Conference Presentations & Invited Talks

2026

1

Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Built-Up Areas in Pune City, Maharashtra, India (1992 and 2022): Implications for Groundwater Management and Urban Planning by Mohd Islam, Radhika Mulay, Rahul Chopra at 3rd Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management, Sciforum Conference (online), January 2026. Abstract accepted.

2025

1

Bringing Climate change to your classroom: A ‘How-to’ Guide for educators across Disciplines – A paper presentation by Rahul Chopra, Sanjana Singh, Sanchit Sant at the International Climate-U Network Conference on Higher Education and the Climate Crisis, Belem, Brazil (online), November 2025

2

Bridging the gap: Climate education in the National Curriculum and what it means for educators – A panel discussion (online) by Rahul Chopra organized by the Climate Educators Network, September 2025

3

Keynote Speaker Radhika Mulay at the AQUALOGUES 2025 ≈ ‘Water Conversations – Confluence of Ideas, Disciplines and People’ organized by Ahmedabad University and WforW Foundation at Ahmedabad University, September 2025

4

Invited Participant Radhika Mulay at the Convening of Alliance for Conserving Freshwater Ecosystems at IISER Kolkata, on October 9th and 10th 2025

5

Leadership in Climate Change, Environmental and Sustainability Education – An interactive session by Rahul Chopra at the Nurturing Future Leadership Programme (NFLP) under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Program (MMTTP), FLAME University, Pune, August 2025

6

The 3rd International Seminar On Climate Change Education – Selected participant Sanjana Singh at Sicily, Italy, July 2025

7

Conference Partner (TROP ICSU): The ClimatEd Summit: Envisioning New Pathways for Education: A Climate Change Education Summit in partnership with Climate Educators Network, ASAR, School of Policy and Governance. Bangalore International Centre, Bengaluru, January 2025

8

Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding (TROP ICSU) – A presentation by Rahul Chopra, The ClimatEd Summit: Envisioning New Pathways for Education, Bengaluru, January 2025

9

Empowering Climate Education: Integrating Best Practices and Collaborative Strategies in Schools: Panel Moderator, Sanjana Singh, The ClimatEd Summit: Envisioning New Pathways for Education, Bengaluru, January 2025

2024

1

Climate change and first time voter’s perceptions – A panel discussion, Sanjana Singh, Panel organized by FLAME University Centre for Sustainability, Environment, and Climate Change (CSECC), Centre for Legislative Education and Research (CLER), and Constitution and Electoral Literacy Club, at FLAME University, Pune, India, November 2024

2

Climate Change Adaptation through a Social Innovative Lens: A Framework Analysis of Ladakh, India’s Community-based Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Practice by Mohd Islam at the International Conference on Sustainable Development 2024, Online and New York, September 2024

3

Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding (TROP ICSU)”, at the Pune Climate Warrior Orientation Program, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, Sanjana Singh, Pune, India, June 2024

4

Geospatial Technology for monitoring, assessment and prediction of HydroMeteorological Disasters’ by Mangesh Deshpande at the DST Sponsored Summer School in Geospatial Science & Technology Capacity Building Program, June 2024

5

State of CCE in the world: What do Teachers’ Say? – a presentation at the ETC (Education and Training for the Climate) Hub Workshop: Oxford Review of Education Special Issue on Education and Training for the Climate, Oxford University, United Kingdom, by Sanjana Singh, United Kingdom (online), February 2024

6

Climate Education for a Changing Planet – A Panel Discussion by Sanjana Singh at the Climate Conversations stream at the Hyderabad Literary Festival, January 2024

7

Developing a climate education curriculum for all disciplines by Rahul Chopra and Sanjana Singh at the Integrating Climate Change and Sustainability Education in Higher Education workshop, Azim premji University, Bengaluru, January 2024

2023

1

What Can We Do About the Climate Crisis? The Role of Education & Educators’ at The Climate Educators Network panel discussion (online) by Rahul Chopra, November 2023

2

Projects of the Centre for Sustainability, Environment & Climate Change, FLAME University by Rahul Chopra at the ‘Accessing Democracy’ conference organized by the Centre for Legislative Research at FLAME University, Pune, India, September 2023

3

Democratizing Climate Knowledge: Making Climate Change Education Accessible To All’ by Rahul Chopra at the 5th International Conference on Sustainability Education, New Delhi, India, September 2023

4

Conservation of snow leopard and blue sheep landscape is central to sustainable development in the Himalayan region -poster presentation by Mohd. Islam at the International Conference on Sustainable Development, September 2023

5

Towards an open access platform of maps of India by Rahul Chopra (online) at the ‘Finding Ways: Stakes and Strategies in South Asian Cartography’, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt University, USA, May 2023

6

Climate Change Across the Curriculum: Project TROP ICSU – An online presentation for teachers in South India, in collaboration with FLAME Outreach Team by Sanjana Singh, Sadhana Badrinath, Rahul Chopra, Manjula Nair, Sanchit Sant, April 2023

7

Transdisciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding Presentation by Rahul Chopra at the 34th General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, March 2023

8

Observing the changing water cycle from space The B.G. Deshpande Memorial Lecture, Pune, India by Hrishi Chandanpurkar, March 2023

9

Advancing Environmental Science as a Public Good at the Citizen Science Meeting at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune by Sanjana Singh, February 2023

2022

1

The Climate Crisis: Education For Climate Awareness at the Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Fair (online) at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, December 2022 by Rahul Chopra and Sanjana Singh

2

The Role of Education In Building a Decarbonized Economy – Panel Discussion on Building a Decarbonized Indian Economy by Rahul Chopra at the Law Economics Policy Conference at FLAME University, Pune, November 2022

3

Theory to Practice (SGD to SDG): Incorporating Sustainability in Counseling’ a panel discussion including Rahul Chopra at the IC3 conference, Hyderabad, August 2022



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