Friday, September 28, 2007

Invitation to Jalpaadom

Dear Readers,

I am very happy to invite you all for the formal inauguration of ‘Jalpaadom’. Jalapaadom is a unique environmental educational program designed for the students in Vembanad backwater region, Alappuzha, Kerala. Jalpaadom is an initiative of the Vembanad conservation program of ATREE.

Kerala's Minister of Education, Mr. MA Baby, has agreed to inaugurate the program
and Mr. KC Venugopal, MLA will preside over the function.

The program schedule is outlined below:
10.30 am - Prayer

10.35 am- Welcome Address

10.40 am: Briefing on Jalapaadom : Mr Jojo T.D. (Jalapaadom Program Officer)

10.50 am: Presidential Address: Shri K.C. Venugopal (MLA)

11.05 am: Inaugural Address: Shri M.A. Babay (Minister of Education and Culture)

11.25 am: Official Logo Release : Mr Shivasankar M, IAS (Director of Public Instructions,
Kerala)

11.40 am: Release of Resource Materials: Shri P. Nazar, President, District Panchayat,
Alappuzha

11.50 am: Felicitations: Shri P.P. Chitaranjan, Municipal Chairman, Alappuzha
Dr Ravi Chellam, Director, ATREE
Shri K.C. Dayal, Environmentalist

12.15 pm: Vote of Thanks: Dr Latha Bhaskar

Place and time: YMCA Hall, Alappuzha at 10.30am, 4th October 2007

If you wish to attend this event, please contact Shali (shali@atree.org) for the details and for making arrangements.

Thanks

Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, PhD

Fellow Scientist, Insect Taxonomy and Conservation
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
#659, 5th A main, Hebbal, Bangalore - 560 024, India.

Ph:91-80-23530069/23533942/23638771(R) 91-80-23535287;
Fax: 91-80-23530070
Other ID: priyadarsanan@gmail.com
url: www.atree.org/priyan.html