TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON “ENVIRONMENT, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES” October 17 & 18, 2020 Organized by DEpartmEnt oF GEoGrapHy, malDa WomEn’s CollEGE, malDa, West Bengal, India, 732101 Key Speakers Date-17th October, 2020 Date-18th October, 2020 Prof. Narayan Chandra Jana Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyaya Department of Geography, Department of Geography, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Bengal, India West Bengal, India Topic: “Population-Development- Topic: “Neo-deterministic approach- Environment: The Question of the future trend of development” Sustainability” Prof. Ranjan Roy Prof. Ramkrishna Maity Department of Geography & Applied Department of Geography & Geography, University of North Bengal, Environment Management, Siliguri, West Bengal, India Vidyasagar University, West Topic: “Population Growth and Bengal, India Environmental Sustainability in West Topic: “Rational approach to Bengal with Special Reference to 2011 address climate change induced Census: Some Basic Issues” hazards” Prof. Sujit Mandal Prof. Mohammad. Mainul Islam Department of Geography, Department of Population Science, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Faculty of Social Science, West Bengal, India University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Topic: “Landslides Vulnerability and Topic: “South Asia after the Risk in South Sikkim Himalayas, India” Pandemic: How will COVID-19 transform the ICPD+25 development Prof. Pradip Chouhan agenda and SDGs? Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India Chief Patron: Dr. Mandira Chakraborty, Principal, Topic: “Impact of Fertility Behaviour on Malda Women’s College. Maternal and Newborn Health among Jt. Convener: Dr. Priyanka Das & Mr. Bikash Muslims of Malda District, India” Barman (Assistant Professor) Jt. Organizing Secretary: Mr. Samrat Majumdar & Miss Ankana Ghosh (SACT) E-certificate will be provided through fill up the Registration Link: feedback form after completion of the Webinar. http://forms.gle/cen4pZCfJQ67LrX98 Google meet link will be provided in the Progamme Schedule. MALDA WOMEN’S COLLEGE AFFILIATED OF GOUR BANGA UNIVERSITY Programme A two-day International Webinar on Environment, Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities (17-18 October 2020) Organised by Department of Geography, Malda Women’s College, Malda Email: [email protected] International Webinar on Environment, Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities • Department of Geography, Malda Women’s College, Malda • (17 - 18 October 2020) Programme Inaugural Session (17 October 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) Chief Patron: Dr. Mandira Chakraborty Principal Malda Women’s College, West Bengal, India Jt. Convener: Dr. Priyanka Das & Mr. Bikash Barman Assistant Professor, Department of Geography Malda Women’s College, West Bengal, India Jt. Organizing Secretary: Mr. Samrat Majumdar & Miss Ankana Ghosh SACT, Department of Geography Malda Women’s College, West Bengal, India Platform: Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/xmv-jnwv-yxc Programme Welcome Address by Dr. Priyanka Das, Assistant Professor, Malda Women’s College Inaugural Speech by Dr. Mandira Chakraborty, Principal, Malda Women’s College Key-note address by Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyaya, Department of Geography, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India Topic: Neo-deterministic approach-the future trend of development Vote of thanks by Mr. Bikash Barman, Assistant Professor, Malda Women’s College 2 International Webinar on Environment, Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities • Department of Geography, Malda Women’s College, Malda • (17 - 18 October 2020) PLENARY SESSION - I DAY ONE: 17th October, 2020 (11:30 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.) (IST) Platform: Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/jjb-hxtk-ifu Sl # Title Speaker Rational approach to address climate change induced Prof. Ramkrishna 1 hazards Maiti South Asia after the Pandemic: How will COVID-19 2 transform the ICPD+25 development agenda and SDGs? Prof. Mohammad. Mainul Islam TECHNICAL SESSION – I Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/cco-ruxy-sxw Date: 17 October 2020; Time: 02 pm. – 04 p.m. (IST) Theme: Geo-hazards in different geographical space Chairperson: Dr. Somasis Sengupta Co-Chairperson: Mrs. Moushumi Naskar Rapporteur: Mr. Syfujjaman Tarafdar Session Moderator: Mr. Samrat Majumdar Sl # Time Title Author(s) Impact of Boda barrage on downstream flow regime of Madhurima Dutta & 1 Tangan river of Indo-Bangladesh Swadesh Pal Coastal Geomorphic Hazards And Impact On Ramnagar Dr. Subhankar Patra 2 Coastal Belt Of West Bengal Conservation Of The Wetland Resources And Securing The 3 Sustainable Livelihood Of The Local