About the Symposium

The NIE was founded thirty years ago in recognisation of this need to bring together all disciplines of natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences, engineering and technology. The year 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the National Institute of ecology, and incidentally, also the birth centenary of its founder, late Professor Ramdeo Misra, fondly known as the 'Father of Indian Ecology'. The national symposium on 'Knowledge Systems for Ecosystem Management and Sustainable Development' is therefore organised to mark the 30th anniversary of the NIE and is humbly dedicated to its founder on his birth centenary.

The symposium will essentially be interdisciplinary in character and focus on the application of different knowledge systems to the management and restoration of natural ecosystems in order to achive sustainable development. It will cover all kinds of natural ecosystems (forests, grazing lands, deserts, freshwater, marine, coastal and mountain).

Call for Contributions:

The 2-day symposium will mainly comprise of invited lectures which will be published in a special issue of the journal. Further, contributions are invited for oral presentation (strictly 12 minutes each). These offered contributions should comprehensively address the issues of management or restoration of different ecosystems.

All contributors must submit full papers (not more than 8 pages, A4 size, 1.5 line spacing, including figures and references). Abstracts are NOT required. The last date for submission of full paper is 31 July 2008.

Registration Fee:

Publication:

Full text of contributed papers will be edited and printed in a symposium volume which will be distributed at the Symposium volume which will be distributed at the Symposium. Late submissions shall not be included. The invited papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences after peer review, and hopefully within 2008.

The contributors are requested to follow the guidelines of the journal that are available on its website at: http://nieindia.org/ijees/authors_guidance.asp.

Venue:

The Symposium will be held at the Conference Hall of the NAAS Complex, IARI Campus, New Delhi. Click here for a Guide map of the Venue.

Date:

August 26-27, 2008.

Travel and Accomodation:

The NIE will not be able to provide any financial support to the participants other than the invited speakers. The participants are requested to make their own arrangements for travel & accomodation. However efforts are on to book cheaper accomodations (Rs.500/- per person/day on twin-sharing basis) in hostels/guest houses nearer to the venue. However, these will be made available on first-come-first-served basis. Those interested must send the amount in advance before hand.

Payment of Registration Fee:

The registration Fee should be paid in advance by demand draft payable on a bank in New Delhi, and drawn in favour of the National Institute of Ecology. The amount can also be transferred directly to the NIE's account but a aopy of the transfer advice/details must be sent to the secretary.

Details of Bank Account:
Account: National Institute of Ecology
Bank: STATE BANK OF INDIA
Branch: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067
A/c no.: 01624 / 10596549740
Branch Code: 1624
Swift Code: SBININBB548

Address of Correspondence:

Secretary General
National Institute of Ecology
125, (First Floor), Main Road
Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi 110016
Fax:+91-11-2651 1332
Email:secretary@nieindia.org, nieindia@gmail.com

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