Invitation
for
Conference on Environmental & Occupational Health in Patna
This is to cordially
invite you for the Conference on Environmental and Occupational Health in
Patna on December 24, 2012.
The Conference on
Environmental and Occupational Health is being organized in collaboration with
A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Centre for Occupational and
Environmental Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, ToxicsWatch
Alliance (TWA) and PEACE, New Delhi.
Venue:
A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, near Golghar, Patna
Date: December 24, 2012
Time: 10.00 onwards
At the conference there
will be presentations from eminent scientists and public health specialists
including experts from India and aboard like Dr Qamar Rahman, Dr Barry
Castleman besides eminent doctors from Patna. There will be case studies on
environmental and occupational diseases from some Gujarat, Maharshtra,
Rajasthan and Jharkhand as well.
Your presence will be of
immense importance.
warm regards
Gopal Krishna
ToxicsWatch Alliance
(TWA)
Mb: 08002263335 (Patna), 9818089660 (Delhi)
Phone: +91-11-2651781
Fax: +91-11-26517814
Mb: 08002263335 (Patna), 9818089660 (Delhi)
Phone: +91-11-2651781
Fax: +91-11-26517814
Draft Agenda
Conference
on Environmental and Occupational Health, Patna, December 24, 2012
Venue: A.N. Sinha Institute of Social
Studies, near Golghar, Gandhi Maidan, Patna
Date: December 24, 2012
Time: 10.00 AM onwards
Time: 10.00 AM onwards
Registration & Tea- 10.00-10.30 AM
Welcome Address-Prof. D M
Diwakar, Director, ANSISS, Patna
Inaugural Address
Opening Remarks: Prof. D M
Diwakar, Director, ANSISS, Patna
Introduction-Gopal
Krishna, ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA)
Collegium Ramazzini Round Table on
Environmental & Occupational Diseases
Session I (10.30 AM -12.00
NOON)
Chair-Prof
Ishwari Prasad, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Co-Chair-
Dr Satyajit Singh, Senior Urologist, Dr. Ruban Group of
Hospitals & Vice- President, Indian
Doctors for Peace and Development
Externalization
of the cost of environmental and occupational diseases Chairperson’s
address, Prof Ishwari Prasad, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU)
Dr.
Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Lecture, Dr Barry Castleman, fellow Collegium
Ramazzini, USA, formerly with World Health Organisation and author, Medical
& Legal Aspects of Asbestos
Keynote Address on 'Toxic
Legacy of carcinogenic fibers, environmental and occupational diseases for
present generation and posterity' Prof. Qamar Rahman, Visiting
Professor, Rostock University Germany, formerly with Institute of Toxicological
Research Centre, Lucknow
Panelists:
Dr P N P Pal, ex-President Indian
Medical Association, Bihar Chapter
Dr Jitendra Kumar Singh, Director, Mahavir
Cancer Sansthan and Research Center
Prof. Ashok Ghosh, Professor-in-Charge,
Department Environment and Water Management, AN College Patna
Prof.
D M Diwakar, Director, ANSISS, Patna
Dr Shakeel, National Secretary,
Indian Doctors for Peace and Development
Interaction with participants
Purnendu Majumadar Memorial Round Table Session
II (12.00- 3.15 PM)
Chair-
Justice (Retd) Rekha Kumari, Patna High Court
Co-Chair:
Dr Qamar Rahman, noted toxicologist
Compensation
Regime for environmental and occupational diseases in India, Chairperson’s
address
by Justice (Retd) Rekha Kumari, Patna High Court
Case
Study of Mines Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC), Rana Sengupta, Environmental and Occupational Health Diseases from
Rajasthan
Lunch- 1.30 PM-2.15 PM
Legacy
of Struggle for Occupational Health Rights in Jharkhand, Samir K Carr, Occupational
Safety and Health Association of Jharkhand
Case
Study from Breakthrough Science Society, West Bengal
Case
Study from Bargarh and Sambalpur, Odisha, Amitabh Patra,
Case
Study from Maharasthra, Pralhad Malvadkar
Insights
from the struggle in Bhojpur, Bihar
Case
Study from Khet Bachao Jeevan Bachao Jansangharsh Committee of Muzaffarpur and
Vaishali, Bihar
Interaction
with participants
Dr M K Pandhe Memorial Round Table
Session III (3.15 PM-5.00 PM)
Chair-
Prof (Dr) Qamar Rahman, noted toxicologist
Co-Chair:
Shri Arun Kumar Singh, President, All India United
Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Bihar
Panelists
Shri
Chakradhar Prasad Singh, AITUC
Shri
Sarovodaya Sharma, CITU
Shri
RN Thakur, AICCTU
Shri Arvind Sinha, All India Federation of Trade Unions (New)
Shri Nand Kishor Singh
Shri Satish Kumar, CCI
Shri Jamiruddinji, MCPI
Shri Mahendra, NAPM
Interaction
with participants
Communicating environmental & occupational diseases Session IV (5.00-6.00 PM)
Chair- Dr Barry Castleman, noted environmental health expert
Co-chair: Shri Arun
Kumar, Member, Press Council of India
Panelists
Media persons
Summing up and Resolution
Prof
Ishwari Prasad, former Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Valedictory Address
Vote of Thanks