Special Session 3: Vembanad lake ecosystem: Challenges and way forward

Date: 19th December 2019; Venue: CIFNET Auditorium; Time: 1130 - 1800 hrs

1100- 1130 - Coffee break

Session 1: Vembanad Lake: Environmental status and threats (11: 00 – 13:00)

Session Chairs: Dr. Ajith Joseph K, Nansen Environmental Research Centre India &
Dr. Abdulaziz Anas, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, RC Kochi
1130 – 1135: Introductory remarks by the chair: Genesis of the special session

1135–1150:Human impacts and Environmental Future of Vembanad Lake -Dr. P.K.Dinesh

Kumar,CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, RCKochi

1150- 1205: Dynamics of Cochin estuary - Mr. K. R. Muraleedharan, CSIR-CSIR-National Institute of

Oceanography, RC Kochi

1205- 1220: Riverine influence in the water quality of Vembanad lake - Dr. George Abe, Centre for
Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode

1220 -1230: Impact of monsoon flood on benthic standing stock and community composition in the
Vembanadlake, Dr. Abdul Jaleel KU, CSIR-CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, RC
Kochi

1230 – 1245: Public health perspectives of water borne diseases in and around Vembanad lake - Dr.
Sairu Philip, TD Medical College, Alappuzha

1245 – 1305: Flash presentation of posters (10 Nos x 2 min each)

1300– 1400: Lunch break and Poster Session

1400 – 1630: Session II: Vembanad Lake: Current threats and Solutions (14:00
– 18:00)
Session Chairs:Prof. Paknikar KM, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune &Dr. P.K Dinesh Kumar, CSIR-
National Institute of Oceanography, RC Kochi

1400 – 1405: Introductory remarks by session chairs

1405 - 1430: Study of water-borne diseases: what can remote sensing contribute? Dr. Shubha
Sathyendranath, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK

1430 –1450: Socio-economic issues in the Vembanad lake and possible solutions: Dr. Padmakumar
KG, International Research and Training Centre for Below Sea Level Farming,
Kumarakom

1450- 1505: Upcoming technologies in pollution abatement: Prof. Paknikar KM, Agharkar Research
Institute, Pune

1505 – 1520: One fish, two fish, three fish: How the participatory Vembanad fish count lead to a
democratic conservation in the heavily used Vembanad lake - Dr. Priyadarsanan
Dharmarajan, Asoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)
1520 - 1530: Water associated diseases in India - threats and solutions - Dr. Neelam Taneja, PG
Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

1530 – 1540: Community network for Vembanad Lake monitoring and assessment: Dr. Grinson
George, ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

1540- 1600: Tea Break

1600 -1800: Oral presentations of selected papers

1600 – 1610: Microplastics pollution in Cochin Estuary, Sruthy V, MG University

1610 – 1620: Employing land-use pattern studies and multi-criteria analysis for marking potential
aquaculture sites in Vembanad lake, Anju R, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research
Institute, Kochi

1620 – 1630: A comparative study on the impact of extreme flood on optical and bio-geochemical
properties in Vembanad Lake, Anju Lal, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research
Institute, Kochi

1630 – 1640:Dynamics of dissolved inorganic carbon in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India, Pranav P,
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

1640 – 1650: Link between terrestrial runoff and faecal contamination in Vembanad Lake,
Syamkumar V, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, RC, Kochi

1650 – 1700: Trends in antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli and Vibrio spp. In Cochin Estuary,
2002- 2019, Divya PS, Cochin University of Science And Technology, Kochi

1700 – 1710: Survival kinetics of Vibrio spp. In water and sediment of Cochin Estuary, Reshma S,
Cochin University of Science And Technology, Kochi

1710 – 1720: Mercury biosorption and merA gene identification in an anaerobic bacterium
Paraclostridiumbifermentans B1 isolated from Cochin Estuary, Binish MB, MG University

1720 – 1730: Environmental fate and transport of mercury in Vembanad estuarine system, A case
study from southwest coast of India, Shylesh Chandran MS, MG University

1730 -1740: Fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815) of a tropical mangrove ecosystem, south-
west coast of India- conventional taxonomy and molecular approach, Sandhya ES,
Cochin University of Science And Technology, Kochi

1740 – 1750: Microphytoplankton individualities in Kodungallur-Azhikode, A tropical estuary – India,

Sreedevi OK, Cochin University of Science And Technology, Kochi

1750- 1800: Present status of mangrove diversity around Nettoor region adjascent to Vembanad
Lake – A preliminary assessment, Remya R, Sacred Heart College,Thevara, Kochi

1800 – 1805: Concluding remarks by Chairman