Concluding Session | Indo-UK Virtual Conference on the 5C's of Water Vulnerability.

Indo-UK Virtual Conference on the 5C's of Water Vulnerability:
Climate Change, Contaminants, Co-occurrence, Conflicts and COVID-19.

Speakers:

Dr. V.M. Tiwari (Director, CSIR-NGRI)
Dr. Tiwari obtained his post-graduate degree in Geophysics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. He took up a scientific career at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), after receiving a PhD in Geophysics from NGRI-BHU. Dr. Tiwari’s research interests primarily focus on deciphering subsurface mass distribution and mass transport relevant to a wide range of scientific and societal applications such as elucidating structure and dynamics of different geological settings in Indian lithosphere, variation in water storage over Indian subcontinent and mapping of sub-basaltic sediments. Besides well cited research papers in leading journals; he has also contributed significantly to the projects of Oil and Mineral Industries. He is a recipient of National Merit Scholarship; ONGC-AEG Best Thesis Award; Young Scientist Awards from INSA, CSIR, UP S&T; Krishnan Gold Medal by IGU, National Mineral Award by Ministry of Mines, GoI and Fellowship of National Academy of Sciences, India. He is also a member of several national and international committees.

Dr. David Werner (Professor, Newcastle University, UK)
Dr. Werner is currently designated as professor at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests are: Field methods for water quality surveying, including portable next generation sequencing, innovative use of sorbents for water treatment and environmental restoration and minimizing water wastage in the built environment.Dr. Werner works as mentor with the African Academy of Sciences Mentorship Scheme (since 2019), mentor for the British Council sponsored Leadership Training Water Initiative South Asia (2019), panel member for the UKRI NERC Digital Environment call (2018), the US Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development call ER18-C4 (2017), the British Council and Department for Business Innovation and Skills call Global Innovation Initiative Round 2 UD3 (2015), the Research Council of Norway call Sino-Norwegian Research Cooperation on Climate and the Environment (2011). Dr. Werner works with global partners on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and sanitation, and its numerous linkages with the other 16 UNSDGs. He has won Fellowship for experienced researchers from the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Postdoctoral fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation; Prix Chorafas for the PhD thesis; Willy Studer award of ETHZ.

Dr. Manish Kumar (Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar)
Dr. Manish Kumar is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and faculty at Discipline of Earth Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and has been the recipient of prestigious fellowships like Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) foreign research fellowship, Brain Korea (BK)-21 post-doctoral fellowship, Monbukagakusho scholar-ship, Linnaeus-Palme stipend from SIDA, Sweden, and Research Fellowship from CSIR, India, etc. Dr. Kumar is active in the fields of hydro(bio)geochemistry, contaminant transport and modeling, metal speciation, isotope fingerprinting, emerging contaminants and removal.