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National Seminar on Geosciences and Sustainable Development in Tribal Areas (NSGSDTA-24)

Tentative Date: 15 & 16 November 2024
Nagpur

The purposed National Seminar is planned for two days, covering the role of industrial activities like mining, energy resource, educational facility and self employment schemes for triblal people in tribal area and short fall in implementing them. Scientists and technocrats from government departments like GSI, AMD, MoES, DGM, IBM, PSUs WCL, Coal India, NHPC, NTPC, MOIL, MRSAC, research institutions like NGRI, NEERI, IIT and private entrepreneurs are expected to participate in this Seminar along with few tribal leaders and social workers. The experts from fields of exploration, mining, energy resource exploitations and tribal area development, pollution control, will enlighten the participants about the proposals and their implementation in India.

Theme and Subthemes

A. Natural resources

• Geology and remote sensing of tribal areas
• Geophysical and geochemical survey
• Mineral resources potential
• Hydrocarbon Exploration and Resource Estimation
• Atomic Mineral Exploration
• Energy resource potential
• Quality and quantity wise assessment of coal resources – future perspective.

B. Ground Water Resources

• Ground water survey
• Ground water resource potential, Ground water quality and exploitation
• Sustainable water resources utilization
• Ground water recharge and storage

C. Industrial Activity

• Survey of existing mineral industry
• Future Perspective of mineral based industry
• Contribution of mineral in development of local Economy
• Small scale industrial development
• Impact of industrial development on tribal economy

D. Energy sector

• Thermal energy power plants
• Hydel energy production
• Geological and environmental challenges and mitigation measures
• Wind and Solar
• New technology fuels (bio – fuels)
• Geothermal energy

E. Environment aspects and Climate Change

• Environment impact assessment due to exploration for fossil fuels.
• EIA of thermal plants; oil well production, hydel power generation,
• Environmental parameters for sustainable energy resources development
• Tracemetal contamination and environmental health hazards.