JD Birla Institute is organizing an International Conference on "Environment and its Impact on Society"

JD Birla Institute is organizing an International Conference on "Environment and its Impact on Society"
on the occasion of completing 50 glorious years

Kolkata, 2013: This year J D Birla Institute completes 50 years of its existence and as a part of this celebration, the college is hosting an International Conference on "Environment and its Impact on Society" on 18^th to 20^th August, 2013 at Kolkata.

Shri Somnath Chatterjee, Former Speaker of Lok Sabha had inaugurated the International Conference by lighting the lamp at Vidya Mandir Auditorium Sri S.K. Birla, Mrs. Sumangala Birla, Ms Rita Bibra, Chief Administrator, J.D. Birla Institutions also present on this occasion.

Other eminent resource persons at the Conference are Dr. A.J. Wieczorek, who is an active member of the Sustainability Transition Studies Group at the Institute of Environmental Studies, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Joanne Miller Pearson, Vice President, International Federation of Home Economics, Region of Americas; Dr. B. Sesikeran - Former Director of National Institute of Nutrition; Prof ABM Abdullah - Professor at the Dept. of Textile Engineering, Primeasia University, Bangladesh; Mr. J.P. Agarwal - Partner, Architect Agarwal & Agarwal, Kolkata; Prof Ainun Nishat - Vice Chancellor, BRAC University, Bangladesh; Dr. Vinod Kumar Jain - Professor of Physics, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Mr. Nirmal Basu - Founder Exnora Interntaional, Chennai and Mrs. Karuna A Singh - Country Director India, Earth Day Network.

To preserve the global environment for future generations, we need to take action with greater environmental awareness and clearer goals. To keep environmental impact within the self-recovery capability of the natural environment, setting specific goals for the prevention of global warming, the conservation of resources, and the prevention of pollution is important for achieve of idle society. A new vision of the role of education and public awareness in achieving sustainability has emerged during the last few decades. In this period, many organizations have undertaken environmental reviews, audits and other procedures to assess their environmental performances. The emerging consensus is that when environmental management systems become a part of running of any organization, only then can an organization survive in the long term.

The International Conference is on the subject "Environment and its Impact on Society" and would involve participation of academicians, policy makers and entrepreneurs, research scholars and students from various institutes and Universities and NGO's with international participation.

A Conference on this topic will highlight successful examples from around the world concerning attempts of integration of education and public awareness into national and local plans and strategies for sustainability, technology, curriculum development, new partnerships and networks.

About the J.D. Birla Institute:

J.D. Birla Institute, which is a private un-aided college, was set-up in June 1962 when late Smt. Sushila Devi Birla established a college for girls to provide scientific education to young women from Kolkata's conservative family. Over the 50 glorious years, JDBI has grown with the needs and demands of the changing times. The Institute has made rapid strides over the decades to emerge as a centre of excellence. The name was changed to J.D. Birla Institute in 2002 with the launch of a satellite campus to house the co-educational Department of Management. Today the Institute, which has an `A' grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), provides graduate, post-graduate degrees under affiliation to Jadavpur University and several short term courses. It has recently been awarded with an autonomous status by the UGC.