CONFIRMED SPEAKERS/ GUESTS PROGRAMME WISE
8th October, 2015 (6:30 to 7:30 pm) – Curtain Raiser Programme at The American Center- Discussion on How Films can Impact Conservation
- Richard Rahul Verma, United States Ambassador to India
- Rajendra Singh, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
- Krishnendu Bose, Award winning Filmmaker
- Emily White, Programme Director, American Centre, US Embassy
- P N Vasanti, Director General, CMS
Hall 1
9th October Inaugural function (11 am -11.30) -lighting of lamp & release of festival Directory
- Rajendra Singh, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
- Uma Bharti, Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
- Kapil Mishra, Minister of Water, Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs, Tourism, Art, Culture & Languages and Gurdwara Elections, Govt of NCT of Delhi
- Dr N Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, CMS
9th October, 2015 (3:00- 6:00 pm)- Special Screening and Discussion of Kaun Kitne Paani Mein
- Nila Madhab Panda- Director
- Saurabh Shukla- Cast
10th October, 2015 (3:00-6:00 pm) – Special Screening of Aisa Yeh Jahaan
- Biswajeet Bora, Director
- Adil Hussain, Guest
11th October, 2015 (6:30- 8:30 pm) – Award Ceremony
- Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
- Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Railways
- Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi
- Shri Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, MoEFCC
- His Excellency, Mr Hans Dannenberg, Embassy of Dominican Republic
- Mr Amol Palekar, Award Jury Chairperson
- Mr Rajendra Singh, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
- His Excellency, Mr Harald Sandberg, Embassy of Sweden
SESSIONS (HALL 3)
| Time | 9th October | 10th October | 11th October | 12th October | 13th October |
| 10:30 am- 12:30 pm | River Rejuvenation (11.30-1pm)
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Discussion on Proposed Water Security Bill for Right to Life1. Rajendra Singh, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2. Vikram Soni, Professor of Physics, Jamia Milia Islamia |
Whose water is it anyway? Managing groundwater as a resource Dr Sharad Lele, ATREE, BangaloreDipankar Saha, Central Groundwater Board, New Delhi Shilp Verma, International Water Management Institute, Anand
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Trans-boundary Water Cooperation Sagar Prasai, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, New Delhi Shawahiq Siddiqui, Environmental Lawyer, Advisor and Consultant, Bureau of Research on Industry & Economic Fundamentals, New Delhi Uttam Kumar Sinha, Research Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi Ajaya Dixit, President, ISET-Nepal Malini Mehra, CEO, GLOBE International MODERATOR – Joydeep Gupta, South Asia Director, The Third Pole, New Delhi |
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| 2:00- 4:00 pm | Discussion on Joining the Dots: Challenges in Wildlife Filmmaking
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| 4:30- 6:30 pm | Water Management & Conservation: Sharing Industrial/Corporate Best Practices
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Roundtable on Reviving Local Water Bodies Leo Saldanha, Coordinator, Environment Support Group, Bangalore Jasveen Jairath, Founding Convenor, Save Our Urban Lakes, Hyderabad Manu Bhatnagar, Principal Director, Natural Heritage Division, INTACH, New Delhi Mohan Rao, Principal Designer, Integrated Design, Bengaluru (GIZ Nominee)MODERATOR – Nitya Jacob, National Head of Policy, WaterAid, New Delhi |
Acquisition and Distribution of Environment & Wildlife FilmsBy RSTV | Water & Culture M S Vani, Development Centre for Alternative Policies, Delhi Uma Maheshwari, Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla Prof Brij Gopal, Retired professor JNU Sant Balbar Singh ji Seechewal, Nirmal KuteyaMODERATOR: Bahar Dutt, Conservation Biologist and Environment Journalist |
Water quality and health: making it everyone’s priorityDr Sunderrajan Krishnan, INREM foundation, Anand Sanchaita Gajapati Raju, Managing Trustee & Founder, SANA Foundation, Gurgaon Dr Arjun Khandare, National Institute for Nutrition, Hyderabad S Vishwanath, Biome Environmental Trust, Bangalore
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VISITS
October 10th, 2015 | Location |Reviving Local Water Bodies
October 11, 2015 Sunday
GLOBAL RIVER WALK FOR PEACE
7:00 -9:00 am (assembly point Rajiv chowk metro exit gate # 4)
Rajendra Singh
Ashok Lavasa
Kapil Misra
October 12th, 2015 |8:00 am to 12 noon | Yamuna Biodiversity Park | Water and Biodiversity |
Speakers
Sandeep Behera, WWF India
Asghar Nawab, WWF India
Suresh Babu, WWF India
Dr Faiyaz Khudsar, Yamuna Biodiversity Park
MODERATOR: Bahar Dutt, Conservation Biologist and Environment Journalist (previously at CNN/IBN)
WORKSHOPS and BOOK LAUNCHES (HALL 3, HALL 4 and HALL 2)
| Venues | October 9 | October 10 | October 11 | October 12 | October 13 |
| Hall 4 | 02:00 pm – 04:00 pmWorkshop for Students on Water Auditing- “Water, water everywhere, but not a….”
Facilitators Ranjita Menon, CSE
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05:00 pm – 06:00 pmBook Launch for “Environmental History”
By
Down to Earth, CSE |
02:30 am – 06:00 pmClimate and Water
Co-hosted with CMS ENVIS and The Third Pole Facilitators- 1. James Fahn, Global Director of Environmental Programs, Internews
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04:00 pm – 06:00 pmBook Launch for “Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India’s Ancient River”
By Anthony Acciavatti |
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| Hall 3 | 02:30 pm – 06:00 pmMedia Workshop ‘Water in the newsroom’
Facilitators: 1. Dinesh C Sharma, Journalist and Author, CMS Fellow
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10:30 am – 12:30 amFilmmaking Workshop
by PSBT
Mr Rajiv Mehrotra, Managing Trustee, PSBT |
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm Workshop for Teachers on Environment Education by P S Sodhi, Country Program Manager, GEF/UNDP, SGP CEE Special Guest: Asim Ahmad Khan, Minister of Environment & Forest and Election, Government of NCT of Delhi |
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| Hall 2 | 03:00 pm – 06:00 pmQuark Workshop on Digital Cinematography
by Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl |
10:00 am – 01:00 pmQuark Workshop on Digital Cinematography
By Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl 4.30-6:00 pm Special screening and panel discussion on I cannot give you my forest |