I. ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: CONCEPTS, THEORY AND CASE STUDIES
Chair: Gopal Kadekodi
Research Professor, CMDR, Dharwar |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Arun Kumar and Geeta Vaidyanathan | Benchmarking Patterns of Sustainability: Reversing the Downward Spiral of Resources Arun Kumar and Geeta Vaidyanathan |
| Pinaki Chakaraborti | Optimal Environmental Expenditure: The Role of Demand |
| N.S. Murthy, K.Parikh and Manoj Panda | Co2 Emissions Reduction Strategies and Economic Development of India |
| Nirmal Chandra Sahu | Industrial Development and Sustainable Human Welfare in India |
| S.P. Sinha | Accounting for Sustainability of Chakriya Vikas at SHRMS: A Case Study |
II. WATER RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Ramaswamy R. Iyer
Centre for Policy and Research, New Delhi |
| Presenter | Paper |
| M, Ravichandran | A1. Environmental Implications of Drinking Water Supply in Rural Tamil Nadu |
| Amita Shah | Economic Returns and Environmental Implications of Small Water Harvesting Structures: A Case Study of the Farm Ponds Scheme in Gujarat |
| N. Rajalakshmi | Water Reuse within Chennai City: A Study of Wastewater Reuse as Cost Saving Device in MFL |
| K. Ramakrishna Reddy | Ecological Management of Water Resources for Sustainable Development in India |
| Anjuli Chavhan | Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Development Mission in Madhya Pradesh - Emerging Issues for Environment and Sustainable Development |
| P. K, Viswanathan | Functioning of River Basin Water Markets: Implications on Sustainability of Resource Use and Fanning Systems |
| B.N.Chetty | Water Resources: Pathetic Condition in Rayalaseema |
| Mouchumi Konwar Borgohain | A Case Study of Two Communities of Assam Traditionally Habituated to Live with Havoc of Water -related Calamities |
| R. Rajesh | Current Concepts in Water Resources Management and their Limitations |
| P.G. Marvania | Ground Water Resource, Technology Change and Sustainability of Agrarian Growth in Saurashtra Region |
III.WATER QUALITY ISSUES
Chair: Ramaswamy R. Iyer
Centre for Policy and Research, New Delhi |
| Presenter | Paper |
| B. N.Goldar | Indirect Costs of Water Pollution Abatement: Some Estimates for a Cluster of Small Scale Factories in India |
| Navroz K. Dubash | Ecologically and Socially Embeded Exchange: A Closer Look at Groundwater Market in India |
| C. P. Gracy | Water Harvesting and Water Reuse Protection in Chennai City - Economic and Sustainable Issues |
| Antanu Sarkar | Arsenic Poisoning in Ground Water of West Bengal: Cause, Effect and Comprehensive Strategy for Sustainable Development |
| Anjuli Chavhan | Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Development Mission in Madhya Pradesh - Emerging Issues for Environment and Sustainable Development |
IV. RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT : ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
Chair: C.K. Varshney
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Chandra Bhattarai | Municiple Solid Waste Management and Economics of Recycling: A Case of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ram |
| Madhu Verma | Optimum Recycling in Solid Waste Management Sector of Bangalore City |
| Smita Misra | Economies of Scale in Water Pollution Abatement: A Case of Small-scale Factories in an Industrial Estate in India |
| M. Soundarapandian | Common Effluent Treatment Plant in Controlling the Pollution of Tanneries |
| R.C.Gupta | Hospital Waste, Non-milch Cows and Toxic Herbal Plantation |
| T.K. Misra | On the Birth of the Flesh Producing Economically Important Freshwater Snail Species Lymnaea (Radix) Luteola Cultured with Market/Kitchen Waste Materials |
| J.C. Govindan | Waste Management and Sustainable Use of Industrial Byproduct |
| N. Manimekala | Recylcing of Industrial Effluent - A Case of Distilleries and Chemicals |
V. ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Ramprasad Sengupta,
Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Debesh Chakraborty | An Enquiry into Growing Domestic Energy Demand and Environmental Sustainability in Rural West Bengal |
