The State of the Environment – #PlanetTalks with Dr Simi Mehta on Science Fiction and Sustainability by Dr Anandajit Goswami.
Greetings from the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!
On behalf of the Center forEnvironment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD) at IMPRI, India Water Portal, and Department of Energy and Environment, TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), Delhi, we invite you to a #WebPolicyTalk –
The State of the Environment
#PlanetTalks with Dr Simi Mehta
Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: November 17, 2020; Tuesday
Time: 18:15 IST (GMT+5:30)
Platform: Zoom and Facebook live
Speaker:
Dr Anandajit Goswami, Associate Professor, Manav Rachna International University
Anandajit Goswami was a faculty at TERI School of Advanced Studies and currently he is an Associate Professor (Liberal Arts), HOD, Department of Social and Political Studies, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Manav Rachna International University. As TERI Africa Coordinator, he was based at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). He led research projects supported by ADB, UK-Aid and worked for Niti Aayog, Copenhagen Consensus Centre and WWF India. He completed his Master’s degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and has obtained PhD in Energy Economics and Policy from TERI School of Advanced Studies.
He has co-authored, coedited academic books, published academic papers, popular articles and also co-authored and authored two sci-fi books titled ‘Lucy meets Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘Lucy and the Train: Tryst with Sustainability’ along with an unique crime thriller on gender neutrality – “Pink Gender”. He has instructed courses like – Art and Sustainability, Applied Mathematics for Sustainability, Economics of Climate Change and created movements like music and sustainability, art from the heart for climate action and sustainability.
Moderator:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI; Fulbright Scholar, Ohio State University, USA
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Science, Fiction and Sustainability
Media Coverage:
Science, fiction and sustainability, India Water Portal
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