SRINAGAR: A five-day national workshop ‘Connecting People to Nature’ organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar commenced here today. The workshop is aimed to provide a forum for exchanging the ideas among the scientists, technocrats with diverse backgrounds, and at the same time involve officials of various government agencies responsible for policy making and environmental conservation.
Issues related to the need for taking measures to safe guard the environment for the wellbeing of the humanity and functioning of the economy depending on the responsible management of the natural resources would also be discussed. The Workshop is being coordinated by faculty members of the NIT Srinagar. During the workshop lectures will be delivered by various prominent personalities from across the country including Dr. V.C Srivastava, IIT Roorkee, Dr V Sirvasbramanian Director PERC Chennai, IST/IIT Dhanbad Prof. I.M Mishra, IIT Roorkee Dr. Vimal Kumar, and N.I.T Trichy Dr. Anantharaman.