Themes

1. Lake, Rivers: Water quality, biotic resources, conservation, restoration and management
Chairman and Co-Chairman : Prasad MNV, Karthick B and Rao GR
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
1.1	Karthick B, Mahesh MK and Ramachandra TV	Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc	Ecological status of central Western Ghats rivers evaluated using Benthic Diatom communities
1.2	Prasad MNV	Dept. of Plant Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	Beneficial uses of macrophytes for Wastewater Treatment and Management
1.3	Bhat DM	Centre for Ecological Sciences	Assessment of impact of human interference on river Kali and comparision with least disturbed river Aghanashini in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka state, India PART- I Physico-chemical and derived factors and assessment of water quality in two rivers
1.4	Nandini N, Aboud S Jumbe and Anupama BS	Dept of Environmental science, Bangalore University	Contamination of Shivapura and Karihobanahalli lakes in Peenya industrial area, Bangalore District, India
1.5	Subhayan Dutta, Tapan Saha and Aniruddha Mukhopadyay	Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management ,Salt Lake city, Kolkatta	Circadian variation of physicochemical factors vis-à-vis zooplankton abundance at different seasons in a freshwater lake, at Saheb bundh, Purulia, West Bengal
1.6	Zachariah EJ and Goerge Thomas	Atmospheric Sciences Division, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram	Methane in the Ashtamudi lake, Kerala, India
1.7	Sameer G Chebbi and David M	Karnataka Science College, Dharwad	Behavior and respiratory responses of the freshwater fish, Cyprinus Carpio (linnaeus) under Quinalophos intoxication in sublethal and recovery tenures.
1.8	Veeresha Kumar NS and Hosmani SP	Department of Applied Genetics, Acharya Institute of Sciences, Bangalore	Assessment of water quality and Phytoplankton Communities in lake Chikka Hunsur (Mysore), Karnataka
1.9	Cini Oommen C and Nirmal Kumar JI	Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research	Influence of limiting factors on Phytoplankton and Coliform Population in an Inundated, isolated Wetland
1.10	Raghvendra Gowda HT and Vijaya kumara	Dept of Wildlife and Management, Kuvempu University, Bioscience complex, Shankarghatta, Shimoga, Karnataka	limnological studies on Mavinahalla, Lakkavalli range of Bhadra wildlife sanctuary, Karnataka
1.11	Kalavathy S, Selvakumar R, Suresh Kumar P and Revathy S	Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil nadu	Quality of Cavery River Water at Thirumukkadul
1.12	Ramesha Iyyanahalli and Ravi Kumar	Maharani's Science College for Women, Palace road, Bangalore	Hydrochemistry of Bhandari tank near Haranahalli, Davangere district of Karnataka
1.13	Manjappa S, Suresh B, Puttaiah ET and Aravinda HB	Bapuji Iinstitute of Engineering and Technology	Water quality index of Tungabhadra river water ecosystem near Harihar town, Karnataka
1.14	Pradeep Kumar	Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-247667 (Uttarakhand) ,India	Water quality : Lakes of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica
1.15	Indu Mehrotra and Pradeep Kumar	Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-247667 (Uttarakhand) ,India	Natural purification of water from Nainital lake : Water quality evaluation
Concluding Session
1.16	Bhaskar MV	No.73, Ashok Manipuri ECIL Post, Kapra, Hyderabad	Video on NUALGI
1.17	Madhyastha MN	National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, Mangalore	Interlinking of Rivers : Conservation Strategies

