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Appendix 2: National workshop agenda
Day 1: Monday, 10 July 2006 - Inaugural Session
Time
Programme
09:30 to 10:00 Registration of delegates
10:00 to 10:10 Invocation and lighting of the lamp
10:10 to 10:20 Welcome address by Shri Najamus Saqib, IAS Commissioner Secretary to J&K Govt.,
Forest Department
10:20 to 10:25 Background to the workshop “the concept and the process” by Dr. C. Mishra,
Executive Director, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore
10:25 to 10:35 Remarks by Shri Irshad A. Khan, Pr. Chief Conservator of Forests, J&K
10:35 to 10:50 Remarks by Shri S.D. Swatantra, IFS Advisor to J&K Government, Forest Dept.
10:50 to 11:00 Address by Shri J.C. Kala, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary to
Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India
11:00 to 11:10 Address by Shri P. Namgyal, Hon’ble MLC Leh, Ladakh
11:10 to 11:20 Address by Shri Tupten Chhewang, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Ladakh
11:20 to 11:30 Address by Shri Tsering Dorje, the Hon’ble CEC, Ladakh Hill Development Council,
Ladakh
11:30 to 11:40 Address by Shri Rigzin Jora, the Hon’ble Minister for Power Development, Industries
& Commerce, J&K
11:40 to 12:00 Address by the Guest of Honour, Jenab Tariq Hameed Karra, Hon’ble Minister for
Housing, Urban Development & Forests, J&K State
12:00 to 12:05 Release of Commemorative Book by the Chief Guest Thiru A. Raja, Hon’ble Union
Minister of Environment & Forests, GOI.
12:05 to 12:10 Presentation of Mementos to Hon’ble Guests
12:10 to 12:25 Address by the Chief Guest Thiru A. Raja, Hon’ble Union Minister of Environment &
Forests GOI.
12:25 to 12:35 Vote of thanks- Shri A. K. Srivastava, Chief Wildlife Warden, J&K
12:35 to 1:30 Lunch Break