Day 1: January 07, 2025
Tuesday
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Mitti Stuti and Inauguration of Swaraj Exhibition
10:30AM - 11:45AM
Plenary Session
Samudayik Swaraj (Community Sovereignty) principles and its linkages with Sustainability/SDGs
Speaker
Reshma Anand
Regional Director at Ford Foundation
Biswarup Banerjee
IKEA Foundation, India
Dr. Rajendra Singh
Waterman of India
Mansingh Ninama
Convenor - Krishi evam Adivasi Swaraj ManchModerator
Jayesh Joshi
Secretary VAAGDHARA11:45AM - 12:15PM
Networking Tea
12:15PM - 02:15PM
Thematic Session 1
Mitigating Climate Change through agroecological and energy practices
12:15PM - 12:30PM
Padma Shri Popat Rao Pawar
Maharashtra12:30PM - 12:45PM
Session Moderator
12:45PM - 02:15PM
Parallel Session
Sovereignty components of seed, soil, water, and energy as a Pathway to ClimateResilient Agriculture
Moderator
Nivedita Varshneya
Regional Advisor- Advocacy and Collaboration, Welthungerhilfe, IndiaSpeaker
Dr. S K Sharma
Assistant Director General, ICAR
Krishna Prasad
Director, Sahaja Samrudha Organic Producer Company Limited
Kavita Gandhi
Country Representative, SWISSAID INDIA12:45PM - 02:15PM
Parallel Session
Exploring Climate Solutions through Water and Soil Health in Tribal Ecosystems
Moderator
Shraman Jha
CEO, Hindustan Unilever FoundationSpeaker
Dr. Rajeshwari Raina
Professor, Shiv Nadar University
Padma Shri Laxman Singh
Gram Vikas Nav Yuvak Mandal Lapodiya12:45PM - 02:15PM
Parallel Session
Civil society action for innovations community driven solutions for ClimateResilient Agriculture
Moderator
Sabyasachi Das
National Coordinator, RRA NetworkSpeaker
Rucha Limaye
Senior Analyst, SELCO Foundation
Ashish Kothari
Indian Environmentalist
Ekta Jaju
Executive Director SwitchON Foundation12:45PM - 02:15PM
Parallel Session
Scoping Policy actions for adoption of agroecological movement as sustainability and climate resilient community
Moderator
Subrat Das
Program Officer, Ford FoundationSpeaker
Abhishek Jain
Fellow & Director, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Pramel Gupta
National Anchor, National Coalition for Natural Farming
Kapil Shah
Founder Director, Jatan Trust02:15PM - 03:15PM
Lunch
03:15PM - 06:00PM
Thematic Session 2
Cultural and social well-being through circular lifestyle of Indigenous Communities
03:15PM - 03:30PM
Padma Shri Chami Murmu
Jharkhand03:30PM - 03:45PM
Session Moderator
03:45PM - 05:15PM
Parallel Session
Capturing components of circular living practices and achiving climate resilience livleihoods
Moderator
Anshuman Das
Lead Expert - Agroecology and Food Systems, Welthungerhilfe IndiaSpeaker
Sukanta Bhattacharya
Strategic Lead - Performance, Gram Vikas
Vikas Hosoor
Consultant Soil farming and Localisation, Rainmatter Foundation03:45PM - 05:15PM
Parallel Session
Reimagining and reviving community and individual sovereignty actions of circular living for Climate Resilient Development Pathway
Moderator
Biraj Patnaik
Executive Director, National Foundation of IndiaSpeaker
Sreejan Dutta
Manager - Venture Philanthropy, LGT Wealth India
Gangabhai Paikra
President, Chaupal Gramin Vikas Prashikshan Sansthan03:45PM - 05:15PM
Parallel Session
Exploring the Intersection of Circular Living within Indigenous practices for Social, Economical, Cultural and Governance as part of climate resilient sustainability
Moderator
Anshu Gupta
Co-Founder, GoonjSpeaker
Subrata Singh
Executive Director, Foundation For Ecological Security
Deepak Sharma
Development Expert03:45PM - 05:15PM
Parallel Session
Multistakeholder joint action for indigenous practices and processes at local, regional, and national agenda
Moderator
Shirish Joshi
Consultant Organisation Design and Strategic HRSpeaker
Mayfereen Ryntathiang
President, Grassroot Shillong
Jaipal Singh Kaushik
Development Expert05:15PM - 06:00PM
Consolidation
Consolidation (presentation by moderators) and Closing of Day 1
06:00PM - 08:00PM
Cultural Evening/Videos documentaries - followed by Dinner