2. Coastal Ecosystems
Chairman and Co-chair : Subash Chandran MD, Kartik Shanker and Boominathan M
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
2.1	Subash chandran MD and Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Mangroves: In need of estuary-based management plans
2.2	Kartik Shanker	CES, IISc	Sea turtles: Ocean’s ambassadors of conservation
2.3	Boominathan M, Subashchandran MD and Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Bivalves diversity and distribution in relation to salinity
2.4	Ramakrishnan N and Anand PH	Government Arts and Science College	Tsunami impact and Morphoogical changes along the Tamin Nadu Coastal Estuaries
2.5	Purandara BK, Venkatesh B and Choubey VK	National Institute of Hydrology, Regional center, Hanuman nagar, Belgaum	Grain size variation and environmental implications in a coastal ecosystem - A case Study
2.6	Santosh Kumar Sarkar	Dept of Marine Sciences, University of Calcutta	Trace organics in sediments in the lower stretch of Ganges Estuary and their Ecotoxicological significance
2.7	Shailendra Viyol and Nirmal Kumar	Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research(ISTAR)	Dissolved methane in relation to important nutrient gradients in surface waters of Tapi estuary, Gujarat
2.8	Jayakara Bhandary M	Government Arts and science college, Karwar-581301, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka	*Kali estuary of Karwar – A priority site for in situ* conservation of Mangrove flora of Karnataka and the West coast**
2.9	Smitha, Mustak MS, Karthick B and Ramachandra TV	Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore	Diatom Flora of Aghanashini estuary mangroves : West coast of India

3. Land and Water Interaction
Chairman and Cochair : Vijayakumaran Nair, Rajasri Ray and Dhaval Joshi
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
3.1	Rajasri Ray, Subhash Chandran MD and Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Importance of sacred grooves in watershed management system
3.2	Anitha Suseelan	RV College of Engineering	City as a hydraulic construction: The water corridors of Kumbakonam
3.3	Palakshappa K and Nagaraj MK	Dept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Impact assessment of water shed development programme
3.4	Rai SP, Bhishm Kumar , Omkar Singh and Khobragade SD	National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee	Isotopic composition of Mansar lake district Uddhampur, Jammu and Kashmir and its significance in hydrology investigations
3.5	Joyce Jose, Roby TJ, Ramachandra KK and Nair PV	Marthoma college, Thiruvalla, Kerala. Kerala Forest Research Institute , Peechi, Trichur 680653	Myristica swamps: a treasure trove of biodiversity
3.6	Ramachandra P Prasad, Chiranjibi Pattanaik and Narendra Prasad	Salim ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Lab for Spatial Informatics, International Institute for Information Technology	Wetland inventory and dynamics in Karnataka using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System
3.7	Harish Kumara BK , Srikantaswamy S	Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Bangalore	Ecological status and Environmental flows in Tungabhadra River Basin, India.
3.8	Satyhanathan M, Deepta VT and Selvam V	School of civil Engineering, SRM University Kancheepuram dist, Tamil Nadu	Impact of historical flows of the Coleroon river on the surrounding ecosystem.
3.9	Thamil Chelvan P and Yashika Chelvan	Department of Bio Sciences, Narmada College of Science and Commerce, Zadeshwar-392011, Bharuch(Gujarat), India	Niche analysis and environmental status of river Narmada flood plain ponds

