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South Asia: India

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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is the leading agency working under the Central Government that looks after environment-related issues in India. Apart from MoEF&CC, the Supreme Court of India (SC) and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) play a crucial role in regard to protecting the environment, climate change, and other environment-related issues. The actions taken and roles played during the past year (January to December 2022) by the MoEF&CC, the SC, and the NGT have been discussed in this article.

The Cost of Climate Change Heightened Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Challenge for International Law

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By 2050 climate change could see 4% of global annual economic output lost to the tune of $23 trillion and may hit many poorer parts of the world disproportionately. Though entire populations are affected by climate change, women and girls suffer the most. In an ominous sign, in some countries, the cost of SGBV is staggering and it accounts for up to 3.7% of the GDP. It is more than double what most of the States spend on education.  Climate change and SGBV cause economic loss for States, societies and families both individually and jointly.

Role of Women in Sustainable Soil Management: Some Legal Reflections

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There is a close relationship between soil health and women. If there is soil erosion, women are directly affected both like all other human beings as well as due to their gender or sex. They face double victimization irrespective of their age. Women play a crucial role in sustainable soil management (SSM) that ensures women’s empowerment including food, economic and social security. Both come under the ambit of Goals 5 and 15 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.

Moon Missions:The Way Ahead

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The lunar missions gained impetus in the 21st century after decades of lull. The newer sprite in lunar missions began with orbiter and impact missions, which included India’s moon -impact probe onboard the Chandrayaan 1, in 2008. Subsequent robotic missions included orbiters, landers and rovers as well as sample collection missions. The Lunar south polar regions which is under permanent shadow is expected to have reserves of water-ice, essential for lunar habitation and as a source for future deep space missions(space) operating from lunar surface.

Nishchal Nath Pandey

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Dr Nishchal Nath Pandey is the Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies(CSAS), a premier think tank of Nepal. Previously, he has served as the Executive Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Pandey was also an International Research committee member of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo. Pandey also teaches at the department of conflict, peace and development studies under the Tribhuvan University.

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Understanding entire Ethnic Conflict dynamic in Manipur

Abstract:    The politics of ethnic conflict engulfed the discourse of global politics which has been threatening the existence of humankind in general and particularly the helpless ethnic minority. India’s Northeastern Region is no exception to the viral politics of ethnic conflict. In the case of Manipur, the ethnic diversities invariably put the state into a battle ground for asserting identity politics. The state has been construed by various scholars as a weak state portraying every characteristic of failed state.

R Ranganath

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Academic Background:
BE (Mech) 1984,UVCE; ME (Mech) 1991 & Ph.D, 2004, IISc, Bangalore.

Professional Background
36 and a half years of work experience in URSC, ISRO and superannuated at Level 14
(Scientist/Engr -G) and Index 15 (maximum of scale).

Major Responsibilities.
(a) Mar 2017 to 31Oct 2021 (date of superannuation), Project Director , Spacecraft Docking Experiment (SPADEX) Project, IRS-SSS Program, UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
-Overall responsibility of system engineering for the realization of two spacecraft for the first Space Docking Experiment of ISRO including the establishment of specialized test facilities for extensive ground simulation and testing.
(b) Apr 1985 to Mar 2017, Spacecraft Mechanisms Group (SMG), URSC. (About 32 years)
Associate Project Director (Mechanical Systems), SPADEX Project.
Deputy Project Director (Mechanisms) - Resourcesat 2, GSAT 16, GSAT 15, HSP: Service Module
Head, Dynamics and Analysis Section & Advanced Mechanisms Section, SMG.
Analysis, Design and Testing of Deployment Mechanisms for several spacecraft projects.
Technology Development Program on Space Docking and Robotics for Spacecraft Berthing.

International Exposure through ISRO.
Testing of DC motors at M/s Honeywell , North Carolina, USA, 1998.
Team Lead, Testing of Deployment Mechanisms of GSAT-16, Kourou, French Guyana 2014
ISRO Team Member, representing Robotics and Space Docking, ISRO-DLR Workshop,
DLR, Oberpaffenhoffen, Germany, 2019.

R&D projects successfully executed with IISc faculty:
Co-investigator from ISRO for 3 projects with IISc faculty in ISRO-STC Cell technical projects.

Co-authored Technical Publications, Awards, Guest Lectures and Text Book Review.
Journals/Lecture Note/Book : 10, Citations:161, h-index:4 -SCOPUS.
International Conferences & Seminars : 10 and National Conferences and Symposia :18.
Newsletters : 3 , Best Paper Awards : 2 , Guest Lectures: 5, Text Book Review:1.

Additional Responsibilities.
Member, Space Robotics Experiment for Gaganyaan Programme Committee.
Technical Reviewer : ASME-JMD, MMT, Robotica, JST & International/National Conferences.
Evaluator : Promotion of a Principal Research Scientist to Chief Research Scientist from CPDM, IISc.
Peer Committee Member : Multi Agent Robotic System, CAIR , DRDO.
PhD Co-guide : for a colleague from URSC who completed successfully from IISc.
Convenor: Paper Review Committee, Satellite Technology Day-2011, URSC
Zonal Vice-President South: Association of Machines and Mechanisms, 2014-2017.
IRCA : Qualified International Registry of Certified Auditors, ISO 9001-2008
Session Chair :35th ISRO-STC Annual Symposium, IISc, Jan 2019.

Memberships of Professional bodies.
Fellow, Institute of Engineers (India) : F-110856/1
Senior Member, Computer Society Of India: Membership no. 7115.
Life member of 11 other professional bodies.
Chartered Engineer, Institute of Engineers, India.
DST-IISc-TIFAC Vision 2047- Two day consultative meet: Apr 27&28, 2023, Faculty Hall, IISc
Member of the coordination team for the consultative meet.
Panelist for the technical session on Vyom Sutra.
 

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