Celebrating Ten Years of

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You are cordially Invited to participate in the

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Time: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar Hon'ble Mr. Justice Michael D. Wilson Hon'ble Ms. Justice Sabrina S. McKenna
Former Chairperson, National Green Tribunal Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India USA USA
will deliver the Inaugural Address will deliver the Keynote Address will deliver the Presidential Address

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Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Hon'ble Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

Judge, Supreme Court of India Judge, Supreme Court of India
will deliver the Green Law Lecture will preside over the Green Law Lecture

Date: Wednesday 27 March 2019

Venue: WWF-India Auditorium
172 B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003

RSVP: Mr. Lalit Mohan Singh Nepolia, 8396907246/7027850110, cpglsoffice@jgu.edu.in

Ms. Avni Choudhary, 8949231022/+91 11 41504771, achoudhary@wwfindia.net
 PROGRAMME
9:30 am – 10:00 am Registration

Inaugural Session: 10:00 am -11:30 am

10:00 am – 10:10 am Welcome Address
Mr. Ravi Singh, Secretary General & Chief Executive Officer, WWF-India
Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University & Dean, Jindal Global Law School
10:10 am – 10:20 am Introductory Remarks
Dr. Sejal Worah, Programme Director, WWF-India
Ms. Moulika Arabhi, Advisor, Centre for Environmental Law, WWF-India
10:20 am – 10:30 am Keynote Address
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Michael D. Wilson, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA
10:30 am – 10:40 am Presidential Address
Hon'ble Ms. Justice Sabrina S. McKenna, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA
10:40 am – 11:05 am Inaugural Address
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar, Former Chairperson, National Green Tribunal and Former Judge, Supreme
Court of India
11:05 am – 11:25 am Discussion
11:25 am – 11:30 am Concluding Remarks
Professor Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik, Chief Proctor, O.P. Jindal Global University and Director, Centre for Post Graduate
Legal Studies, Jindal Global Law School
11:30 am – 11:45 am Tea/Coffee Break

Session I: Climate Change and Biodiversity

11:45 am – 1:15 pm
Chair: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Sabrina S. McKenna, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA
Speakers:
Ÿ Dr. Dipankar Ghose, Director, Species and Landscapes Programme, WWF-India
Ÿ Dr. Samir Sinha, IFS, Chief Executive Officer, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA)
Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Uttarakhand
Ÿ Dr. Rohini Chaturvedi, Senior Fellow, EverGreening Global Alliance; Independent Consultant for Natural Resource Management, Restoration
and Land Tenure
Ÿ Mr. Venkatesh Raghavendra, Vice President, Advancement, Safe Water Network, New York ; Ambassador, American India Foundation; Adjunct
Professor, School for International Training, Graduate Institute, Vermont, USA; Advisor/Trainer, Government of India.
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch Break

Session II: Legal and Policy Measures to

Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewables
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Chair: Ms. Bhavna Prasad, Director, Sustainable Business, WWF-India
Speakers:
Ÿ Mr. Siddharth Singh, Lead India Analyst and Coordinator, International Energy Agency
Ÿ Mr. Tapas Paul, Lead Environment Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
Ÿ Dr. T. S. Panwar, Director, Climate Change and Energy Programme, WWF-India
Ÿ Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, Founding Chief Executive Officer, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Session III: Strengthening Adaptation and

Resilience to Climate Change
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Chair: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Michael D. Wilson, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA
Speakers:
Ÿ Professor Armin Rosencranz, Professor of Law and Public Policy, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
Ÿ Ms. Shilpa Chohan , Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Founding Partner, Indian Environment Law Organization (IELO)
Ÿ Professor Cosmin I. Corendea, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
Ÿ Professor Archna Negi, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tea/Coffee Break
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on
“Environmental Justice and the Rule of Law:
Role of the Judiciary and Judges”

5:00 pm – 5:05 pm Welcome Address

Mr. Ravi Singh, Secretary General & Chief Executive Officer, WWF-India
5:05 pm – 5:15 pm Introduction to the Jindal Global Law School, Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies and the LL.M. Programme
Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University & Dean, Jindal Global Law School
Professor Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik, Chief Proctor, O.P. Jindal Global University & Director, Centre for Post Graduate
Legal Studies, Jindal Global Law School
Ms. Moulika Arabhi, Advisor, Centre for Environmental Law, WWF-India

