CSE’s South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change India Habitat Centre, New Delhi August 27-28, 2009 Participants BANGLADESH BHUTAN Mr Ahmed Faruque Hassan Ms Sonam Pelden Deputy Editor Reporter Daily Jugantor Keunsel 136 Monipuripara, Tejgaon Kuensel Corporation Ltd, PO BOx - Dhaka 204 Ph: +880-2-7193917 Thimpu Ph: +975-2-322134, 322483 Mr Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty News Editor Mr Sonam Tshering ATN Bangla Trainee/Freelancer WASA Bhaban, 98 Kazi Nazrul Islam Post Graduate Diploma in National Avenue, Karwan Bazar Law Dhaka Royal Institute of Management Ph: +880-2-7166118 Post Box No. 416 Simtokha Mr Md. Tawfique Ali Thimpu Senior Reporter Ph: +975-2-351013, 351014 The Daily Star 19, Karwan Bazar Dhaka MALDIVES Ph: +880-2-9144330, 9144331 Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Mr Rafiqul Islam Azad Reporter Chief Reporter Minivan News The New Nation M.Uthurubin, 2nd Floor Ittefaq Bhaban Alikileygefaanu Magu 1 Ramakrishna Mission Road Male Dhaka Ph: +96-0-3306933 Ph: +880-2-7122654, 7122655 Mr Midhath Adam Mr Salahuddin Bablu News Editor Senior Environmental Reporter Dhi TV The Daily Inquilab Broadcasting Maldives 2/1 RK Mission Road G. Champa monn Dhaka Male Ph: +880-2-9359284 Ph: +96-0-3304555 NEPAL PAKISTAN Mr Dhruba Raj Sapkota Mr Akhtar Shaheen Rind News Reporter Reporter Radio Nepal Geo TV National Broadcasting Station Landmark Plaza, I I Chundrigarh POBOX: 11555 Road, Karachi Singhadurbar Ph: +92-21-2628730 Kathmandu Mr Khalid Hussain Mr Kiran Chapagain Columnist/Consultant Special Correspondent The Financial Daily/Pakistan Republica Television Corporation JDA Complex, Bagdurbar #322-S, Street 28, Rawal Town Kathmandu Islamabad Ph: +92-51-2530165 Mr Prem Kumar Luitel Senior News Editor Ms Madeeha Javed Nepal Television Associate Producer Singhadurbar, POB-3826 Department of Current Affairs and Kathmandu Infotainment Ph: +977-1-4228436 Dunya Television Network 8/A- Abboat Road Mr Ram Prasad Humagai Lahore Associate Editor Ph: +92-42-6308151-60 Gorkhapatra Daily GPO Box 23 Mr Muhammad Badar Alam Dharmapath Bureau Chief Kathmandu Herald Ph: +977-1-4222921 20-N Industrial Area Gulberg II Lahore Ms Samjhana Paudel Ph: +92-42-5876327 Rainbow FM 91.8 P O Box no 19477 Mr Sarfaraz Ali Kathmandu Assistant News-editor Ph: +977-1-6204739 The Nation 63/10C-1, Street #3, Walton Road, Ms Saraswatee Karmacharya Shaheen Colony, Lahore Cantt Senior Reporter Ph: +92-42-6367579-80 Image Channel Image Comlex Mr Shahid Hussain Lazimpat Special Correspondent Narayan Gopal Sadak, 369 The News International Kathmandu 5th Floor, Al-Rehman Building Ph: +977-1-4433141, 4436873 I.I.Chundrigar Road Karachi Ph: +92-21-263061-5 SRI LANKA Mr Dileep Chandan Editor Mr Ifham Nizam Asam Bani Journalist Tribune Buildings, M.R.D. Road, The Island Chandmari Upali Newspapers Ltd Guwahati 223 Bloernendhal Road Assam Colombo Ph: +91-0361-2661356-60 Ph: +94-11-2324001-4 Mr Pulin Kalita Mr Malaka Rodrigo Senior Sub Editor Environmental Journalist Dainik Asam The Sunday Times Tribune Buildings, M.R.D. Road, 04, Kawdana-Attidiya Road Chandmari Dehiwala Guwahati Ph: +94-11-2726119 Assam Ph: +91-0361-2661358 Mr Nalaka Gunawardene Director and CEO Ms Ratna Bharali Talukdar TVE Asia