Title: “Role of academia and research in Environmental Protection – Some thoughts”
Abstract
India is facing growing environmental concerns, and we in the academic and research community have a significant role to play. A PAN-India
voice needs to emerge for enabling the already known solutions to be co-ordinated nationally, and implemented locally. Some recent efforts by
MoEFCC and Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, GoI, need to be highlighted and pursued collectively.
About the Speaker
Dr. Virendra Sethi is a Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering Department (previously CESE) at IIT Bombay. He completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and then MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering from University of Cincinnati, USA. He has worked with ONGC and USEPA and has been at IIT Bombay since 2000. His areas of interests are air quality, remote sensing, and aerosol dynamics and measurements.