People: A Case Study Miss Banashree Devi Of Dighali Beel, Nagaon, Assam Modelling Water Richness And Habitat Suitability Of The 4 Wetlands And Measuring Their Spatial Linkages In Mature Sandipta Debanshi and Ganges Delta Of India Swades Pal Hydro-Meteorological Hazard And Disaster Risk Reduction: 5 A Case Study Of Geo-Spatial Analysis Dr. Beauty Das 02 pm. – 04 p.m. Flood susceptibility modelling and sensitivity assessment of Pankaj Singha and 6 Tangon river basin of India and Bangladesh Swades Pal Effects of damming on the degree of hydrological alteration 7 Swades Pal and Rajesh and stability of Lower Atreyee River basin wetlands Sarda A Scintilla Of Nature Fused With Mystery In Agatha 8 Christie’s Detective Fiction Death On The Nile: A Critical Tanbir Shahnawaz Overview Impact of Stone Mining and Crushing on River Morphology Indrajit Mandal & 9 in Dwarka River Basin, Eastern India Swades Pal 10 Geo-Hazards In Different Geographic Space Debjit Ghosh 3 International Webinar on Environment, Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities • Department of Geography, Malda Women’s College, Malda • (17 - 18 October 2020) TECHNICAL SESSION – II Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/zea-mupx-sqh Date: 17 October 2020; time: 02 pm. – 04 p.m. (IST) Theme: Environmental issues: Varied Aspects Chairperson: Dr. Sunil Saha Co-chairperson: Mr. Tanmoy Sarkar Rapporteur: Mr. Nani Gopal Kapasia Session moderator: Mr. Bikash Barman Sl # Time Title Author(s) 1 Environmental issues during the COVID 19 period in present Supriyo Halder scenario Impacts Of Development On Environment 2 Satya Ranjan Das & Neha Singha Reclamation Of Field Production Sustainability Of 3 Parthenium Occupied Areas Of West Bengal: An Ecosafe Mr. Avijit De and Management Mr. Alok Pal 4 COVID-19Pandemic and its Impact on the Environment Bisakha Shome Dr.Dipa Bhattacharya 5 Postmodernism And Sustainable Development Mandal 02 pm. – 04 p.m. 6 Impact Of Development On Environment Amrita Bhattacharya 7 Poverty Alleviation And Environmental Degradation In India: A Sustainable Approach Dr. Prasenjit Ghosh Asutosh Goswami 8 Examination of radiation and stress degree day index in some food crops of Purulia district of West Bengal, India Traditional Organic Farming Practice is more Sustainable 9 from Modern Chemical Farming Practice of Balurghat C.D. Block in Dakshin Dinajpur District - A Geographical Pintu Biswas Appraisal 4 International Webinar on Environment, Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities • Department of Geography, Malda Women’s College, Malda • (17 - 18 October 2020) Programme PLENARY SESSION -II DAY TWO: 18 October, 2020 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) (IST) Platform: Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/zcf-orpj-vav Sl # Title Speaker Population-Development-Environment: The Question of Prof. Narayan Chandra 1 Sustainability Jana Population Growth and Environmental Prof. Ranjan Roy 2 Sustainability in West Bengal with Special Reference to 2011 Census: Some Basic Issues Landslides Vulnerability and Risk in South Sikkim Prof. Sujit Mandal 3 Himalayas, India Impact of Fertility Behaviour on Maternal and Prof. Pradip Chouhan 4 Newborn Health among Muslim of Malda District, India TECHNICAL SESSION – III Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/gaq-dmxi-qro Date: 18 October 2020; Time: 02 pm. – 04 p.m. (IST) Theme: Climate Change and Ecological Health Chairperson: Dr. Arijit Das Co-Chairperson: Dr. Beauty Das Rapporteur: Mr. Satyajit Paul Session Moderator: Mr. Samrat Majumdar Sl # Title Author(s) Predicting And Analysing Climate Change Data Using Dr. P. Rajesh 1 Data Mining Approaches 2 COVID-19 lockdown- Impacts on Air Quality Index Rajrupa Ghosh 3 Tropical Cyclone And Its Impact On Coastal West Amar Nath Bengal: A Comparative Study Of Aila And Bulbul With 2 pm.- 4 pm Amphan Modeling of Damming Effects on Ecological Water Rumki Khatun & 4 Availability and Wetland Habitat State in Lower Swades Pal Punarbhava River of India- Bangladesh 5 Ecological Resource and its important Debasish Sarkar Changing Relationship Between Water Richness And 6 Sonali Kundu & Ecosystem Service In Pursuance Of Dam Swades Pal 5 International Webinar on Environment, Population and Development: Challenges and Opportunities • Department of Geography, Malda Women’s College, Malda • (17 - 18 October 2020) TECHNICAL SESSION – IV Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/hjo-vtdt-jtk Date: 18 October 2020; Time: 02 pm. – 04 p.m. (IST) Theme: Population dynamics and Sustainable urban development Chairperson: Dr. Mukunda Mishra Co-Chairperson: Mrs. Kabita Lepcha Rapporteur: Mr. Salim Mandal Session Moderator: Dr. Priyanka Das Sl # Time Title Author(s) Socio-Economic Marginalization Of Muslim Women: A Case 1 Lal Mohammad Study Of Murshidabad District In West Bengal, India Saikh & Sandip Kumar howdhury 2 Population