Jul 19 2026 to Jul 19 2026 11 a.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

For decades, Bengaluru’s citizens, institutions, and experts have worked tirelessly to save the city’s lakes. Marking a step in that effort, the Framework for Lake Rejuvenation is being launched. The comprehensive, five-step document, co-created by Friends of Lakes and WELL Labs along with Greater Bengaluru Authority, citizen groups, NGOs, academics, and experts, addresses the need to capture collective knowledge in a common, transparent, and streamlined framework to guide future lake rejuvenation efforts across the city.

The launch will be followed by a panel discussion that brings together a diverse group of voices, from citizen lake groups to researchers, practitioners, and environmental advocates, to answer a simple question: how can Bengaluru move toward a scientifically grounded, long-term strategy that ensures lakes remain healthy and functional for generations?

This event aims to spark a conversation about how the city can move from isolated projects to a shared, science-based approach for rejuvenating and sustaining its lakes.

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Speakers

Anupama Shetty
Mission Director, Biocon Foundation
Doctor by training and systems thinker by instinct, Dr Anupama Shetty leads initiatives that connect science, society, and social impact. She is passionate about translating evidence into action for healthier and more resilient communities.

V Ramprasad
Co-founder, Friends of Lakes & President, Federation of Bengaluru Lakes
Psychologist by training and lake-warrior by calling, Ramprasad V has spent many years turning Bengaluru’s dying water bodies into thriving ecosystems. As co-founder of Friends of Lakes and Consulting Advisor to WELL Labs, he bridges citizen action, corporate CSR, and government policy to rejuvenate lakes across Bengaluru and beyond. He is passionate about building science-backed, community-driven systems for water security, solid waste management, and environmental sustainability.

Avinash Krishnamurthy
Director & Project Manager, Biome Environmental Solutions
Avinash Krishnamurthy is a Director and Project Manager at Biome Environmental Solutions, and the Chief Program Officer for S3IDF. He has extensive experience in water, energy, solid waste management, and small infrastructure sectors in project conceptualization, design and implementation. He has worked in the information technology sector with Infosys Technologies Limited, where he managed international client relationships and led teams.

Sujata C Hingorani
Principal & Founder Partner, OASIS Design International
Sujata Hingorani is a Landscape Architect and the Co-Founder in Oasis Designs International, a multi-disciplinary firm of Architects, Urban Designers, and Landscape Architects. From very early in her career as a landscape architect, she was driven to shape public spaces, be it parks, streets, plazas or blue green networks in cities. The tools she used straddled the disciplines of Urban Landscape design, Transport Planning and whatever strategy was required for that specific space. She has helped curate and design many context-specific spaces, by mostly retrofitting existing city areas. These include the Lal Chowk plaza in Srinagar, JM Road Street design in Pune and the lakes network in Coimbatore.

Veena Srinivasan
Executive Director, WELL Labs
Dr Veena Srinivasan, a water expert with twenty years of experience, set up WELL Labs in 2023. She leads the organisation’s mission to transform scientific research into real-world impact by designing solutions that simultaneously create livelihoods and conserve the environment. She has won several awards for her work, including the 2015 Jim Dooge Award from the European Geosciences Union and the 2012 Water Resources Research Editor’s Choice Award from the American Geophysical Union. She chairs the Strategic Advisory Group for UN SDG 6 and was the Prince Claus Chair at Utrecht University, Netherlands from 2018 to 2020. She received her PhD from Stanford University and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.