| Anoop Singh | Inter-fuel Substitution as a Tool for Managing Energy Demand and Mitigating C02 Emissions in Indian Industry |
| D. Chatteiji | Environmental Issues in Infrastructure Projects |
| R.S. Tripathi | A Biophysical Analysis of Energy Flows in Different Agro-eco-systems of Garhwal Himalaya |
| Debesh Chakraborty | A Study on Production Structures of the Infrastructure of the SAARC Countries |
| Shashank Hedao | Environmental Cost of Construction |
VI. BIO-DIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS
Chair: P.S. Ramakrishnan,
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Rakesh Saxena | Natural Resource Accounting in Protected Areas: A Framework |
| G.S. Syamlal, J.Sujin and E. Saravanan | Sustainable Development of Tourism in Munnar, Kerela: A Case study |
| Jyothis S. | The Local Community and Biodiversity Conservation in the Western Ghat Region of Kerela: A Contingent Valuation Approach |
| Pushpam Kumar | Problems with Valuation of Biodiversity: A Case of Great Plains |
| T.R. Manoharan and Sugato Dutt | Economic Valuation of Ecotourism in Kalakadu Mundanthuri Tigar Reserve, Tamil Nadu |
VII. INSTITUTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Chair: V.B, Eswaran,
Chairperson, Society for Promotion of Wasteland Development, New Delhi |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Vikash N. Pandey | Legal Regime on Water Resources Management: Need to Move Beyond |
| G. Udaya Bhaskar | Institutional Mechanisms for Environmental Protection - An Analysis |
| Ligia Noronha | Understanding Institutional Change: Reflections on Environmental Problems Facing Island Ecosystems |
| Kulbhushan Balooni and Katar Singh | Financial Analysis of Tree Plantations on Village Commons by Tree Growers' Co-operatives: A Case Study in Gujarat |
| Vishal Narain | Non-institutionalism and Environmental Governance: The Case of Water |
| Pankaj Kumar | Participation for Ecological Regeneration |
| K.K.Khakhar | Towards Governance of Sustainable Fisheries: Role of Institutions |
| Ramsankar Basu | Sacred Groves can be Substantiate as Sustenance |
| B.V. Chinnappa Reddy | Environmental Governance and Institutions: A Study of Tribal People in Karnataka |
| B.Sudhakara Reddy | Institutions for Environmental Governance: Issues of Community Participation and Monitoring |
VIII. RESOURCE VALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
Chair: Dinesh K. Marothia,
Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur - 492 012, M.P |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Damini Masand | Environment and Local Level Planning in Development: A Study of Two Selected Agro-climatic Regions in Karnataka |
| Seema Bathla and Aslam Perwaiz | Users Analysis of Protected Areas - A Case Study of Binsar Wild Life Sanctuary in Kumaon |
| Amita Kumari Choudhury and Nirmal Chandra Sahu | Sustainable Management of Chilika Lake : A Multistakeholder Approach |
| A. J. James | Willing and Able to Pay for Drinking Water: A Contingent Valuation Study in Rural Gujarat |
| V.V. Barthwal | A Critical Evaluation of Land Utilisation Pattern in Rajasthan (With Special Reference to Ecological Issues) |
| P.P. Balan | Water Conservation Through Decentralised Planning in Kerela-key to Sustainable Development |
VIII. RESOURCE VALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
Vinod Vyasulu,
Centre for Bangalore and Policy Studies |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Saptarsi Biswas and Naresh Chandra Dutta | Socio-Ecological Propsects of East Calcutta Wetlands- A Case Study |
| Debabrata Lahiri | Policies for Use and Management of Wetlands in West Bengal |
| B. Sudhakara Reddy and Jyoti K.Parikh | Economic Benefits of Carbon Sequestration through Afforestation Programmes |
IX. METHODOLOGY ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Chair: U.Shankar,
Professor, MSE, Chennai |
| Presenter | Paper |
| M.S.V. Prasad | Environmental Cost-benefit Analysis |
| Madhu Verma , P. P. Yadav and Nishita Bakshi | Multi-criteria Analysis as a Tool to Investigate Compatibility between Conservation |
