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Space Tech for Sustainable Development
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India, being one of the developing countries in the world, does face many challenges when it comes to taking up specific developmental projects for the benefit of the people. Natural resources management and societal applications are the biggest areas for India where the Government spends lots of funds for the benefit of its people.
Government spendings of public money in many important areas, such as, building rural and urban infrastructure, programs on land & water conservation, agriculture, water, forests, energy and many others to ensure sustainable development of all basic needs of the people, are efforts towards achieving our sustainable developmental goals. This calls for meticulous planning and well-orchestrated implementation and monitoring.
Space technology provides many interesting solutions in terms of Earth observation, communication and GNSS based solutions. The presentation brings out specific areas where such solutions are being provided to the Government using space technology so that the goals of development and governance are met amicably.
The talk by Prof. Diwakar will be followed by a discussion with Ecologist, Harini Nagendra. A Q&A session with the audience will follow.
This session is part of the Let’s Talk Climate Change Talk series.
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Speakers
PG Diwakar
Dr. PG Diwakar is a distinguished scientist and former Scientific Secretary of ISRO, with 36 years of experience in space technology and applications. He holds a PhD in Participatory Geomatics and has held various key positions in ISRO, including Head of Regional Remote Sensing Centre and Programme Director of Earth Observation & Disaster Management. Dr. Diwakar has made significant contributions to space-based natural resources management, geospatial technology, and disaster management, and has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Globe Sustainability Research Award and the ISRO Team Excellence Award. He is currently the ISRO Chair Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and has published over 100 papers in national and international journals.
Harini Nagendra
Harini Nagendra is a Professor at Azim Premji University, where she leads the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability. Her research focuses on social-ecological transformations in South Asia. Prof. Nagendra received a 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award for her research and practice on urban commons. Her 2016 book Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future examines the implications of environmental change for cities of the global South. Her latest book, The Bangalore Detectives Club is a historical detective novel based in 1920s colonial Bangalore.
