Symposium on Contemporary Environmental Concerns – 2018 Awareness, Assessment, Mitigation, Public health and Socio-cultural aspects

(under the aegis of IQAC and Eco-Club Paritantra, ANDC)

15 – 17 March 2018 Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi)

Govindpuri, Kalkaji, New Delhi – 110 019, INDIA

Patron Savithri Singh Principal Convenor Seema Gupta Coordinators Gagan Dhawan Pooja Bhagat Organizing Secretaries Charu K Gupta Arijit Chowdhuri Important Dates Abstract Submission 10 March 2018 Abstract Acceptance 11 March 2018 Last date of registration 12 March 2018 Venue Conference Centre, Acharya Narendra Dev College Secretariat cec2018@andc.du.ac.in

Abstracts are invited from students and scholars for oral and poster presentations, in the broad topic areas related to a) Mitigation and b) Exposure-Response to environmental problems. Maximum two students are allowed per poster. Abstract submission details and Registration forms are available on the college website – http://andcollege.du.ac.in. Abstract(s) and Registration form should be sent as attachment in document format by e-mail to: cec2018@andc.du.ac.in. Selected full-length papers will be published in Proceedings with ISSN/ISBN numbers (at extra charge)

Contemporary Environmental Concerns 2018 Salient features

� Popular Science talks by eminent speakers � Competitive Oral presentations and Poster Sessions for students � Prizes totalling Rs. 20,000/- for best Oral and Poster presentations

Registration Fee a) UG students: Rs. 500/- b) Research Scholars: 1000/- c) Faculty: Rs. 1500/- d) Industry: 2500/-

A clean environment is considered to be a basic requirement for human health and is included by United Nations as one of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 11 (UN, 2015). Scientific findings indicate urgent need to undertake pre-emptive action as a panacea to control this gigantic problem. Hence, there arises a need to expose students to a) Mitigation and b) Exposure-Response assessments in curbing environmental degradation at the grass-root level. National Symposium on Contemporary Environmental Concerns – 2018 at Acharya Narendra Dev College envisages providing a platform to encourage students help establish a connection between generation of environmental pollution and practical ways in mitigation of the same.

National Symposium on Contemporary Environmental Concerns – 2018

Awareness, Assessment, Mitigation, Public health and Socio-cultural aspects (under the aegis of IQAC and Eco-Club ‘Paritantra’, ANDC)

15 – 17 March 2018

Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji, New Delhi – 110 019, INDIA

A clean environment is considered to be a basic requirement for human health and is included by the United Nations as one of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 11 (UN, 2015). However, pollution in the environment continues to pose a significant threat to well-being and is a critical issue the world over.

Scientific findings indicate urgent need to undertake pre-emptive action as a panacea to control this gigantic problem. Hence, there arises a need to expose students to a) Mitigation and b) Exposure-Response assessments in curbing environmental degradation at the grass-root level.

National Symposium on Contemporary Environmental Concerns – 2018 at Acharya Narendra Dev College envisages providing a platform to encourage students help establish a connection between generation of environmental pollution and practical ways in mitigation of the same.

Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) is taking the lead by way of providing a platform to young innovators for brain-storming and free exchange of ideas over a three day event. Popular talks by eminent speakers addressing all aspects of environmental concerns are also part of the symposium to bring everyone up-to-date with the latest in cutting-edge areas of mitigation. Students and research scholars are encouraged to present their results from interdisciplinary research, in extended interactive poster sessions and oral presentations at the Symposium.

Abstracts are invited from undergraduate students and research scholars for poster and oral presentations in broad topic areas of a) a) Mitigation and b) Exposure-Response to environmental problems. Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 250 words, in Times New Roman format, 12 point font (1.5 line spacing). Title (16 pt), author names (14 pt), and affiliation should be in separate lines and centered. Presenting author's name should be underlined and corresponding author’s e-mail mentioned. Abstract should be sent as attachment in Word format by e-mail to: cec2018@andc.du.ac.in

ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY OF DELHI)

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS 2018 March 15-17, 2018

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NEFT Details: Beneficiary Name: Acharya Narendra Dev College Bank: Punjab National Bank, Krishna Market, Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019 IFSC code: PUNB0015600 Account Number: 0156000100399145

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Last date for registration: March 12, 2018.

Kindly email the filled registration form and copy of online payment receipt at cec2018@andc.du.ac.in