| A.K. Vasisht | On Estimate of Production and Environment Relations Using Statistical and Numerical Methods |
| Sumon Kumar Bhaumik | A New Institutional View of Environmentalism |
X. TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Jyoti Parikh,
Professor, IGIDR, Goregaon (E), Mumbai - 400 065 |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Nandan Nawan | Trade and Environment in the World Trade Organisation - Experience and Lessons |
| R.N. Agarwal and Kanchan Chopra | Environmental Regulations as Trade Barriers for Developing Countries: The Case of Indian Agricultural Exports |
| Chiranjib Gupta and Basudeb Guha Khasnobis | Strategic Trade and its Impacts on Environment under Different Tariff Regimes |
| Katar Singh | Some Environmental Impacts of Liberalised World Trade in Agricultural Commodities |
XI ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY
Chair: M.V.Nadkarni
Vice-Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Karnataka |
| Presenter | Paper |
| Somen Chakraborty | Impact of Modernised Fishing on Marine Ecology : Challenges by the Traditional Sector |
| Mrutyunjaya Mishra and Nirmal Chandra Sahu | Cost Benefit Analysis of Industrial Development in Angul-Talcher Region of Orissa |
| A.V. Ramana Charyulu | Resources in a Village Context - Impact of Industrialization |
| C.A. Antony | Environmental Impact Assessment of EIoor-Edayar Industrial Belt in the State of Kerela |
| A. Ranga Reddy | An Assessment of Environmental Impact of Tungabhadra Project |
| P.K. Joshi | Sustainability of Rice-Wheat Based Cropping System in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Role of Legumes |
XII. AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
Chair: S. Bisaliah,
Vice-Chancellor, U.A.S., Bangalore. |
| Presenter | Paper |
| A. Damodran | Economic Implications of Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Standards - The Case of Coffee Enterprises In India |
| Amalendu Jyotishi | Sustainable Agriculture: The Ecological, Economic and Institutional Aspects of Swidden Agriculture: Some Methodological Issues |
| R.S. Deshpande | Sustainable Agricultural Development and Micro-irrigation |
| Rajeswari S. Raina | Ecological Economics for Evaluation of Agricultural Research: The Case of Soil Science Research in India |
| Brooks Anderson | Setting up the Books for On-farm Ecological Accounting |
| Nandan Nawn | Interaction Between Environment and Agriculture - A Study on the Warrangal District of Andhra Pradesh |
| Subrata Mandai and Ramprasad Sengupta | Technology, Land Use and Energy Planning in Mountain Ecosystem: A Case Study of Hawalbag Micro-watershed in Indian Himalayas |
| V.B. Jugale | Soil Salinity and Sustainable Agricultural Development in Sugarcane Belt of Western Maharashtra |
XIII. FORESTRY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Ramprasad
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bhopal, M.P. |
| Presenter | Paper |
| T.S. Jean | Internal Rural Migration and its Impact on Deforestations in Kerela |
| Ravi Hedge | Market-Oriented Approach to Forest Conservation: Re-devised for the Present Context |
| Madhu Verma and Ramprasad | Carbon Sequestration - A Measure for Sustainable Trade of Forestry Products |
| Mamta Mukerji | The Challenge of Sustainable Development: Strategies for Green Growth |
| Sharachchandra Lele and A.Srinidhi | Factors Influencing Sustainable Forest Management under Regulated Private Property Regimes: The case of the Haadis of Dakshina Kannada |
| G. S. Haripriya and Jyoti K. Parikh | Carbon Stock and its Value for India |
| R.K. Jalota | Integrated Ecological-Economic Accounting of Phyto-Diversity Mono-Cultures of Exotic Eucalyptus, Tereticomis, Prosopis Juliflora and Indigenous D. Sissoo Plantations |
| K.K. Sangha and R.K. Jalota | An Analysis and Accounting of Nutrient Health in Soils and Litter of Mono-cultures of Exotic Eucalyptus, Tereticomis, Prosopis Juliflora and Indigenous D. Sissoo Plantations-An Intangible Parameter for Sustainability |
| Puttaswamaiah S | Farm Forestry in India - An overview |
