By SK.Vyas
Chandigarh, March 10, 2019: A two-day national workshop on A Holistic Approach” (March 8-9)
concluded successfully on the second day in the Department of
Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
The four sessions of the second day were chaired by renowned
anthropologists namely Prof. P.C. Joshi, Prof. Siva Prasad, Prof.
Vineetha Menon and Prof. P. Venkata Rao respectively.
The eminent speakers emphasized the integrated role of social
impact assessment and anthropology. The speakers delivered lectures on
geospatial technology, assessment of the social impact on extreme events,
legal framework and ethical considerations. The topics were highly
enlightening, eye-openers and informative. Broader domains covered
were the legal framework of SIA, understanding, socio-cultural,
ecological environment of SIA, ensuring successful outcomes of
resettlement and rehabilitation and the mitigation measures.
Conducive and productive discussions were taken up after each
presentation. The light was thrown on allied aspects during the zero hour
sessions.
Professor Karamjiteet Singh, the Registrar of Panjab
University, in his valedictory address, congratulated Prof. A.K.
Sinha, Organizing Secretary and Dr Kewal Krishan, Chairperson of the
Department for doing such outstanding work in Social Impact
Assessment. As this workshop is directly concerned with the policy
makers, Professor Singh emphasized to conduct such workshops
periodically so that the recommendations and outcomes can be
implemented at State and Center levels.
In all, the national workshop was an altruistic mode to exchange
ideas, create innovations and ameliorate the existing systems
including a holistic perspective, covering Anthropological, Legal and
Administrative domains of SIA.