FOURTH ROUND-TABLE CONSULTATIONS Clearing the Air – Driving central and state level actions 7th Dec 2020 | 6:00 –8.55 p.m. IST New Delhi,

AGENDA

Hosts: TERI and Air Quality Asia.

DAY 1: Dec 7th 2020 Venue: Online Time: 6:00 – 9.00 p.m.

Time Event

6.00 – 6.40 p.m. Inaugural session Introductions: Hon. Mathew J. Nolan, Treasurer, AQA Welcome Note: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI; Member, Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change Opening Address: Hon. Shri Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP; Chair, Committee on Information Technology, Board Member, AQA; Chairperson, Roundtable Consultation Series. Inaugural Address: Hon. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change 6.40 – 7.40 p.m. State level actions for air pollution control Moderator: Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP Hon. T.S. Singh Deo, Minister of Health, Chhattisgarh, Chair, Air-Quality Committee Hon. Aaditya Thackeray, Minister of Environment, Maharashtra Hon. Karamjit Singh, Mayor of Amritsar, Punjab Hon. Anand Singh, Minister of Environment, Karnataka/TBC Hon. Shri Firhad Hakim, Mayor of / TBC

7:40 – 7.45 p.m. Break Part 2 – Expert/Implementing Agency Action 7:45– 8.45 p.m. Longer term measures for air quality management in States/Cities:

Moderator: Hon. Meenakshi Lekhi, MP

• Dr. Prashant Gargava, Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board • Shri Vijaya Kumar Gogi, IFS, Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board • Dr. Ashok Kumar Ghosh, Chairman, State Pollution Control Board • Shri. Ashish Tiwari, Member Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board • Mr. Ankit Anand, IAS, Secretary Housing and Environment, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation • Dr M P George, Scientist C-Air Lab, Delhi Pollution Control Committee 8.45– 9.00 p.m. Concluding Session Dr. Sumit Sharma, TERI Shazia Z Rafi, AQA President & Convenor Vote of thanks – Hon. Gurjeet Singh Aujla, MP