THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
MUMBAI RESEARCH CENTRE initiates an online lecture series on WILD MUMBAI
Mumbai is a Wild City like none other. Right within its municipal limits, there exist two protected areas viz. the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary. Even today, despite the onslaught of developmental activities, the city boasts of many small hotspots where wilderness is yet palpable. From the Colaba Woods, Malabar hill, Maharashtra Nature Park to the Mangroves along the city’s extensive coastline, its beaches and mudflats, Mumbai hosts diverse natural habitats making it veritably a nature lover’s paradise. This lecture series intends to bring out these characteristic features of the city’s biodiversity through interactive sessions with expert naturalists and biologists who have worked and studied it over many years.
Themes and Speakers
1. Mumbai - A Wild City Speaker: Shardul Bajikar
2. Living With Leopards Speaker: Nikit Surve a
3. Reptiles and Amphibians of Mumbai Speaker: Saunak Pal
4. Recent Findings in Mumbai's Biodiversity Speaker: Zeeshan Mirza
5. Birds of Mumbai Speaker: Adesh Shivkar / Yogesh Patel
6. Mumbai's Wildlife: A micro perspective Speaker: Shardul Bajikar
7. Marine Life of Mumbai Speaker: Shaunak Modi
Series coordinator - Dr.Suraj Pundit Academic coordinator - Mr. Shardul Bajikar Duration: 2 hr sessions
Dates: 25th May to 31st May, 2020. Timings: 4.00 - 6.00 p.m. Fees: .Rs. 1,000/ -
Online Platform: Microsoft Teams Link for registration: https://forms.gle/nrZd1gbhYU2uYmMp6
Contact: Dr. Suraj Pandit (9930830834) Dr. Madhu Kelkar (9821695912) and Dr. Madhumita Bandyopadhya (9987087418)
- Surendra Kulkarni, Hon. Secretary - ASM
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla , Chairperson – MRC
Please note:
The Mumbai Research Centre - Elephanta Caves Walk scheduled on 15th March 2020, has been postponed till further notice.
The inconvenience caused is regretted.
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, MUMBAI &
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
cordially invite you to attend THE RELEASE OF THE BOOK “RISING FROM THE ASHES OF BENGAL’S PARTITION” by JIBAN MUKHOPADHYAY Former Chief Economic Advisor, The Tata Group, and Professor, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai (Retd.) The Chief Guest DR. SURANJAN DAS Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, will release the book, at The Durbar Hall, Asiatic Society of Mumbai on Saturday, 19th October, 2019, at 2.30 p.m.
- Prof. Vispi Balaporia, President of the Asiatic Society, will preside.
- Dr. Sudhir Paranjape, Secretary, School of Social Sciences
- Surendra Kulkarni, Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
PROGRAM DETAILS
- 2.30 p.m. - 2.50 p.m.: Registration & Tea/Coffee
- 2.50 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.: Welcome, Introductory Remarks
- 3.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.: Address by Ashok Banerjee
- 3.30 p.m. - 4.15 p.m.: Address by the Chief Guest
- 4.15 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.: Reply by Jiban Mukhopadhyay
- 4.30 p.m. - 4.45 p.m.: Summing up by the Chair
- 4.45 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.: Q&A and Vote of Thanks
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
Talk by Dr. Tejas Garge
organised by the Mumbai Research Centre
Date : 19th July, 2019 (Friday)
Timing: From 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Talk by: Dr. Tejas Garge (Director, Maharashtra State Department of Archaeology of Museums)
Topic: ‘Petroglyphs from the Konkan’
Presided by: Dr. Kurush Dalal ( Assistant Professor (Archaeology), Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, University of Mumbai)
Do join us for tea at 4.30 p.m.
- Mr Yogesh Kamdar (VP), Chairman, Mumbai Research Centre
- Dr. Kurush Dalal , Convenor, Mumbai Research Centre
- Prof. Vispi Balaporia, Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
INVITATION
The Phase-II of the Library Digitization Project of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, will be inaugurated on Monday, 5th August, 2019, at 11.00 a.m. by Shri CH. Vidyasagar Rao, Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra and Chief Patron of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. The duration of the programme is expected to be an hour. The detailed programme will be sent to you in due course. You are cordially invited to attend this inaugural function. Kindly reach the Durbar Hall by 10.30 a.m.
- S.G. Kale, President