1981: Lecture on "The relevance of mud as a building material in
rural housing programmes in the developing world" delivered in Beijing at a seminar
on the Rural Habitat organised by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva 1984: The Fifth Vikram
Sarabhai Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on "Beyond Pretty Trees and Tigers : The Role
of environmental destruction in increasing poverty and people's protests" organised
by the Indian Council of Social Science Research.
1985: Fifth
World Conservation Lecture in London on "Human-Nature Interactions in a Third World
Country: The case of India" held at the University of London and organised by the
World Wildlife Fund-UK
1986: Addressed a special meeting of the Union Council of Ministers,
Government of India on the "State of India's Environment -- Between Need and Greed:
The Wasting of India, the Greening of India" at the request of the Prime Minister,
Shri Rajiv Gandhi, and thereafter all 27 Parliamentary Consultative Committees of the
Union Ministries.
1987: 1.
Lecture on the "Impact of Environmental Destruction on Floods and Droughts" to
all members of the Indian Parliament the request of the Prime Minister, Shri Rajiv Gandhi.
2.13th Gandhi Peace Foundation Lecture on "Gandhi,
Ecology and the Last Person".
3."The relationship of Environment and
Development" delivered at the Nordic Conference on Environment held on the occasion
of the Brundtland Commission’s report.
4.Keynote lecture on "Role of NGOs in Environmental
Protection" delivered at the
‘Symposium on Environment and Development -- The year
2000 and beyond’ organised by the Free University of Amsterdam following the
publication of the Brundtland Commission’s report.
5.Lecture on "Third World’s Environment" at
the Rally on Environment and Development organised by The Other Economic Summit and held
in London following the publication of the Brundtland Commission’s Report
6.Lecture on "Environmental Management in the Third
World" delivered at the Seminar on Strengthening Environmental Cooperation with
Developing Countries organised by OECD in Paris.
1989: 1.Keynote
Lecture on "The Environment Movement in India" delivered at the India-Pakistan
Conference on Environment, Lahore
1990:1. Keynote lecture on
"The Tradition of Water Harvesting: Challenges and Opportunities," delivered at
the National Seminar on Traditional Water Harvesting and Management Systems of India, New
Delhi.
2. Delivered a series of lecture on "Environment and
Development" at Australian Universities in Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and
Canberra
3.Lecture on "People’s Participation and Resource
Management" delivered at the World Bank, Washington, DC.
4.Lecture on "Global Change and Global Democracy"
delivered at the Centre for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, USA
1992: 1. Keynote lecture on
"Ecological restructuring in the North keeping Southern interests in mind"
delivered at the Annual Congress of the Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen on
`Ecological Restructuring in NRW -- Environmental Managers and Environmentalists in
Dialogue’ held in Bonn.
2. Keynote lecture on "The importance of people’s
participation" delivered at a seminar on ‘After Rio: Research Challenges
Ahead’ organised by the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with developing
countries and the Stockholm Group for Studies on Natural Resource Management, Stockholm.
3.Lecture on "Development Perspectives in the North
Eastern Region -- Vision for the Future" delivered at the invitation of the North
Eastern Council on its 10th anniversary in Guwahati, Assam.
4.Lecture on "Environment and Development" as
part of a Distinguished Lecture Series organised by the Institute of Social Studies, The
Hague to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the institute.
1994: 1. Lecture on the
"Environmental Challenges of the Maldives" delivered in the presence of
President M A Gayoom of the Maldives, New Delhi.
2.Lecture on "The Concept of Sustainability: Political
and Technical Dimensions" delivered to the World Bank, Washington, DC
1995:1. Keynote lecture on
"The South Asian Mission in Environment" delivered at the Third South Asian NGO
Summit, Kathmandu.
2. Keynote lecture on "Promoting public awareness
about ecological changes and their impact on human health" delivered at the 15th
World Conference of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Tokyo.
1996: 1.Lecture on
"Environment and the Poor" delivered at the World Bank, Washington,DC
2.Keynote lecture on "Global Warming, Equity and
Entitlements" delivered at the conference on "Long-Term Sustainability,
Democracy and the 21st Century" held at Abbaye de Fontevraud in France
3. Keynote lecture on "Protection of Traditional
Knowledge and Development of Biodiversity Enterprises" delivered at the Conference on
Revenue Generation from Biodiversity Conservation, Hanoi.
| 1997: 1.
Lecture at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development on "Putting a floor to Rural
Poverty through Labour Investments in Managing the Natural Capital: Creating Sustainable
Livelihoods", organised by UNDP in New York in April 1997. 2. Lecture at the University of California,
Berkeley, on "Environment, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods", organised by
the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resource Economics, School of Natural Resources,
in April 1997.
3. Lecture on "Poverty and
Environment" at the Special Event on Poverty Eradication organised by UNDP, New York
for the benefit of its Executive Board in May 1997.
4. Valedictory Address on "Hinduism
and Ecology" at the Conference on Hinduism and Ecology, organised by the Centre for
the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA in October 1997.
5. Lecture on ‘Governance for
Sustainable Development’ delivered at American University, Washington, DC on October
8, 1997 as part of a lecture series on Frontiers of Environmental Studies
6. Inaugural Lecture at the Indo-Dutch
Programme on Alternative Development (IDPAD) seminar on ‘Managing Water
Scarcity’ in Amersfoort, the Netherlands in October 1997.
1998: 1.
Lecture on "Globalisation, Civil Society and Governance: The Challenges for the 21st
Century" organised by Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development, Norway,
December 15
2. Lecture on "Community and
Household Water Management: The Key to Environmental Regeneration and Poverty
Alleviation" Organised by UNDP-EU, Brussels, January 21
3. Public Lecture on the current state of
the environment and the policy changes organised by Sakal Papers Ltd., Pune, on October 2. |
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