International Invitations (Seventy Five)

Widely Invited by International Development Agencies/ Institutions/ Organizations / Universities

v Invited to participate as an expert at the report release workshop on the “Economic Benefits of Bangladesh - India Power Trade” to promote South Asia Electricity Trade, 11th January 2018, Hotel The Royal Plaza, New Delhi, IRADE, Delhi.

v Invited as an Expert for a Meeting on ‘Addressing Water issues at all level (Households, Agriculture, Industry and Government)’ by Ms. Meena Sankaran, Founder & CEO, Ketos Inc (USA). 29^th August 2017, jointly organized by the World Trade Centre (WTC) Mumbai and All India Association of Industries (AIAI)

v Invited Expert at the International Conference on "Future of Cities: Opportunities and Challenges", Institute for Town Planners, India, Delhi, 27-28^th July 2017, to deliver an invited lecture on “Retrofitting Transport-Infrastructure Projects for Climate Adaptation – Incremental Analysis of Non Motorized Modes” in the Session on “Climate Change, Risk and Resilient Cities”

v Invited as an Expert at the National Consultation on Urban Observatories of the UK-India Joint Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India, 28^th April 2017, Organized by RCUK and NIUA, At India Habitat Center, Delhi

v Invited as an Expert for the workshop on the Launch of Regional Studies Association, India Division, 28^th April 2017, Organized jointly by NIUA and RSC at India, India Habitat Center, Delhi

v Invited as an expert and Discussant for an Interactive talk by Ms. Kristalina Georgieva on “Multilateralism in a Protectionist World and Challenges for Green Infrastructure/Climate Finance”, CEO of the World Bank, organized by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), 28^th February 2017, RBI Convention Hall, Mumbai

v Invited as an expert at the UNDP’s Country Program Management Board (CPMB) meeting, 19^th January 2017, UNDP India Office, New Delhi

v Invited as an Expert at the Interactive session on “Doing Business with Ecuador – The Gateway to Latin America” with the Ambassador of Ecuador, organized by World Trade Center, Mumbai, 19^th December 2016

v Invited expert at the Energy-Environment group outcome evaluation board meeting, UNDP India Office, 25^th November 2016

v Invited expert at the workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory organized by Mumbai Chambers of Commerce and Industries and Research Council of UK, 5-6 December 2016, Mumbai.

v Invited expert and principal investigator at the Kick off workshop of UK-India Joint Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India, 26-27 Sept 2016, Delhi

v Invited as International examiner for a Master Thesis of Erasmus Mundus European Master’s in Law and Economics (EMLE) Program – Thesis titled “Building a Global Market: Linking the European Emissions Trading Scheme with the California Emissions Trading Scheme” by Sönne Johannes Schumacher (2015)

v Invited to deliver an expert lecture on “Economic Development and Infrastructure in India at the Times of Global Negotiations for SDGs” at Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul Republic of Korea, 28^th May 2014

v Invited to deliver an expert lecture on “Economic Development and Societal Transformation - Why are the Issues in Asian Cities Unique?” at Korean Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 30^th May 2014

v Invited to deliver an expert lecture on “Economic Development and Sustainability - Means to Integrate Sustainability into Economic Development” at The Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Sogang University, Seoul, Korean Republic, 3^rd June 2014

v Delivered a Fellowship lecture on “India - Korea CEPA: Analysis of Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Implications” at Korean Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 5^th June 2014

v Invited as Climate Change Expert, the Technical Working Group Meeting on Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Food Security, Knowledge Partnership Program (KPP), IPE and DFID ,UK, at DFID-British High Commission, New Delhi, 18^th January 2013.

v Invited Expert, 9^th Refresher Training Programme, Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Trans-boundary Effects for South Asia – UNEP-RRC.AP, Bangkok, CPCB, India, Delhi 10-12 December 2012

v Invited Speaker at the UNU-WIDER International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Helsinki, Finland 28-29^th September 2012

v Invited International Expert for the Review of SCR (Social Corporate Responsibility) Report 2011, CISCO Systems Inc., 170, West Tasman, CA 95134 USA

v Invited International Expert, International Workshop on Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Mega Cities, Organized by Global Carbon Project (GCP) – National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan, Tokyo Garden Palace, Tokyo, Japan, 1-3 March 2012

v Invited lecture on “Landfill Design Aspects” at the International Corporate “HMR Environmental Consultants – Sultanate of Oman”, Dubai, UAE 26-27 Mar’12

v Invited lecture at Bloomberg data Services (India) Ltd., on “Managing Waste in Developing Countries – Philosophies to Problem Solving” on 1^st Dec 2011, Bloomberg Inc., USA, India Office, Mumbai, India

v Invited lecture at Bloomberg data Services (India) Ltd., on “E-waste Management in India – Issues, Challenges and Policy Responses” on 1^st Dec 2011, Bloomberg Inc., USA, India Office, Mumbai, India

v Invited Expert, Annual Meeting of Solid Waste Experts from Asia and the Pacific Islands (SWAPI), Daegu, South Korea 19^th Oct 2011

v Open NIES Talk on “Urban Energy and Carbon Intensity in India and Its Determinants – A Household Level Analysis”, at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan, 29^th November 2010.