Pacific Freelancer 9/3, Gemunu Mawatha, Nawala Guwahati, Assam Road, Nugegoda E-mail: [email protected] Ph: +94-11-4412195 Mr Samudra Gupta Kashyap Mr Rathindra Kuruwita Special Correspondent Deputy Features Editor The Indian Express The Nation 23, SK Bhuyan Road No. 3A, Pahala Mapitigama Dighalipukhuri East Malwana Guwahati, Assam Ph: +91-0361-2546066 Mr Wasantha Kumara Ramanayake Mr Ejaz Kaiser Reporter Bureau Chief Daily News The Hindustan Times 338/ Kuleepitiya, Polgahawela 27-28, 2nd Floor, Millenium Plaza Ph: +94-11-2429214-5 Behind Indian Coffee House G E Road Raipur, Chhattisgarh INDIA Ph: +91-0771-2533166, 2533167 Mr Dorbala Balashekhara Sharma Mr Anil Kumar Dubey Senior Sub-editor Reporter Vaartha Doordarshan No 396, Lower Tank Bund Central Production Centre Hyderabad Khel Gaon Andhra Pradesh, India New Delhi Ph: +91-040-27644999, 27643994 Ph: +91-11-26497756, 26497751 Ms Kavita Kaur Ms Santosh Mehta South Asia Correspondent Freelancer New Energy Finance New Delhi New Delhi Mr Shakeel Akhtar Ms Madhur Singh BBC Reporter HT House, 5th Floor Time magazine 18-20, Kasturb Gandhi Marg Time-Life News Service New Delhi PTI Building, First Floor Ph: +91-11-23401600 Sansad Marg New Delhi Mr Hridayesh Joshi Ph: +91-11-23714373 NDTV India Archana Complex Ms Minakshi Arora Greater Kailash I Coordinator New Delhi India Water Portal Ph: +91-11-41577800, 41577890 14, Supreme Enclave Mayur Vihar-1 Mr Suvojit Bagchi New Delhi Correspondent BBC Bengali Ms N Kalyani HT House, 5th Floor Freelancer 18-20, Kasturb Gandhi Marg The Hindu, The New Indian Express, New Delhi TerraGreen and Sahara Time Ph: +91-11-23401600 New Delhi, India Ms T V Padma Ms Nipunika Shahid Science Correspondent Amity University SciDev.Net Noida New Delhi Uttar Pradesh Mr Chandra Shekhar Ms Ravinder Bawa Producer Senior Special Correspondent Lok Sabha TV Aaj Tak FB- 116, Parliament Library Building 8th Floor, Videocon Towers, E-1, Parliament House Jhandelwalan Extension New Delhi New Delhi Ph: +91-11-23035349 Ph: +91-11-23684878, 23684888 Mr Rajeev S Sharma Mr S. Iftikhar Gilani Special Correspondent Bureau Chief/Special Correspondent The Hitavada Kashmir Times/Daily Times 503, INS Annexe, Rafi Marg JD 17/6 (Ist Floor) New Delhi Khirki Ext. Mavliya Nagar Ph: +91-11-23715331 New Delhi Ph: +91-11-23710056 Mr Shiv Kumar Rai Ms Anupama Kumari Freelancer Freelancer New Delhi Ranchi Jharkhand Ms Soni Mishra Principal Correspondent Mr G T Sathish The Week Senior Reporter Ground Floor, PTI Building Deccan Herald 4, Parliament Street No 75, M G Road New Delhi Bangalore Ph: +91-11-23325565, 23359541 Karnataka Ph: +91-080-25880518 Ms Sunita Roy Director Media Operations & System Ms Keya Acharya Charkha Development Vice Chair Communication Network Forum of Environmental D-1947, Palam Vihar Journalists of India Gurgaon, Haryana B-122 Century Park 48 Richmond Road Ms Pratibha Shukla Bangalore Jansatta Karnataka A-8, Sector 7 Ph: +91-080-25594597 NOIDA Uttar Pradesh Mr Shrinivasa M Ph: +91-0120-2470700 Senior Correspondent Deccan Chronicle Ms Sangeeta Banerjee 58, 5th floor, H M Towers Correspondent Brigade Junction, Brigade Rroad Dainik Bhaskar Bangalore B-220, Phase II Karnataka NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh Ph: +91-080-22960557-58 