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Eastern Ghats Symposium 2022

Conserving biodiversity of the Eastern Ghats: Challenges and the way forward

Dates: 30th April and 1st May 2022

www.tirupatibiodiversity.org/events/eastern-ghats-symposium

The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous chain of mountains along the east coast of India covering an area of 75000 sq.km. Despite the fact that the Eastern Ghats are home to several endemic flora and fauna, like the Red Sanders tree and the Golden Gecko, habitats are rapidly being degraded or lost entirely. With increasing development in the region, there is a need for urgent scientific research and conservation action.

This symposium will bring together researchers, managers, and policy-makers who have worked in the landscape in the last two decades or more, in an attempt to consolidate existing knowledge, promote dialogue

Organizing Team

National Biodiversity Authority	IISER Tirupati

Dr. V.B. Mathur, Chairman	Dr. K.N. Ganesh, Director
Dr. Justin Mohan, Secretary	Dr. Ramesh Sonti, Chair, Biology
Dr. KP Raghuraman, Technical Officer	Dr. Nandini Rajamani, Assistant Professor
	Mr. Raja Sekhar Bandi, Citizen Science Coordinator
	Mr. Aravind PS, Researcher
	Mr. Senan D’Souza, Researcher
	Ms. Swati Udayraj, PhD Student
	Dr. Brawin Kumar, Postdoctoral Scholar
	Mr. Rakesh Muni, PhD Student
	Ms. Archita Sharma, PhD Student
	Ms. Harsha Jagadeesh, Master’s Student
	Ms.Anupama Devi, PhD Student
	Ms.Keerthi .O, Master’s Student

Schedule

Day 1: 30th April 2022, Saturday

10:00 AM	Keynote Session- Dr. V.B. Mathur
10:30 AM	Plenary Talks 1 and 2- Dr.T. Pullaiah, Dr.Jayashree Vencatesan
11:30 AM	Tea break
11:45 AM	Public Talks on Red Sanders
1:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM	Research Talk
2:30 PM	Panel Discussion on Conservation issues
3:15 PM	Plenary Talk 3-Dr. N. Parthasarathy
3:45 PM	Tea Break
4:00 PM	Focus group discussion on future directions with Forest Departments, SBBs, Scientific Institutions and Academia (Closed Session)
5:30 PM	End of Day 1
7:30 PM	Dinner

Day 2: 1st May 2022, Sunday

9:30 AM	Plenary Talk 4- Dr. Anupama Krishnamurthy
10:00 AM	Research talks
11:30 AM	Tea break
11:45 AM	Research talks (continued)
1:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM	End of Day 2

All sessions (except closed sessions) will also be streamed live on the IISER Tirupati You tube channel

For more information please visit www.tirupatibiodiversity.org/events/eastern-ghats-symposium

COVID-19 guidelines: In-person attendees are kindly requested to adhere to COVID protocols. Please wear a mask and maintain social distancing.