World Environment Day 2025 | EPAYF Environment Policy and Action Youth Fellowship – Cohort 2.0 | Special Session on the Occasion of World Environment Day 2025 | June 5, 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
#IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
Special Session on the Occasion of World Environment Day 2025
An initiative of the ongoing EPAYF Environment Policy and Action Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0
World Environment Day 2025
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning
Dates: June 5, 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 6 – 8 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom
VIDEOS:
Live: https://youtube.com/live/OPc5zH7griY
HQ: https://youtu.be/WB3hHpiGMIU
AUDIOS: Spotify | YouTube Music
Registration Form: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ntHkghzxSlCfLos74_lQdA
Course Fee: Free!
For queries, write to: learningatimpri@gmail.com
About
The #IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), New Delhi, under its flagship #WebPolicyLearning initiative, is pleased to host a Special Session on the occasion of World Environment Day 2025. This event is part of the ongoing Environment Policy and Action Youth Fellowship (EPAYF) – Cohort 2.0, a program committed to nurturing informed and action-oriented youth leaders in the field of environmental policy and sustainability.
This year’s World Environment Day theme at IMPRI focuses on deepening awareness and engagement around two critical environmental issues—wildlife conservation and urban waste management. The session features a keynote address by Dr. Ravi Chellam, a leading wildlife biologist and conservation policy expert, who will speak on “Wildlife Conservation in India: Lessons from the Field and the Policy Table.” This will be followed by a screening of the short film “Waste and the City,” curated and presented by Ms. Karishma Rao and Mr. Vishwesh S Prasad, which explores the complexities of waste management in urban India. The session aims to offer participants both scientific insight and creative storytelling as tools for environmental action and policy thinking.
Experts
Chair: Ms Bhargavi S Rao, Independent Researcher & Educator, Environment Activist, Bengaluru; Visiting Senior Fellow (Honorary), IMPRI
Panelists
Dr Ravi Chellam, Wildlife biologist and conservation scientist; CEO of Metastring Foundation, Bengaluru, India
Ms Karishma Rao, Creative Director & Content Writer, TEEPOI, Bengaluru, India
Mr Vishwesh S Prasad, Co-Founder / Visual Director at TEEPOI, Bengaluru, India
Convenors
Dr Mansee Bal Bhargava, Entrepreneur, researcher, and educator, Eco-Development and Research cell, Ahmedabad; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Ms Suhasini Ayer, Principal Architect, Auroville Design Consultants; Visiting Senior Fellow (Honorary), IMPRI
Prof Utpal Kumar De, Professor of Economics at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
Coordinators
Vaishali Singh, Assistant Research Manager
Priyanka Negi, Research Program & Editorial Associate
Swetha Shanker Pydimarry, Visiting Researcher & Assistant Editor
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– EPAYF Environment Policy and Action Youth Fellowship| May-July 2024
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– Making Indian Cities Disaster and Climate Change Resilient: Towards Responsive and Actionable Urban Planning, Policy and Development | May 2022
– Implementing Rainwater Conservation: Practitioners’ Perspectives on Rainwater Harvesting and Efficient Local Water Governance and Resilience | August 2022
– Understanding Recurring Heatwaves: Risk, Impact and the Way Forward for Resilience | July 2022
– Gender Equality, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals | May 2021
– Disaster Resilient Waste Management for Sustainable Spaces | June 2021
– Women-led Sustainable and Decentralised Water Resource Management – A Multi-Stakeholders’ Perspective | August 2021
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