“NLUO is hosting The Green Mandate Season 2 Episode 2 in collaboration with Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on 18th April, 2023”.

National Law University, Odisha, in collaboration with The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy is organising the second episode of season 2 of ‘The Green Mandate’ on ‘Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making’ in conversation with noted environmental and socio-political activist and recipient of Goldman Awardee, Sri Prafulla Samantara. The conversation will take place at the Seminar Hall, Academic Block, National Law University Odisha, in Cuttack, Odisha on 18th April, 2023 from 5.30 pm.

In this session, Debadityo Sinha, Lead, (Climate & Ecosystems), Vidhi will be in conversation with our guest speaker, Sri Samantara, and try to understand the different nuances of public participation in environmental decision making in India. Mr Prafulla Samantara is the president of Lok Shakti Abhiyan, a People’s Forum which campaigns for sustainable development, the right to livelihood, and protection and conservation of natural resources against unmindful industrialization. A recipient of Goldman Prize (popularly known as Green Nobel Prize) in 2017, Prafulla Samantara has over four decades of experience in environmental and socio-political activism. 

‘The Green Mandate’ provides a platform for an in-depth conversation on such issues affecting current conservation challenges. It aims at developing a deeper public discourse on the law and policy aspects of it.

The event is open to all, on prior registration basis. Interested participants may register using the link https://forms.gle/cTS6h6WoB6uTqyAK7. For any further queries, feel free to contact 19ba099@nluo.ac.in or nikita@nluo.ac.in