4. Biodiversity
Chairman and Co-chair : Bhat DM, Aravind NA and Ali Rani
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
4.1	Bhat DM	Centre for Ecological Sciences	Assessment of impact of human interference on river Kali and Comparision with least disturbed river Aghanashini in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka state, India. PART- II. Phytoplankton composition, species richness, diversity and biological assessment of water quality in two rivers
4.2	Haridasan VK and Ravi G	St. Joseph's College, no 36, Lalbagh Road, Bangalore	Distribution and seasonal survey of aquatic angiosperms in Chikka bidiru lake of Bannergahtta, Bangalore dist, Karnataka
4.3	Dinesh Kumar BP and Venkatesha MG	Dept of Zoology, Bangalore University, Bangalore	Biodiversity of aquatic insects in some lakes in the Bangalore region
4.4	Rajashekhar S and Venkatesha MG	Dept of Zoology, Bangalore University, Bangalore	Aquatic birds of various lakes in greater Bangalore Metropolitan city
4.5	Venkateshwarlu M, Honneshappa K, Shahnawaz A and Cinchana NV	Dept of Applied Zoology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta	Biodiversity of fish fauna of Sogane and Santhekadur tanks, Shimoga, Karnataka
4.6	Ramesh Hallapa and David M	Karnataka Science College, Dharwad	*Modulation in behavior and respiratory dynamics of the freshwater fish, Cyprinus Carpio* (linnaeus) under Chlorpyrifos intoxication**
4.7	Vidyadhar Atkore	BNHS, Mumbai	The freshwater fish diversity in the tributaries of river Ramganga in the Shiwaliks of the western Himalayas
4.8	Devi MM and Ramanujam S N	Fish Biology laboratory, Department of Zoology, School of Lifesciences, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong-22	Icthyodiversity of Meghalaya
4.9	Thirumala S, Kiran BR, Kantaraj GS, Puttaiah ET and Prasad D	Dept of Applied Botany, Kuvempu University	Fish diversity in relation to water quality of Bhadra Reservoir, Karnataka
4.10	Victorraj M, Selvam K, Kannadhasan C, Rajasekaran N and Ramakrishnan N	Department of Zoology, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous), Kumbakonam – 612001	Plankton and Faunal Diversity in College Lake at Govt. Arts College, Kumbakonam (Autonomous), Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu
4.11	Selvam K, Victorraj M, Kannadhasan C, Rajasekaran N and Ramakrishnan N	Department of Zoology, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous), Kumbakonam – 612001	Comparative Study on Floral Diversity of Kavery River and Five water bodies in and around Kumbakonam Town, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu
4.12	Aravind NA and Madhyastha NA	Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment	Diversity of freshwater Mollusc in the Western ghats
4.13	Mohan Kumar BK, Vijaya kumara, Pramod AF and Vinayaka KS	Dept.of Wildlife and Management, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghtta, Shimoga	Enumeration of wetland Birds in Siddapura pond Bhadravathi, Karnataka
4.14	Malathi and Thippeswamy S	Mangalore University Mangalore	Plankton of sita river, tributary of river Tunga, in the Western Ghats, India
4.15	Kannadhasan C,Selvam K, Victorraj M, Rajasekaran N and Ramakrishnan N	PG Department of Zoology, Government Arts College (Autonomus), Kumbakonam-612001, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu	A preliminary study of faunal and floral diversity in two man-made ponds near Kumbakonam, Tanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
4.16	Moovendran N, Selvam K and Ramakrishnan N	PG Department of Zoology, Government Arts College (Autonomus), Kumbakonam-612001, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu	Comparative study on faunal and floral Diversity in a pond and Thirumalairayan River in AdambarPadugai village of Thiruvaruar Diatrict, Tamil Nadu

5. Conservation, Restoration and Management of Ecosystems
Chairman and Co chair : Shivakumar AR, Umesh DS and Alakananda B
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
5.1	Alakananda B, Supriya G Karthick B and Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Diatoms of Centenary Pond of Indian Institute of Science
5.2	Manjappa S,Suresh S, Aravinda HB and Desai GP	Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology	An approach for restoration of lake ecosystems- A case study of Kundawada lake, situated near Davangere in central part of Karnataka
5.3	Mahapatra PK, Mishra SN, Khalid MA and Palei NC	Utkal University, Bhubaneswar	Evaluating the effectiveness of elephant proof measures in Keonjhar forest division (territorial), Orissa, India
5.4	Sivaprasad K and Dileep Krishnan K	Department of Ship Technology, CUSAT, Kochi - 22	Eco friendly solar solutions for lake tourism sector
5.5	Ketan Tatu	Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar	Comparative status of biodiversity and conservation/ management issues of some inland wetlands in Gujarat
5.6	Chitta Ranjan Baruah, Jyotismita das, Naorem linthoi, Saikia PK and Sharma DK	Centre for Wildlife Research and Conservation action	Conservation problems and Management Strategies of Deepor Beel Ramsar site, Assam, India
5.7	Helen Roselene	Mount Carmel College, Bangalore	Developing Waste Water Treatment Plant using Phytobiofilms in a eutrophic lake
5.8	Sampath K and Sundaramoorthy T	Society for Environmental Education and Conservation , Chidambaram	Concerns of farming community in protecting irrigation tanks - A study from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India
5.9	Shankar Sharma	SBRR Mahajana first grade College	Impact of electricity industry on environment: Issues and Remedies
5.10	Ramakrishnan N and Anand PH	Department of Botany, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous), Kumbakonam - 612001	Studies on Restoration and Conservation Strategies for controlling Pollution level of Kaveri River in Thanjavur District Tamil Nadu Using Biological Indicators and Remote sensing
5.11	Pallavee Tyagi	Raj kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad	Ecosystem health- approach to restoration of wetland resources of Lakshmital lake
5.12	Keshava H Korse and Sunil Thomas PJ	Dept. Of Pharmocognosy and Biotechnology, SDM college, Ujire, Karnataka	Approaches and Components of restoration of Riparion zones: Lessons from central Western Ghats in peninsular India

