International Society of Environmental Botanists and CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (CSIR-NBRI) had jointly organized four day International Conferences on Plants and Pollution in Lucknow from 24 Feb to 27 Feb 2015.
The conference was formally inaugurated on 24th February, 2015 by the Chief Guest, Prof. Y.S. Rajan, Honorary Distinguished Professor, Indian Space Research Organization, Bengaluru, India in the presence of over 500 delegates from India, USA, Poland, Sweden Czech Republic, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh & U.A.E. In his inaugural address the Chief Guest emphasized the importance of research in natural herbal products, soil biology, invasion biology and biodiversity conservation. He also stress on developing methodologies to give our tradition scientific insights.The conference program addressed the pressing problems of environmental stresses and the role of plants in combating them. The other important environmental issues deliberated upon included global climate change, freshwater problem, dwindling forests, biodiversity losses, emergent ecological disturbances on plants, environmental issues and other factors in environmental plant relation. The Valedictory Session was organized after the Scientific Sessions on the afternoon of 27th February, 2015 which was chaired by Dr. P.V. Sane, former Director of CSIR-NBRI and founder president of ISEB, Wherein, some distinguished delegates from different countries expressed their views about the outcome of the Conference. In the end Conference recommendations were presented and inputs were taken from the delegates.
Inauguration of ICPEP 5
Inaugural talk by Honorary Distinguished Professor Y. S Rajan, Indian Space Research Organization, Antariksh Bhawan, Bengaluru, India and Dr. Nandita Singh (Organising
Secretary) announces the scientific programme of the conference
Poster Session during the Conference
Oral Presention by Dr. Dipankar Chakraborti from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Dr. Om Prakash Dhankar from University of Massachusetts Amherst. USA; Dr. V.R Reddy from USA ; Dr. Hendric Kupper from Branisovska during the Conference
ENVIS-NBRI Presented their activities in the Conference
Group Photograph of the Confrence
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