G. B. Pant Memorial Lectures

Memorial Lecture 1 (1991)

Speaker
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, FRS
Director
Centre for Research on Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development, Madras

Memorial Lecture 2 (1992)

Speaker
Dr. T.N. Khoshoo, FNA
Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow,
Tata Energy Research Institute,
New Delhi

Memorial Lecture 3 (1993)

Speaker
Prof. V. Rajagopalan
Vice President, The World Bank
& Chairman, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Memorial Lecture 4 (1994)

Speaker
Prof U.R. Rao
Member, Space Commission
Bangalore, India

Memorial Lecture 5 (1995)

Speaker
Dr. S.Z. Qasim
Member Planning Commission
Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi

Memorial Lecture 6 (1996)

Speaker
Prof. S.K. Joshi
Vikram Sarabhai Professor,
Former D.G., CSIR & Secretary, DSIR, Govt. of India

Memorial Lecture 7 (1997)

Speaker
Prof. K.S. Valdiya
Bhatnagar Research Professor,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,
Bangalore

Memorial Lecture 8 (1998)

Speaker
Prof. Vinod K. Gaur
Distinguished Professor,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Bangalore

Memorial Lecture 9 (2000)

Speaker
Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram
INSA Senior Scientist,
Department of Environmental Biology,
University of Delhi, New Delhi

Memorial Lecture 10 (2004)

Speaker
Prof. J.S. Singh
Professor Emeritus,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
& CSIR Emeritus Scientist, Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, U.P.

Memorial Lecture 11 (2005)

Speaker
Madhav Gadgil
Center for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Memorial Lecture 12 (2006)

Speaker
Prof. S.S. Handa
Senior Specialist,
Earth Environment and Marine Sciences & Technologies, UNIDO

Memorial Lecture 13 (2007)

Speaker
Lalji Singh
Director,
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Hyderabad

Memorial Lecture 14 (2008)

Speaker
Roddam Narasimha NARASIMHA
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Memorial Lecture 15 (2009)

Speaker
Dr. R. S. Tolia, (IAS : 1971)
Chief Information Commissioner

Memorial Lecture 16 (2010)

Speaker
Ragavendra Gadagkar
Centre for Ecological Sciences and Centre for Contemporary Studies,
Indian Institute of Science,
Banglore

Memorial Lecture 17 (2011)

Speaker
Vidyanand Nanjundiah
Indian Institute of Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,
Banglore

Memorial Lecture 18 (2012)

Speaker
Dr. Kirit S. Parikh
Chairman
Expert Group for Low Carbon Strategy for Inclusive Growth,
Planning Commision of India,
Chairman,
Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADEe),
New Delhi
Formenr Member, Planning Commision

Memorial Lecture 19 (2013)

Speaker
Prof. Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
Advisor, Water Diplomacy Programme,Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
Advisor, Ecosystem for Life Programme, IUCN, New Delhi
Former Professor & Head Centre for Development and Environmental Policy, Indian Institute of Management.
Calcutta

Memorial Lecture 20 (2014)

Speaker
Prof. T.S. Papola
Honorary Professor, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi.
Former Director, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow
Former Director, ISID, New Delhi.

Memorial Lecture 22 (2016)

Speaker
Dr. Vijay Raghvan
Secretory, Dept. of Biotechnology, New Delhi

Memorial Lecture 23 (2017)

Speaker
Prof. S.P. Singh
Former Vice-Chancellor, HNB Garhwal University,
Srinagar and Advisor, Govt. of Uttarakhand

Memorial Lecture 24 (2018)

Speaker
Prof. P.S. Roy,
Former Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

Memorial Lecture 25 (2019)

Speaker
Prof. Raman Sukumar
Professor of Ecology at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Memorial Lecture 26 (2020)

Speaker
Prof. Tej Pratap,
Vice Chancellor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand)

Memorial Lecture 27 (2021)

Speaker
Dr. R. Raghavendra Rao,
Fellow of Indian National Science Academy & Honorary Scientist

Memorial Lecture 28 (2022)

Speaker
Dr. Navin Juyal,
Former Senior Scientist,
Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union
Inevitable climate warming, cryosphere degradation, and landscape instability in the Himalayan region Hindi (11.24 MB) English (2.63 MB)

Memorial Lecture 29 (2023)

Speaker
Prof. Mohammed Latif Khan
Distinguished Senior Profession of Botany,
Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh
Inevitable climate warming, cryosphere degradation, and landscape instability in the Himalayan region Hindi (0.87 MB) English (0.67 MB)

Memorial Lecture 30 (2024)

Speaker
Prof. Zafar Ahmad Reshi,
Kashmir University, Srinagar
Guardians of the Peaks: Confronting the Green Invaders of the Himalayan Highlands Hindi (0 MB) English (0 MB)