A National Seminar on “Eastern Himalayas and its Ecological Trends” was organized on 19th February 2020 at Sinclairs Hotel Darjeeling. The initiative was supported by Darjeeling Government College the knowledge partner along with ONGC,Indian oil and Oil India Limited who helped the institute in delivering its logistics in a cantabile format.

The initiative was designed with an aim to address the various challenges due to the ecosystem of Eastern Himalayas and drew a holistic policy approach to attain the sustainability matrix for the region and its people. Thus, in order to brace the Institute’s course of work, academicians, researchers, civil society actors assembled from Sikkim, Kolkata and other parts of India who were hosted at the Sinclairs, Darjeeling and other hotels from 18th of February to 20th of February.

A cultural programme by local troupe was arranged as entertainment for the eminent guests at the hotel auditorium on 18th February 2020 . On 19th February 2020 the proposed National Seminar on “Eastern Himalayas and its Ecological Trends” was conducted at the auditorium of Sinclairs Hotel. The inaugural session was addressed by Arindam Mukherjee, Secretary,ISCS. The Chief Guest of the event was Ms.DeepapPriy a,DistrictMagistrate,Darjeeling,and the other guest was Retired Prof.JayantaBandyopadhyay ,IIM Calcutta , distinguished Fellow ,ORF India. Swami  Nityasatyananda, Secretary Ram Krishna Mission, Nivedita Educational and Cultural Centre , Darjeeling chaired the session.

The eminent guest and the dignitaries elicited that the conservation practices for the extant of the Eastern Himalayas should be adopted at an individual level. The discussion on the same thesis continued in the following three academic sessions , namely “Himalayan Region and the Risks of its Ecosystem”, “Ecological Vulnerability of the Eastern Himalayas and its Impact” and “Intervention Policies Conservation Practices and SocioCultural Diversities” .

The seminar through the paper presentation of the dignitaries , researchers and policy makers addressed some of the key issues condemning the wellbeing of the ecological trends of Eastern Himalayas acting as a hamstring for its residents. Thus on the concluding edge the proposed National Seminar could highlight certain sensitization practices and guidelines that individual should redeem and transpire others to conserve the imperishable serenity of Eastern Himalayas. The institute’s initiative was remarkably publicized through print media, hoardings , Invitations and other forms .Thus National Seminar received a wonderful response of around 230 guests including dignitaries, eminent personnels from various blocks of Darjeeling district, research scholars, students and media people. The students and research scholars even travelled long distance to attend the sensitizing seminar on environment and ecology. Post conference cultural programme of a local troupe was also organized by the institute at the Sinclairs auditorium hall. The conference was able to accede the institute’s objective , to create a sensitization among the people of Eastern Himalayan region towards the preservation of their environs and its surroundings.