A three day international conference on ‘Inner and outer climate and the quest for environmental sustainability’ would commence at Doon University from Friday. The school of School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doon University is organizing the conference along with Tarab ling Institute, Dehradun and Doon library and Research Centre, Dehradun.
The Vice Chancellor, Doon University, V K Jain said, “The conference focuses on wide aspects of environmental sustainability and how we can achieve it through the knowledge of modern science and technology and ancient heritage.”
The convener of the conference, Kusum Arunachalam informed that scholars from across the world would attend the international conference. Prominent among the international scholars are, Department of Environmental Sciences and Sustainability, Utrecht University Netherlands Van Egmond, Professor clinical Neurology, Uppsala University, Sweden Carin Muhr, Professor at Management Development leadership and Teacher Training, Staff Development, MID Swedish University Britt Englund, and Professor Science and Environment Equipe Cousteau, France Tarik Chekchak. They and others would present their research papers in the conference.
“In this Conference our goal is to identify and understand how we can arrive at more holistic solutions in regard to environmental issues. Other objectives are to find ways to stimulate and facilitate the implementation of the vast knowledge already available within the environmental field and to question: why do governments and people resist making full usage of the knowledge available,” she said.