Sustainability has become quite a buzzword. Even though it is currently being used in business slogans, political platforms, product commercials, etc., when it comes to the environment, the focus is on sustainably utilizing our available resources in a way that avoids depleting them for future generations.

It’s important not to lose sight of alternate conservation efforts and  concepts that can help protect the environment. Resilience is not akin to sustainability, nor is it a substitute. The two concepts complement each other well, and the implementation of resilience will only continue to aid the environment. When bouncing back from failure has become our state of actuality, resilience is indeed the future.

This conference is intended to bring together the various facets of science, and approach the issues of sustainability in a holistic manner.

The endeavour is to convene a diverse set of stakeholders to understand and deliberate on the opportunities and challenges of integrating sustainability in industrial and business practices and also making suitable life-style changes.

Resilience 360 is a platform to

• Reiterate the need to conserve resources
• Explore and identify, ideas and methods to preserve nature and life
• Forge a collaboration of researchers from various fields, with an aim to ensure sustainable growth and development
• Assist the new researchers to identify their area of research
• Enable faculty participants to identify the plethora of fields where sustainability can be gainfully applied
• Encourage young researchers to present their findings before the experts in the field.

10.45 am - 12.00 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

TOPIC:

Assessment of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Selected Coastal Regions of India

Dr. Santhosh Muralidhar Pingale

Scientist

National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) Roorkee

India

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

INVITED TALK 1

TOPIC:

Sustainability & Anthropology

Dr. Bharathi Karri

Associate Professor

Department of Anthropology

Sambalpur University

Odisha

India

9.00 am - 10.00 am

INVITED TALK 2

TOPIC:

Low-Carbon Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete from Calcined Clays and Natural Pozzolans

Dr. Sulapha Peethamparan

Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Clarkson University

New York

USA

10.15 am - 11.15 am

INVITED TALK 3

TOPIC:

Green Chemistry

Dr. Liza Abraham

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Ambrose University

Calgary

Canada

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

INVITED TALK 4

TOPIC:

Role of Post-Harvest Management for Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security

Dr. Gulam Hassan Shah

Professor

Arba Minch University

Ethiopia

9.00 am - 10.00 am

INVITED TALK 5

TOPIC:

Land Reuse: A Developed Nation's Dilemma and the Role of Brownfield Redevelopment

Mrs. Binu Chandy

Director

Office of Brownfield Remediation & Development (OBRD)

Department of Economic & Community Development

Connecticut

USA

10.15 am - 11.00 am

INVITED TALK 6

TOPIC:

Sustainability From a Geosciences Perspective

Dr. Nisha Rani

Director

Geological Survey of India

India

11.15 am - 11.45 am

INVITED TALK 8

TOPIC:

Role of GIS in Sustainable Development

Dr. Venkata Ravibabu Mandla

Associate Professor & Head

Centre for Information and Communication Technology (CICT) & SIRD/ETC Unit

National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR)

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India

Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

India

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

INVITED TALK 9

TOPIC:

Zero Carbon & Alternative Fuels

Dr. Biju George

Honorary Secretary

IMarEST South East England

London

United Kingdom

Smt. Mariamma George Mathew

Chairperson

Providence College of Engineering