Dr. T.B. Rajashekar – 19th Memorial Lecture 2024 on: “The Western Ghats to Bengaluru: Data-Driven Science for Societal Welfare,” by Dr T.V. Ramachandra, a distinguished scholar from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Date & Time : Thursday, 22 August 2024 at 6:00 pm)
Title: The Western Ghats to Bengaluru: Data-Driven Science for Societal Welfare
Speaker : Dr T.V. Ramachandra, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Date: Thursday, 22 August 2024
Time: 6 p.m. IST
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About the Speaker: Dr T.V. Ramachandra
Co-ordinator, Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES]
Convenor, Environmental Information System [ENVIS], CES TE 15, Indian Institute of Science
Associate Faculty, Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra) , Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP]
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
Web URL: http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy ; http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/foss
Email: tvr@iisc.ac.in; energy.ces@iisc.ac.in Phone No: 080-22933099/22933503 extn 107
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, FIE, FIEE (UK), FNIE obtained Ph.D. in Ecology and Energy from the Indian Institute of Science. At present, Coordinator of Energy and Wetlands Research Group (EWRG), Convener of Environmental Information System (ENVIS) at Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES). During the past twenty five years he has established an active school of research in the area of energy and environment (http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy). He is a member of Karnataka State Wetland Authority (since 2018), Kerala Wetland Authority (since 2022), National Wetland Committee, GoI., and Karnataka State Audit Advisory Committee. He was a Member of the Karnataka State level Environment Expert Appraisal Committee (2007-2010), appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India and a member of the Western Ghats task force appointed by the Government of Karnataka. Apart from this TVR is serving in many committees of NGT (National Green Tribunal) related to wetlands of Bangalore.
TVR is a recipient of Johny Biosphere Award for Ecology and Environment (2004), Satish Dhawan Young Scientist Award, 2007 of the Karnataka State Government, ENVIS Award (Thrice: 2004, 2014 and 2015) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, GoI, Namma Bangalorean, 2016 award (Namma Bengaluru Foundation) and Rotary Exemplars 2017- Citizen Extraordinaire award (Rotary Club of Bangalore), Karnataka State Parisara Award, 2017-18 (Environment Award, Government of Karnataka), Khadri Achuathan Memorial Samvahana Award (Environment) 2018, on World Communicators Day by PRCI, research advisor at the Nanyang Academy of Sciences, Singapore (2019) and Eminent Engineer, Institution of Engineers, Karnataka (2019).
TVR features in the recent global ranking of top 2% of scientists (developed by Stanford University) with ranking in Environment: 0.1887, Energy: 0.2138, Enabling & strategic technologies: 0.2642 ). He is a honorary fellow, Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (2022), Elected Fellow of the National Institute of Ecology (2011), Indian Association of Hydrologists (India; 2006), Indian Social Science Academy (ISSA), Institution of Engineers (IE, India; 2003), the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE, UK; 2005), and a Senior Member, IEEE (USA; 2000) and Association of Energy Engineers (USA; 2000).
TVR’s research interests are in the area of aquatic ecosystems, biodiversity, ecological modeling, Western Ghats ecology, energy systems, renewable energy, energy conservation, energy planning, geo-informatics, environmental engineering education research and curriculum development at the tertiary level. He has published over 355 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed international and national journals, 75 book chapters, 338 papers in international and national symposiums, and 21 books. In addition, he has delivered a number of plenary lectures at national and international conferences. Publication “Milking diatoms for energy” is seminal work in biofuel research evident from reports in Scientific American, BBC, national dailies, etc.
He has guided 152 students for Master’s dissertations and seventeen students for Doctoral degrees. He teaches courses (i) environmental management and (ii) Principles and application of GIS and remote sensing for masters and doctoral students. TVR has travelled widely across the country for field research and also for delivering lectures (1500+) at Schools, Colleges, Research Institutes, etc. He has taken initiatives through biennial symposiums (popular as Lake series, conducted 13 events since 1998), Environment management course for in-service working professionals (21 sessions). training programmes and workshops for capacity building at various levels. Publications are available at
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/T_V_Ramachandra/publications
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Woh1fa8AAAAJ&hl=en