Invites you to a talk on "Gender differences in local residents' relationships with protected areas in Asia"

Date & time: Thursday, 2nd Feb 2012; Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: CCS Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore 12.
(Note our new premises : Former JNCASR, near Health Centre)

All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm

Abstract: Although participation and inclusion are considered critical to successful conservation of protected areas, women are often underrepresented in park-people studies. In this presentation, we examine differences between women's and men's attitudes and perceptions toward protected areas in Nepal, Myanmar, and China. These examples highlight the important role that gender can play in park-people relationships and demonstrates the need to explicitly recognize and analyze gender in human-environment relationships. Using social role theory, we discuss the different ways that gender roles impact attitudes toward the environment in general and protected areas in particular. We conclude with some lessons for creating more gender-sensitive approaches to conservation in order to engage women in conservation.

About the Speaker: Dr. Teri Allendorf is a conservation biologist working on human dimensions of biodiversity conservation, including park-people relationships, community-based conservation, and biodiversity values and attitudes. She is an Honorary Fellow in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Land Tenure Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a research associate with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. She has also been a member of USAID’s Biodiversity Team and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal.

Invites you to a talk on "India's High Economic Growth: Is the Solution the Problem?"

Date & time: Tuesday, 31st Jan 2012; Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: CCS Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore 12
(Note: We have shifted to the former JNCASR, near the Health Centre)

All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm

Since early 1990s India has experienced unprecedented high growth and yet, most indices about the economic well being of the majority of our citizens indicate they are no better off. The economy is doing well but not not the people! This talk would explain without obscure economic jargon why this is happening. This understanding is essential for all concerned citizens who would collectively decide the future course of our economic social and political development.

About the speaker:Amit Bhaduri is a distinguished economic theorist renowned for his compelling ideas and analysis. He has been a consistent critic of mainstream neoclassical economic theory. He has made valuable contributions in several important fields including capital and growth theory, Keynesian and Post-Keynesian macroeconomics and development economics. He is currently internationally selected professor in Pavia University, Italy and visiting professor in the Council for Social Development, New Delhi.

Invites you to a talk on "Social Sciences: The Missing Beacon of India"

Speaker
Rama Bijapurkar

Date & time: Wednesday, 25th Jan 2012; Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: CCS Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore 12.
(Note our new premises : Former JNCASR, near Health Centre)

All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm

About the speaker: Rama Bijapurkar is a well respected and recognised thought leader in business strategy and India’s Consumer Economy. She has her own consulting practice, and serves or has served on the boards of several of India’s leading companies including Infosys, Bharat Petroleum, Mahindra Financial, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Axis Bank, Titan Industries etc.

She is a visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, her alma mater and also serves on its board of governors.
She is the author of WALTO “We are like that only- Understanding the Logic of Consumer India” and a dominant voice in the media and global forums in her field.

Invites you to a release of the book "The Story of Asia’s Elephants"

Date & time: Tuesday, 17th January'12, Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CCS Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore 12.
(Note our new premises : Former JNCASR, near Health Centre)

All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm

Note: Tata Book House has offered a special discounted price for the book at the venue

About the book: This book is an ecological and cultural history of the Asian elephant and is the first single volume to comprehensively cover the history of Asia’s elephants, profusely illustrated with images of the elephant in art from ancient to contemporary times, offering new interpretations, and drawing upon a wide range of literary texts. The volume begins with an account of the ancient origins of the Asian elephant and its possible relationship with early humans, leading eventually to its taming between 4,500 and 5,000 years ago in the Harappan period. Subsequent chapters trace the story of the elephant under the major religious establishments – Vedic, Buddhist and Jain, post-1st century Hindu, and Islamic – of the Indian subcontinent and beyond.

Further chapters discuss the fortunes of the elephant under colonial rulers in Asia, and the post-independence history of the animal in 13 range countries. The final chapter summarizes the latest scientific knowledge of the elephant’s ecology and behaviour, and conservation concerns.

About the speaker: Raman Sukumar is Professor and Chair of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, and is recognized internationally for his contribution to nature conservation.

The Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science
(URL: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs/Welcome.html)

& Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications

Designed and Directed: Prakash Belawadi, Suchitra Production, Bangalore

Date & Time: Friday, 13th January 2012 at 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore 12

All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 5:00 p.m.

The Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science
(URL: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs/Welcome.html)

Invites you to a talk on 'Roll of Honour'

Speaker:
Amandeep Sandhu
Writer

Date & time: 12th January 2012, Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CCS Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore 12.
(Note our new premises : Former JNCASR, near Health Centre)

All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3:30 pm

About the book: In the year 1984, Appu is studying in a military school in Punjab. He dreams of joining the Army, thus fulfilling the tradition of honour and loyalty that has earned his community, the Sikhs, respect from the whole country. In June the Indian Army attacks the Golden Temple in Amritsar. This is a story of how Appu’s loyalties split and how he deals with the assassination of Mrs Gandhi, the riots, and his own fears.

Aman’s second book of fiction, Roll of Honour, will be out by mid-year from Rupa and Co.

About the speaker: Amandeep Sandhu was born in Rourkela and has lived in Orissa, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. He has a Masters in English Literature from the University of Hyderabad and is currently settled in the National Capital Region. He has worked as a farm-hand, woolen-garment seller, shop assistant, tuition master, teacher, journalist with The Economic Times, as a technical writer with Novell Inc, Oracle Corporation, and now Cadence Design Systems.

'Literature, for me, is an understanding of the essential human struggle to become complete. I write to understand myself and my world, and to sleep peacefully. Sepia Leaves is my first work of fiction.'

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