v Invited Expert, the 7th NIES Workshop on E-waste held at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan during 18-20^th October 2010 and made an expert presentation on E-Waste Management in India – Issues, Challenges and Policy Response (18^th October 2010)

v Invited for the International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World, to be held on the campus of Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA, October 15-17, 2010. Organized by The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) project of the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). To make a presentation on "Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align Climate Change Concerns with the National Development Objectives: Solid Waste Management"

v Invited at the 2nd UNITAR-Yale Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy, 2nd Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, September 17-19, 2010 to make a panel presentation on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change and Greening Concerns into the National Development Objectives: Issues of Governance at Different Levels’.

v Invited expert at the Regional Workshop on “Waste Management in the Sohar Industrial Port”, organized by Sohar Environmental Unit, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Sultanate of Oman, Crown Plaza Sohar, 20^th September 2010 and spoke on “Design Aspects of Landfill-Environmental considerations”

v Panel Coordinator, “Panel on Harmonized Emission Standards in India – What can be learned from Europe Experience”, Diesel Emission Conference (DEC-2010), Organized by Integer Research, London (8-9 Sept 2010), Leela Kempsi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India

v Invited as a Regional Expert on Solid Waste management to Participate in the Regional Training Workshop on “Integrated Solid Waste Management based on 3R Principles, IETC-DTIE of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), UNEP-ROAP and UNESCAP, 5-8^th October 2009, Osaka, Japan

v Invited to present the award winning paper on “Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives in Urban Transportation – Strategies to Promote Non-Motorized Modes of Transportation” at the “International Workshop on Evaluating Climate Change and Development”, Alexandria, Egypt, 10-13 May 2008, organized by the Global Environment Facility, World Bank

v Invited to present the Key Note Speech at the “Symposium on Technical Development for Climate Change Counter Plan” Lotte Hotel, Ulsan City, 1-2^nd May 2008 and delivered a Key Note Speech on “Integrating Strategies for Local and Global Environmental Issues” on 2^nd May 2008

v Invited to present the Key Note Speech at the “Korean Society of Environmental Engineers’ Annual Seminar” Ulsan City, 1-2 May 2008 and delivering a Key Note Speech on “Economics for Environmental Management” on 1^st May 2008

v Invited Expert, First Asia and Pacific Mayor’s Forum on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development, Ulsan City, South Korea, 21-23 April 2008, Organized by UNESCAP and the City of Ulsan. Delivered an expert lecture on “Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development – Integrating Strategies for Local and Global Issues” on 21^st April 2008

v Invited Special Lecture on “Economics of Waste Management” at Chongwon National University, Chongwon, South Korea, 31^st March 2008

v Invited Guest Speaker, at KAIST Golden Triangle Research Collaboration meeting and gave a lecture on “Environmental Engineers and Sustainable Development”, Ulsan, South Korea, 22^nd February 2008.

v Invited lecture on “Response Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation – A Developing Country Perspective” as a part of the Environmental Technology Seminar series under the prestigious BRAIN KOREA 21 programme of Korean Government (at the University of Ulsan, South Korea, 7^th December 2007)

v Invited on a special Japan Waste Research Foundation (JWRF) Fellowship to participate in the 3^rd Expert Meeting on Solid Waste Management in Asia and Pacific Islands and Present a paper on “Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align Climate Change Concerns with the National Development Objectives: Solid Waste Management”, Okayama, JAPAN, 7-9 November 2007.

v Invited expert, Joint Seminar on Climate Change: The Urban Transportation Challenge, Organized by the Municipal Corporation of Kolkata and the Centre for Social Markets (CSM), Wednesday, 8^th August 2007, The Conclave, Kolkata, India (Funded by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany)

v Series of Invited Lectures at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ulsan, Korea (January-February 2007)

o Environmental Management through the Times of Economic Development;

o Economic Development and the Environment;

o Air Pollution Control and solid waste Management - A Management Approach;

o Economics for Environmental Management - An Introduction to Environmental  Economics;

o Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Tool for Environmental Management;

o Climate Change and Mitigation Strategies

v Invited to participate in Better Air Quality (BAQ - 2006) Conference organized by CAI-Asia and ADB, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 13-15 December 2006 and present a research paper.

