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Different perspectives on Ecology echoed during an international conference at IITGN

Different perspectives on Ecology echoed during an international conference at IITGN

Mar 5, 2020 |

The three-day international conference on ‘Affect, Embodiment and Ecology: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives’ concluded with insightful discourses from more than 30 speakers. A three-day international conference ‘Affect, Embodiment and Ecology: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives’ concluded yesterday at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN). The conference discussed new ways of understanding the relationship between affect, embodiment and ecology amongst humans and non-humans from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Faculty and doctoral students from a variety of disciplines like philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, literature, and history, presented different angles on the rapidly changing ecological scenario through various sessions. The conference began on...

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Two PhD Scholars of IITGN will attend the prestigious 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Two PhD Scholars of IITGN will attend the prestigious 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Mar 5, 2020 |

Ms Srimadhavi Ravi and Mr Dependu Dolui, both from the discipline of Chemistry at IITGN, are among the 660 young scientists from 101 countries, who will get an opportunity to meet the Nobel laureates. Two PhD students of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) have been selected this year to attend the prestigious 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to be held from June 28 to July 03, 2020, in Lindau, Germany. Ms Srimadhavi Ravi and Mr Dependu Dolui, both from the discipline of Chemistry at IITGN, are among the 660 young scientists/ researchers from 101 countries from all...

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2nd Annual Sustainability Fair collaborates industries and academia to discuss Sustainable Development

2nd Annual Sustainability Fair collaborates industries and academia to discuss Sustainable Development

Feb 29, 2020 |

“Sustainable development is not a word, not a picture, not a logo; it’s a new way of thinking.” - Mr Sarbjit Singh Sahota, UNICEF. The Dr Kiran Patel Centre for Sustainable Development at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) hosted its second annual Sustainability Fair today on February 28, 2020. The event was inaugurated with addresses by three keynote speakers of the program Mr Kartikeya Sarabhai, Founder & Director, Centre for Environment Education; Dr Ratan Chand Jain, Ex-Chairman, Central Groundwater Board; and Mr Sarbjit Singh Sahota, Emergency Specialist, Disaster Risk Reduction Section, UNICEF India. The first keynote speaker...

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CAN 2020’s first segment concluded at IITGN

CAN 2020’s first segment concluded at IITGN

Feb 29, 2020 |

The next set of workshops under the CAN 2020 series will be conducted from March 17-21 on “Climate Action and Industries” and from April 16-22 on “Climate Change Research and Technology." The first segment of Climate Action Now (CAN) 2020 Workshop Series being conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) culminated on February 28, 2020 and marked an end of five-days’ presentations, discussions and deliberations on “Climate Policy and Governance”. This workshop series was inaugurated on February 11, 2020. The Workshops were held at the green campus of IIT Gandhinagar in collaboration with GEER Foundation, Gandhinagar. The...

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