Meetings/Conferences/Workshops


Outside country:

1.    Sudha Sahu and Sudip Mitra (2020) Characterization of phosphate solubilizing Bacteria Isolated from Municipal solid waste dumping site soils, 2nd Engineering Sustainable Development Conference organized by American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 15-16 December, 2020 (virtual).
2.    Presented paper on Vulnerability analysis of communities from different economic sectors in Guwahati (India) under changing climatic conditions. In: 11th International Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand, 4-8 Nov 2018.
3.    Invited Panelist in the International conference on “Global Food Security-Creating resilience in the face of catastrophic climate change”, Friday 8th February 2013, University College London, London, UK.
4.    Delivered lecture on ‘Production, emission and mitigation of greenhouse gases from rice-wheat agro-ecosystems’ on 9th May, 2012 at Division of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA.
5.    Invited expert for Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture at Ede-Wageningen, the Netherlands, 24-26 Oct, 2011.
6.    Presented full paper on ‘Managing land and water under changing climatic conditions in India: A Critical Perspective’ in 16th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2010, 30 May- 1 June 2010, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong.
7.    16-22/11/08:    Attended the Lead International Training Session on “Mega cities and Climate Change” in Mexico City.
8.    1-4/4/08: Attended International conference on ‘Food Security and Environmental Change-Linking Science, Development and Policy for Adaptation’ at Oxford University, U.K. April 1-4.
9.    24-28/02/07:    Panelist in the International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
10.    5-10/12/05:    Attended as Agriculture Sector Expert and presented paper in Asian Brown Cloud meeting, Bangkok, Thailand.
11.    3-10/11/04:    Invited speaker in World Rice Research Conference, Tsukuba, Japan.
12.    10- 13/03/03:    Increasing Food Productivity in Africa, Inter Academy Council. Alexandrian Library, Alexandrian, Egypt.
13.    06- 08/03/03:    Inter Academy Council Chapter 4 Meeting. University of Wageningen, the Netherlands.
14.    09-11/10/02:    DeutscherTropentag 2002: Challenges to Organic Farming and Sustainable Land Use in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.
15.    16-20/09/02:    International Rice Congress, Beijing, China.
16.    04-10/09/02:    Soils under global change: a challenge for 21st century, Constanta, Romania.
17.    21-23/01/02: Third International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-3), Scientific understanding, control options and policy aspects, VVM, Maastricht, The Netherlands.


Inside country:

