SADABAI Raisoni Women’s College, G H Raisoni University, Saikheda and G H Raisoni College of Commerce Science and Technology in association with CSIR-NEERI, ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur and ICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research organised a two day international conference on ‘Sustainable and Resilient Environment Development-2023’. The theme of the conference was ‘Towards a resilient planet ensuring a sustainable and equitable future’.

Dr Meena Rajesh, Vice Chancellor, G H Raisoni University, Saikheda presented the opening remarks. Padmabhushan Dr Anil Joshi, Director HESCO, Dehradun was the chief guest. Dr Joshi said, “One should learn to appreciate nature and it is the responsibility of every citizen to save mother earth”. The guest of honour, Dr Shekar Mande, Ex DG CSIR Labs gave a brief insight into the contributions made by CSIR in moving towards a more sustainable and resilient environment. Dr Atya Kapley, Head Scientist CSIR-NEERI was the special guest. She said that it was not just the responsibility of the Government or organisations like NEERI to safeguard the environment but the responsibility of each individual on the face of this earth.

The inaugural was followed by the first session on ‘Preserving Natural Resources: Air, Water and Land’.

Dr K V George, Chief Scientist NEERI spoke on air pollution and the hazards that go with it. Dr Neeraj Gahlawat, Embassy of Israel spoke on the processes that were introduced in Israel for water management. He said that waste was treated and reused for agriculture and this process had been successfully implemented.