Nov 17 2024 to Nov 17 2024 11:30 a.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Join us for the launch of a new climate data set for India, which offers high-resolution, bias-corrected climate projections down to the district level! This data set, crafted by Azim Premji University, offers critical insights into how India’s climate will change in the coming years.

The data set uses high-resolution data at a scale of 25 by 25 km to provide a detailed look at how India’s climate is projected to change. It will be accessible to everyone through interactive web-based platforms, making it easy to use this information for a variety of purposes. Individual reports will be available for each state and union territory of India, and the data will be downscaled to the district level.

This report offers insight into how climate change will impact India. This information can be used to make informed decisions and develop targeted adaptation strategies.

The report will be launched by Uma Mahadevan, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner in the Government of Karnataka. We will have a brief presentation on the dataset by Santonu Goswami, Faculty, Azim Premji University, followed by a panel discussion featuring Rajeevan Madhavan Nair (Vice Chancellor, Atria University and Former Secretary, MoES India) and VK Dadhwal (Indira Gandhi Chair Professor of Environmental Sciences, NIAS and Former Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO). The discussion will be moderated by Harini Nagendra, Director, Research Centre and School of Climate Change & Sustainability at Azim Premji University.

Speakers
Uma Mahadevan
ACS, Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka

Uma Mahadevan is a civil servant currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat Raj in the Government of Karnataka. She has worked in diverse sectors including women and child development. She has recently served as a member of the Taskforce on Early Childhood Care and Education. She was a member of the working group that produced Karnataka’s first Human Development Report. She has written extensively on culture and development issues.
Santonu Goswami
Climate Change Researcher & Faculty, Azim Premji University

Santonu Goswami is a member of the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability and an Associate Professor at Azim Premji University. He is currently working towards strengthening India’s response to the climate crisis through data and models. Before joining Azim Premji University, he spent five and a half years as a Senior Scientist at NRSC-ISRO, focusing on studying key ecosystems in India, namely, coastal, riverine and Himalayan mountain ecosystems using data modelling of various time-series Geospatial and Climate datasets using open-source analytics tools. He has also worked as a Research Scientist at the Centre for Urban Science and Progress in NY, USA, where he analyzed urban datasets of NYC to develop baseline scenarios for NYC neighborhoods. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the US Dept. of Energy Laboratory at ORNL focused on data-model integration to understand climate change impacts on Arctic Ecosystems.
Rajeevan Madhavan Nair
Vice Chancellor, Atria University and Former Secretary, MoES India
VK Dadhwal
Indira Gandhi Chair Professor of Environmental Sciences, NIAS and Former Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO
Harini Nagendra
Director, Research Centre and School of Climate Change & Sustainability at Azim Premji University

Harini Nagendra is a Professor at Azim Premji University, where she leads the School for Climate Change and Sustainability. Her research focuses on social-ecological transformations in cities and forests of 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. She is also the author of the best-selling “The Bangalore Detectives Club” historical mystery series, based in 1920s colonial Bangalore.