Launch of the JGU-WWF-India LL.M. Programme in Environmental Law,

Energy and Climate Change; Release of the Programme Brochure and
Introduction to the Curriculum

5:15 pm – 5:55 pm Green Law Lecture on “Environmental Justice and the Rule of Law: Role of the Judiciary and Judges”
Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India
5:55 pm – 6:05 pm Presidential Address
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge, Supreme Court of India
6:05 pm – 6:20 pm Special Addresses
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Michael D. Wilson, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA
Hon'ble Ms. Justice Sabrina S. McKenna, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii, USA
6:20 pm – 6:30 pm Concluding Remarks
Dr. Saket Badola, IFS, Head, TRAFFIC India, WWF-India
Professor (Dr.) Y.S.R. Murthy, Registrar, O.P. Jindal Global University & Executive Director, Centre for Human Rights
Studies, Jindal Global Law School
6:30 pm onwards High-tea

About the JGU-WWF-India LL.M. Programme in

Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change

WWF-India and O.P. Jindal Global University signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer an LL.M. Programme in
Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change. The LL.M. Programme covers numerous important subjects such as
analyzing alternate energy solutions, available technical knowledge in the eld of environment, energy and climate change
and how innovations in the eld are best implemented. It expands on the role and impact of domestic and international
adjudicatory mechanisms on environment, energy and climate change with special reference to a critical examination and
assessment of the functioning of the national environmental courts and tribunals. LL.M. in Environmental Law, Energy and
Climate Change is the rst of its kind to be taught in India. With a more ecologically and socially conscious milieu; it is
essential to minimize the adverse impacts of pollution and ecological degradation through proper environmental
management and international cooperation. This can be done by not just raising awareness of environmental values but
also strengthening the delivery capacity of environmental professionals so that they are well equipped to face the
challenges in their stream of work.
 Short Bios of Honourable Judges

Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta

Justice Mr. Deepak Gupta is a judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of the Tripura
and Chhattisgarh High Court. He also headed the Green Bench of the High Court and authored
important judgments on environment protection laws and policies, in addition to pressing over a
criminal and civil rosters. Justice Mr. Deepak Gupta served on the Bench that delivered the landmark
judgment on Child Marriages regarding the 'age of consent' and the provisions of protection of Children
from Sexual offences Act, 2012. He has also been a guest lecturer at French National Centre for Scienti c
Research, Paris.

Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud

Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016. He
has been Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and Judge of the Bombay High Court. He was also
the Director of Maharashtra Judicial Academy and Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 until
appointment as a Judge. Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud has delivered lectures at Universities such as- the
Australian National University, Harvard Law School, and Yale Law School etc. He has been a speaker at
conferences organized by bodies of the United Nations including United Nations High Commission on
Human Rights, International Labour Organization and United Nations Environmental Program, the
World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

Mr. Justice Michael D. Wilson

Associate Justice Mr. Michael Wilson was appointed to the Hawaii Supreme Court on April 17, 2014, after
serving as a Circuit Court Judge of the First Circuit since May 10, 2000. As a Circuit Court Judge, he
presided over adult drug court, adult mental health court and the felony criminal trial court. Justice Mr.
Wilson is a founding member of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment and an adjunct faculty
member of the Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat, India.

Ms. Justice Sabrina S. McKenna

Associate Justice Ms. Sabrina S. McKenna was appointed to the Hawaii Supreme Court on March 3, 2011.
Justice Ms. McKenna was a civil litigator, corporate counsel, and law professor before becoming a Hawaii
state trial court judge in 1993. As a trial court judge, she presided in District, Circuit, and Family Courts,
and also served as Senior Judge of the Family Court of the First Circuit. She served as Editor-in-Chief of
the Law Review at the University Of Hawaii William S. Richardson School Of Law. She is an adjunct faculty
member of the Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat, India.

Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar

Justice Mr. Swatanter Kumar is a former chairperson of the National Green Tribunal. He is also a former
judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed as the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal on
20 December 2012. He has practiced in various High Courts, Tribunals and the Supreme Court. During
his ve-year tenure, he delivered several landmark decisions which bolstered the NGT's objective of
effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental conservation.