Dear Sir / Madam, It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the earthian awards ceremony. Water Source and Quality Program All attending school and college teams Date: February 16, 2013 | Time: 9:00 AM onwards can collect a water testing kit. Venue: JN TATA Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Timeline - 16th Feb 2013 Schedule From 08:30 hrs. Registrations 09:30 to 1100 hrs. earthian 2012 winners – Felicitation and Interaction session with Wipro Chairman, Azim H Premji 11:00 – 11:15 Tea /Coffee break Interaction with the authors of: "Himalayan" a journey through the lens. Sandesh Kadur - Sandesh Kadur is an Indian film maker, specializing in films about wildlife and environment. His films have been shown on television networks including Channel, BBC[1], Discovery Channel[2] and Animal Planet. 11:15 -11:45 Dr. Kamal Bawa - Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Founder-President - Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). Recipient of Gunnerus Sustainability Award -- the world's first major international award for work on sustainability.

A talk by Anil Ananthaswamy Anil is a correspondent for New Scientist in London. He has a background in IT industry in Silicon 11:45-12:30 Valley and later trained as a journalist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He's the author of The Edge of Physics.” 12:30 - 13:15 Lunch 13:15 -14:00 Exhibition Premiere of play “Robots Unlimited “ 14:00- 15:00 Directed by Bangalore Little Theatre and performed by last year’s winning schools A talk by Kalyan Verma Freelances with the BBC Natural History and National Geographic Channel (), and also works 15:00 – 15:45 with grassroots NGO's to highlight environmental issues in India. He won the Sanctuary Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 2005.His film Secrets of Wild India won the 'Best TV series' at the International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula 15:45 - 16:00 Tea break 16:00 – 16:45 Music Concert by Swarathma Please do refer to attachments for more details on how to reach the venue, and for a detailed note on the earthian program. You can nominate up to 5 students and 1 faculty member (mandatory) to attend this event. For queries and confirmations/RSVP please contact: Nikesh @ 9916343199 or write to us at [email protected]

Regards, Bus Facility: Free Pick up and drop facility will be available from key points in Bangalore. Team earthian @ Wipro Details will be shared over e-mail id and will be available on www.wipro.org./earthian