6. Modelling
Chairman and Co-chair : Gururaja KV, Uttam Kumar and Amit S Yadav
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
6.1	Gururaja KV and Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Conservation priority regions in Uttara Kannada district using amphibians as surrogates
6.2	Uttam Kumar Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Modelling and quantification of forest fragmentation
6.3	Nihar Ranjan Samal, Mazumdar A, JohnK KD and Peeters F	Dept of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, MG Avenue, Durgapur-713209, West Bengal	Effect of meteorological forcing and stratification variability in three morphometrically different urban lakes in Kolkata metro city
6.4	Srikantaswamy S, Siamak Gholami, Shakuntala Bai, Harish Kumara BK and Madhukar	Dept of Studies in Environmental Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore	Multivariate quality analysis of Cauvery river water around KRS dam, Karnataka
6.5	Amal Raj S and Mageshkumar P	Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University	Application of artificial neural network in Modelling of algal blooms - An overview
6.6	Harini Santhanam, Mangeshkumar P and Amal raj S	Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University	Application of fuzzy indices to determine the trophic status of Pulicat lagoon, southeast coast of India
6.7	Endait MS and Choudary ND	Dept of Civil engineering, KK Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research, Nashik-422003, Maharashtra	Prediction of pan evaporation using artificial neural network
6.8	Shankar Hosmani P	SBRR Mahajana First Grade College	Diversity models for planktonic algae in lake ecosystems
6.9	Omkar SN and Senthilnath J	Aerospace Engineering, IISc- Bangalore	Lake monitoring using satellite image based on deformable model
6.10	Mahesh MK and Hosmani SP	Yuvaraja's College and Mahajana's College, Mysore	Nygaard's algal Index in Determination of Trophic State index of lake Ecosystem
6.11	Amit Yadav, Uttam K and Ramachandra TV	CES, IISc	Forest Fragmentation in a Micro Watershed of West Himalaya

7. Pollution: Water – consequences and remedial measures
Chairman and CoChair : Chanakya HN, Durga Madhab Mahapatra and Supriya G
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
7.1	Durga Madhab Mahapatra, Chanakya HN and Ramachandra TV		CST, IISc	Sustainability and Nutrient lock up in Varthur Lake, Bangalore
7.2	Ranjini RF, Usha KJ and Angira Devi Bhuyan		Dept of Environmental Sciences, Mount Carmel College, No 58, Palace road, Vasanthnagar	*Exsitu uptake of chromium and growth curve studies of Aspergillus niger* and Rhizopus sps**
7.3	Baskar G, Deeptha VT and Abdul Rehman A		School of Civil Engineering, SRM University	Constructed wetlands as remedial measure for water pollution
7.4	Anupama BS, Abodh Jumbe and Nandini N		Dept of Environmental Science, Bangalore University	Microbial assessment of Madivala- a rejuvenated lake in Bangalore urban district
7.5	David M and Vadingadu Munaswamy		Karnataka Science College, Dharwad	*Impact of Sodium Cyanide on Catalase activity in the freshwater exotic Carp, Cyprinus Carpio* (Linnaeus)**
7.6	Vineet Kumar, Kallapa Patil and David M		Karnataka Science College, Dharwad	Heptotoxic potentials of malathion in the freshwater teleost, labeo rohita(Hamilton)
7.7	Manishita Das, Nirmal Kumar JI and Rita N Kumar		Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research	Heavy metal contamination of selected aquatic Macrophytes in two distinct seasons: A case study of Varasda Wetland, Gujrat, India
7.8	Alok prasad Das and Susmita Mishra		National institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rourkela-08,Orissa	Bioreduction based bioremediation of hexavalent chromium
7.9	Nishadh K A, Rachna Chandra and Azeez PA		Bharthiar University	Pollution status and conservation of lakes in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
7.10	Pranav Garg, Ruth Witkowski and Robert Levin		Amity University	Determination of the identity of salmon colored H₂S producing colony isolates from fish and their characterization by real time PCR
7.11	Ashoka Chakkaravarthy Q		St. Joseph's College	Bioremediation of domestic waste water of Thuraiyur municipality
7.12	Shakuntala Bai and Srikantaswamy S		Dept. of Studies in Environmental Science, University Of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore	Waste Water Treatment and management in Urban areas – A case Study of Mysore city, Karnataka, India
7.13	Pattusamy V and nandini N		Central Pollution Control Board, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.	Status of lakes before and after restoration – a case study on ulsoor, sankey, hebbal & madival lakes of Bangalore, Karnataka