v Invited Expert, Project formulation Workshop for Asian Climate Change Research Programme (ACCReP), Funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 27-28 October 2005, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

v Panel Member, on “How to Bring the Global Concerns into Urban Context”, Organized by the Urban Environmental Management group of IGES, JAPAN at the International Open Science Meeting of International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October 2005.

v Open AIT lecture on “The Delhi Decision – Is it a sustainable pathway for better air quality management in the other developing countries in Asia“, 26^th January 2004, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand.

v Invited Speaker, “Better Air Quality in Asia and pacific Rim Cities (BAQ) 2004”, an international workshop organized by the CIA Asia, ADB, Agra, India, 6-8 Dec., 2004

v Invited as a National Expert to attended the Annual review workshop on “Strategies to promote energy efficient technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -III), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 11-12 November, 2004

v Invited by UNESCAP to represent Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan at the “Workshop-cum-study visit Community-based and Decentralized Solid Waste Management” UNESCAP, 13-17 September 2004, Dhaka, Bangladesh

v Invited to participate in the third Kitakyushu Initiative Network Meeting of UNESCAP, 2-4 August 2004, Kitakyushu, Japan

v Invited to attend the sixth Thematic Seminar on International Cooperation for Local Initiatives, IGES, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2^nd July 2004

v Invited to attend the fifth Thematic Seminar on Public Participation for Urban Environmental Management, IGES, Kitakyushu, Japan, 20-21 January 2003

v Invited speaker at the Better Air Quality (BAQ 2003) workshop, 17-19 December 2003, Manila, Philippines, (Sponsored by ADB, Philippines) and presented a paper “Transportation Trends, Alternatives and Policy Issues in Indian Cities”

v Invited to attend the International Conference on “Roles of Agriculture”, Organized by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 20-22 October 2003, Rome, Italy

v Invited to attend the Annual review workshop on “Strategies to promote energy efficient technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -III), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 24-26 September, 2003

v Invited to attend the “Fourth Training Workshop on International Environmental Law – Biodiversity," Kushiro, Japan, 15-21^st March 2003 (Sponsored by United Nations Institute of Training and Research – UNITAR)

v Invited Speaker at the BAQ 2002, an international workshop on Better Air Quality in Asia and pacific Rim Cities held in Hong Kong supported by the Asian Development Bank(ADB)

v Invited to attend the Methodology Workshop on “Strategies to promote energy efficient technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), held at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 7-8 October, 2002

v Invited to participate in the Inception workshop of Role of Agriculture (ROA) project funded by Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 21-22 September 2002.

v Invited to attend the World Bank Institute’s course on Environmental Economics and Development Policy 2002 (EEDP V), Washington D.C. United States, 15-26 July, 2002

v Invited to attend the Third Annual Review Workshop on Asian Regional Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 25-27 March, 2002

v Invited to attend the Training and Research Workshop organized by IUCN, - Asian Region Office and South Asian Network for Development and Research (SANDEE), AIT, Thailand, 7-12^th March 2002 and delivered a talk on " Economic Valuation of Pesticide Pollution in India – A Policy Analysis for the Development of Eco-Friendly Agriculture Practice".

v Invited Speaker at the "International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2002)" held at IIT, Kharagpur, India during January 3-5, 2002 and presented a paper titled "Sustainability Approach to Waste Management - A Case of Modified Design for Landfills".

v Invited Open AIT lecture on “Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process for the Selection of Alternative Options for Urban Transportation in India – Analysis of Group Aggregation Methodology Adopted in AHP”, May 22, 2001, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

v Invited to attend the Second Annual Review Workshop on Asian Regional Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-21 February, 2001

v Invited to participate in the First Indian Research Forum on “Green House Gas Pollution Prevention – Climate Change Supplement” - A Programme of the USAID, organized by Louis Berger, Inc. and IGIDR at IGIDR, Mumbai, India on 22/01/01

v Invited to participate and present a paper titled "Policies and Strategies for Better Management of Municipal Solid Waste in Indian Cities at the International Human Development Programme workshop on Climate Change, IHDP-Bonn, September 10-19, 2000, Bonn, Germany.

v Invited to participate and present a paper “Purpose Built Landfill System for the Control of Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste” at The Second International Methane Mitigation Conference, Novosibirsk, Russia, June 18-23, 2000.

v Resource person, Environmental Economics Training Programme under the World Bank’s Environmental Management Capacity Building Project, IGIDR, Mumbai, July 13-16, 2000.

v Invited to participate in the International Youth Forum on Lifelong Integrated Education – “Think together: Future for us, Humanity and the Earth”, Nomura center for Lifelong Integrated Education, Tokyo, Japan, 17-19 August 1999.