1.    Mitra, S. (2020) Stop burning crop residues: utilization of agro-wastes through low cost technologies for rural India, plenary lecture in session on ‘Science and Technology for Rural Development’ in the 6th Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2020, 22-25 December 2020. 3. Mitra, S. (2020) Agro-products and sustainability issues. Invited lecture in TEQIP-III Short Term Course on ‘Tools and practices for New Product Development for food and bio-Industries’, 6-10 Nov, 2020 at IIT Guwahati.
2.    Mitra, S. (2020) Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. Invited lecture in three days TEQIP-III workshop on ‘Role of S & T in Climate smart agriculture and rural development’, 7-9 Dec 2020, IIT Guwahati.
3.    Mitra, S. (2020) Invited panelist in summit ‘Global Sustainability Summit–The New Normal’ for the session on ‘Food and Agriculture’ on June 4, 2020, Amity University, Noida, India.
4.    Mitra, S. (2020) Impact of Covid-19 on climate change and strategies for improvement. Invited lecture in conference on ‘covid-19 and national lockdown: Impacts and strategies in future agriculture and environment’ on 20th July 2020 (virtual).
5.    Gujre, N., Soni, A., &Mitra, S. (2019). Way toward sustainable waste utilization for potential applications in agricultural soil in Assam, Northeast, India. Young Scientist Conference, IISF, November 5-8th, 2019, Biswa Bangla Convention Center, Kolkata. pp.45.
6.    Gujre, N. &Mitra, S. (2019). Assessing environmental impact of brick kiln activities on surrounding soil quality at Napaam, Tezpur, Assam. Research conclave 2019, March 14-17th, 2019, IIT, Guwahati.
7.    Gujre, N., &Mitra, S. (2019). Assessing environmental impact of brick kiln activities on surrounding soil quality at Napaam, Tezpur, Assam. XIV Agricultural Science Congress (ASC), February 20-23rd, 2019, NASC and ICAR-IARI, New Delhi. pp 191.
8.    Paul, A., Adhikary, M., Borah, P., Borah, P., Duary, R., Namsa, N. and Mitra, S. (2019). Physico-chemical and microbial characterization of soils as affected by paper mill wastes. XIV Agricultural Science Congress (ASC), February 20-23rd, 2019, NASC and ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, pp.189
9.    Gujre, N., &Mitra, S. (2018). Rejuvenating and enhancing agro-ecosystem through bio fertilizer. Poster presented at the International symposium on biodiversity and biobanking. Biodiverse 2018, January 27th-29th, 2018, IIT, Guwahati, Assam. Pp122.
10.    Invited talk on Surface   Water   in   North East   India   &   Problems   in   Hands: Would Climate Change Exacerbate it? National Workshop on Environmental Priorities and Challenges with Special Focus on Eastern and North-Eastern Regions; Organised by NEERI, Kolkata at the Stadel in Kolkata during 28-29 Nov., 2017
11.    Invited talk on ‘Testing soil-technologies in farmers’ fields – lessons learnt from different agro-ecological zones of India’ at the National Seminar on “Nutrients  and  pollutants  in  soil-plant-animal-human continuum  for  sustaining  food  and  nutritional  security  -  way  forward”; 9-10 June 2017at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Biswavidyalaya, Kalyani, West Bengal.
12.    Invited talk on Managing Land and Water under Changing Population and Climatic Conditions in India, In: International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Environment (ISSUE) 2017, 23-24th June 2017 at the Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Assam, India (invited talk).
13.    Invited talk on Global Environmental Policies in YETI (Young Ecologists Talk and Interact), 4-7thJanuary 2017, Tezpur University, India.
14.    Chaired a session on Climate change and agriculture in National Seminar on ‘Climate Change and Society’, at Tezpur University, 24-25th February 2017
15.    Invited discussant in Closure and Dissemination Workshop on Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing in the Eastern Himalayas, 26th March 2017, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
16.    Invited talk on ‘Production, Emission and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases from Rice-Wheat Agro-Ecosystems’ in 10th Annual Convention of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy and International Conference being held at SV University, Tirupathi, India, India during 21-23 December, 2016.
17.    Invited talk on ‘Community Based Climate Risk Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Are the Two Sides of a Same Coin’ at the National Conference on Recent Advancement in Environmental Research, 4-5 June, 2016, IIT Guwahati.
18.    Participant in a prelude meeting of COP 17 CBD in Hyderabad in 2012 as organized by MoEF, GoI and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in New Delhi, from 14th to 17th November 2011.
19.    Invited lecture in CAFT training programme on “Resource Management for Sustaining Crop Production & Soil Health” at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur (M.P.), 17th March, 2010.
20.    Panelist in COOP-CONNECT meeting on 'Climate Change-Role of Cooperatives' at NCUI, New Delhi, 25th February, 2010.
21.    Invited lecture on “Global warming and the characteristics of land and water under changing climatic conditions in India: A critical perspective” in International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management in marginal Mountains Region, 9-11 Nov 2009, NEHU, Shillong, India, Co-organised by School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Institute of Sustainability and Peace, United Nations University (UNU) in collaboration with Department of Environmental Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
22.    Presented paper on “Global warming and the characteristics of water under changing climatic conditions: A critical review” in 2nd India Disaster Management Congress, 4-6 Nov 2009, New Delhi, India, Organised by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
23.    Delivered Eighth Bishop M.M. John Memorial Lecture at Bishop Moore College, on “Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security” at Mavelikara, Kerala, 10 July 2009.
24.    Invited lecture on "Climate change and soil carbon management" at the Academic Staff College, Guwahati University, Assam, 24 June 2009.
25.    Invited lecture on " Climate change Sciences and Policies-North East Perspectives" in the IAS probationary officers training workshop at Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, Assam, 15 June 2009.
26.    Invited lecture on "Climate Change and Disasters" in Officers training workshop at Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, Assam, 12 June 2009.
27.    Invited lecture on "Climate Change: Sciences and policies" at Academic Staff College, Gauhati University, 09 June 2009.
28.    Invited lecture on "Climate Change, Food Security and Social Issues" in the Interaction Programme for Senior Faculty of the universities, Academic Staff College, Gauhati University, Assam 23-26 March 2009.
29.    Invited lecture on “Dealing with Climate change to ensure Sustainability” International Training Programme under ITEC/SCAAP on 'Managing Cities in Developing Countries ? Environment & Infrastructure Framework', HUDCO, New Delhi, 3rd March, 2009.
30.    Invited lecture on “Climate change and India” in workshop on climate change as organised by Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) at the Baptist Missionary Society, Kolkata, 2nd March 2009.
31.    Invited lecture on “Impact of climate change on agriculture” in National Consultation on Global warming from 12th to 14th Feb 2009 at Chennai as organized by CSI in partnership with the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI).
32.    Invited lecture on “Climate change and disasters: science and policies” in National Consultation on Global warming from 12th to 14th Feb 2009 at Chennai  as organized by CSI in partnership with the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI).
33.    03-07/01/01:    Indian Science Congress, New Delhi, India.
34.    14-18/02/00:    International Conference On Managing Natural Resources For Sustainable Agricultural Production In The 21st Century; New Delhi, India.

Professional training:

19/07/04- 23/07/04    Training Workshop on Regional Climate Modelling System PRECIS by Hadley Centre, UK in Thimpu, Bhutan.
09/2000 - 03/2001     UML, HTML, JAVA from NIIT, India.
11/1999 - 12/1999    International Training on Multi - Agents Systems (Simulation Modeling) for Natural Resources Management, Chiangmai University, Thailand and sponsored jointly by ECOR-I, IRRI (Philippines), CIRAD (France) and Multiple Cropping Centre (Chiangmai).
03/1999    Introductory course on Statistical Analysis System (SAS) for Windows.International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
03/1999    Training on IRRISTAT Statistical package for Windows.. International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
11/1998    ESRI course: Introduction to ARCVIEW GIS course. Geodata Systems Technologies,Inc., Manila, Philippines