8. Urbanization – Impacts on Ecosystem
Chairman and Co-chair : Ramachandra TV and Sudhira HS
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
8.1	Sudhira HS and Ramachandra TV	CES,IISc
8.2	Kokilamani AL	Sri Aurbindo College for Women, Bangaluru	Impacts of urbanization on wetlands: A case study - Tumkuru Amanikere
8.3	Ramakrishnaiah CR, Sadashivaiah C and Ranganna G	BMS College of Engineering	The impact of urbanization of Tumkur lake - A case study
8.4	Goerge Thomas and Zachariah EJ	Atmospheric Sciences Division , Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram	Urban heat Islands in the coastal city Interlaced by wetlands
8.5	Prathishta Y, Dirk Walther and Thanasekaran K	Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University.	Baseline study on an eco-restoration process of a hyper-eutrophic urban waterbody
8.6	Nandini N, Pavithra S Reddy, Anupama BS and Durgesh R	Dept. of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore	Characterization of leachate and Ground water samples of a municipal solid waste dumping site of Bangalore city, Karnataka
8.7	Fathima Samana S and Anitha Suseelan	RV College of Engineering	Historical evolution of tank system in Bangalore city
8.8	Chandra Shekar H, Lokesh KV and Ranganna G	Dept of Civil Engineering, MEI polytechnic, Rajajinagar 4^th block, Bangalore	Impact of urbanization on surface, subsurface and ground water quality(a case study in Hebbagodi village, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore Urban District)

9. Law, Economic valuation of Lake Ecosystem Services
Chairman and Co-Chair : Suryaprakash S, Harish Bhat and Uma HR
Sr.no	Name	Address	Paper Title
9.1	Harish Bhat	CES,IISc	Valuation of Wetland Services
9.2	Anoop P and Suryaprakash S	Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore	Economic valuation of wetlands: Methods and emperical evidence
9.3	Nataraju S	JSS Law College, Autonomous	The legal aspects of wetlands conservation in India- An analysis
9.4	Uma H R	Economics Dept. Manasagangothri University of Mysore, Mysore	Valuation of lake biodiversity- Essential to control water Pollution in lakes.
9.5	Asmita Sengupta	Forest research Institute University	India's national water policy, 2002 in the light of climate change
9.6	Pratik Krishan Chadha	National Law School of India University	Lake ecosystem in India: Law policy and practice
9.7	Vikas Lakhani	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Environmental awareness: A Case study of migrant workers in Ankaleshwar (Gujarat)

1. Lake, Rivers: Water quality, biotic resources, conservation, restoration and management

Chairman and Co-Chairman : Prasad MNV, Karthick B and Rao GR

Concluding Session

2. Coastal Ecosystems

Chairman and Co-chair : Subash Chandran MD, Kartik Shanker and Boominathan M

3. Land and Water Interaction

Chairman and Cochair : Vijayakumaran Nair, Rajasri Ray and Dhaval Joshi

4. Biodiversity

Chairman and Co-chair : Bhat DM, Aravind NA and Ali Rani

5. Conservation, Restoration and Management of Ecosystems

Chairman and Co chair : Shivakumar AR, Umesh DS and Alakananda B

6. Modelling

Chairman and Co-chair : Gururaja KV, Uttam Kumar and Amit S Yadav

7. Pollution: Water – consequences and remedial measures

Chairman and CoChair : Chanakya HN, Durga Madhab Mahapatra and Supriya G

8. Urbanization – Impacts on Ecosystem

Chairman and Co-chair : Ramachandra TV and Sudhira HS

9. Law, Economic valuation of Lake Ecosystem Services

Chairman and Co-Chair : Suryaprakash S, Harish Bhat and Uma HR