

Resource Persons / Speakers:

·         Dr Rudra Mani Dubey, IFS

·         Mr M B K Reddy, IFS

Topics:

a.      The National Green Tribunal – mandate, powers;

b.      International Conventions, discharge of obligations

c.       UNCCC,CBD, Basel,  Rotterdam, Stockholm, etc  - ratified/aceeded  to – domestic action

d.      Protocols – ratified/acceded  to – Kyoto, Nagoya, Cartegena;  domestic action

e.      Climate Change Convention – impact on different sectors;    domestic action ;

Concluding Session:

a.      Feedback from participants

b.      Closing Comments from Program Director

c.       Address by Guest of Honour: Dr Zakir Hussain, Director, NEF Law College, Guwahati

d.      Address by the Chief Guest: Sri Manoj K Das, Director, IIE, Guwahati