Ph: +91-0120-2567129 Ms Vasanthi Hariprakash Mr Raju Nayak Special Correspondent Editor, Lokmat NDTV Margao No. 1088, 9th Cross, 7th Block Goa HMT Layout, Vidyaranyapura Bangalore, Karnataka Mr Ketan Dinkarray Trivedi Ph: +91-080-25542072 Senior Reporter Chitralekha Mr Vinod Kumar B Naik 12, Valmik Complex Output Editor Parimal Garden Cross Road Asianet Suvarna Opp. Kalupur Co-operative Bank Unit 203, Embassy Square Ahmedabad 147, Infantry Road Gujarat Bangalore, Karnataka Ph: +91-079-26461711 Ph: +91-080-30520000 Ms Nirmala Vilasini Mr Dhananjay Pandurang Bijale Reporter Sub Editor Malayalam Vaarika Sakal Nilavu', 2/262 A 595, Budhwar Peth Polppully P O Pune, Maharashtra Palakkad Ph: +91-020-24224902 Kerala Ph: +91-0484-24022202 Mr Manu P Toms Reporter Ms Reema Narendran The Hindu Business Line Senior Reporter Kasturi Building, J Tata Road The New Indian Express Churchgate Unnithan Lane Mumbai, Maharashtra Sasthamangalam Ph: +91-022-22021099 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Mr Prasad Arun Kulkarni Ph: +91-0471-2728530 Correspondent The Times of India Mr Sasidharan Mangathil The Times House Senior Sub Editor 577, F C Road, Shivaji Nagar Mathrubhumi Pune, Maharashtra Mathrubhumi Buildings Ph: +91-020-25521472-76 P B No 46 K P Kesava Menon Road Mr Shailesh Malode Calicut, Kerala Programme Executive (Science) Ph: +91-0483-2366655 All India Radio Satara, Maharashtra Ms Sindhu Sooryakumar Ph: +91-02162-252052 Senior News Editor Asianet News Ms Shubhangi Mohan Ghadi Vellaikadavu, Puliyarakonam Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram Daily News And Analysis Kerala DNA Wing, First Floor Ph: +91-0471-3051480 Oasis Building Kamla Mills Compound Mr Baba Mayaram Pandurang Budhkar Marg Freelancer Lower Parel Pipariya, Madhya Pradesh Mumbai, Maharashtra Ph: +91-022-39888888 Mr Dr Rakesh Trivedi Sub-Editor Mr Soubhik Mitra Nai Dunia Principal Correspondent Nai Dunia Compound The Hindustan Times 60/1 Babu Labhchand Chhajlani Mahalaxmi Engineering Estate Marg First L J Cross Road, Mahim (West) Indore, Madhya Pradesh Mumbai, Maharashtra +91-0731-2763111-14 Ph: +91-022-43519500 Mr Vijay Sambhaji Chormare Mr Purshottam Singh Thakur Chief Reporter Freelancer Prahaar Bhubaneshwar, Orissa Room No. 28, Patel Building Dr. Ambedkar Road Mr Satya Sundar Barik Mumbai, Maharashtra The Hindu Ph: +91-022-40969999 A-132, Sahid Nagar Bhubaneshwar, Orissa Mr N Ibungochoubi Ph: +91-0674-2417965 Executive Editor The Manipur Mail Mr Siba Mohanty Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai Principal Correspondent Imphal, Manipur The New Indian Express Ph: +91-0385-2412550 25-A, Janpath Bhubaneshwar Mr Sobhapati Samom Orissa Freelance Journalist Ph: +91-0674-2534633 North Block Super Market Singjamei Mr G Pattabi Raman Imphal, Manipur Photojournalist Ph: +91-0385-2442390 The New Indian Express 3, Vellala Street, Mudaliar Pet Mr M A Venugopal Pondicherry Executive Editor Ph: +91-0413-2338712 The Meghalaya Guardian Lower Lachumiere Dr I Arul Alam Shillong, Meghalaya Assistant Professor Ph: +91-0364-2223143, 2224086 Coordinator, Science and Technology Communication Mr Dhirendra Narayan Mishra Department of Media Sciences Chief Reporter Anna University Sambad Chennai, Tamil Nadu Sambad