A two-day national conference at the National Law University Odisha (NLUO) on animal and environmental welfare in collaboration with the Humane Society International India (HSI India) will begin on Tuesday.
The aim is to promote discussion on the theme ‘Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability.’ The event would witness notable luminaries and experts from the field representing difference facets of welfare and conservation.
The chief guest and keynote speaker at the inaugural session shall be Union Minister for Women and Children Development and animal activist Maneka Gandhi. Prof Dr Priyambada Hejmadi Mohanty, biologist and conservationist, NG Jayasimha, Managing Director, HSI, Sumanth Bindumadhav, wildlife campaign manager of HSI, Gauri Maulekhi, Trustee, People for Animals and AbhijayNegi, founder of MAD, a social action group will join as guests.
There will be four sessions. Papers would be presented by academicians, students and scholars all across the country.