FIGA 2025 - Fourth Triennial Congress of Federation of Indian Geosciences Association 2025
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Time
(IST)
First Floor
Hall-1
(Plenary Hall)
First Floor
Hall-2
(E-Classroom)
Day-1: 06 November 2025 (Thursday)
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:30Plenary Talks - Chair Person: Dr V. M. Tiwari
09:00-09:30 Plenary Talk on "AI & ML Applications in Sciences" by Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO, ANRF, Ministry of Science & Technology, Technology Bhavan
09:30-10:00 Plenary Talk on "Geodesy, Geospatial Technology & the IUGG" by Dr Chris Rizos, President, International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics (IUGG), School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
10:00-10:30 Plenary Talk on "Blue Economy" by Dr M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
10:30-11:00 Inauguration of Poster Enclave & Exhibition and High Tea
11:00-12:00 Inaugural Session             Agenda
12:00-13:30 Poster Sessions - Coastal Processes, Coastal & Ocean Resources, Climate Change, Energy Resources, Marine Geodynamics,Geo Hazards: Earthquakes & Landslides Round table meeting of Directors of Geoscience institutions with PSA, CEO, ANRF and Secretary MoES
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:00 Chairperson: Dr (Mrs) Parvinder Maini & Dr V. M. Tiwari
Plenary Talk on "Ocean warming, land ice melt and sea level rise: the role of space observations" by Dr Anny Cazenave, Emeritus Scientist, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales in France & International Space Science Institute in Switzerland
15:00-16:30 Session-01: Coastal Processes
Chairperson: Prof. Mahesh Thakkar, Director, BSIP
Conveners: Prof. Jaya Kumar Seelam, OSI; Prof. P. Rajendra Prasad, AHI
Co-Conveners: Dr K. Sreelash, NCESS;Dr Mani Murali R, OSI; Dr R. Hari Kumar, INCOIS; Dr Reji Srinivas, NCESS
Session-02: Climate Change
Chairperson: Dr Suryachandra A Rao,Director, IITM
Conveners: Dr C. Gnanaseelan, OSI; Dr Rahul Mohan, NCPOR
Co-Conveners: Dr R.S Mahendra, INCOIS
15:00-15:20 Keynote Address-I - "Sustainable Sources of Drinking Water in Saline Coastal Aquifers" by Dr Y. Satyaji Rao, Director, NIH Keynote Address-I - "Himalayan Cryosphere and Rising Hazards in a Changing Climate" by Dr Thamban Meloth, Director, NCPOR
15:20-15:40 Keynote Address-II - "Managing Coastal Development under Climate Change" by Dr M. Ramana Murthy, Project Director, MoES Keynote Address-II - "Can We Overcome Climate Change with the Same Thinking That Created It?" by Dr Sateesh Shenoi, Former Director, INCOIS
15:40-16:00 Oral Presentations Keynote Address-III -" Ocean non-Living Resources" by Dr Sunil Singh, Director, CSIR-NIO
15:40-16:30 Oral Presentations
16:30-16:45 Tea Break
16:45-17:15 Flash Presentations Flash Presentations
17:15-18:30 Poster Sessions - Coastal Processes, Coastal & Ocean Resources, Climate Change, Energy Resources, Marine Geodynamics, Geo Hazards: Earthquakes & Landslides
16:30-17:00 FIGA - GB/ EC Meetings of Member Associations @ e-Class Room (Conference Room)
17:00-18:00 IGU Annual General Body Meeting @ e-Class Room
18:30-19:30 Cultural Program
19:30-21:00 Dinner
Day-2: 07 November 2025 (Friday)
09:00-09:30 Chairperson: Dr Balakrishnan Nair T M, Director, INCOIS
Plenary Talk on "Andaman-Nicobar Subduction System and Andaman Sea: Natural Hazards to Natural Resources" by Dr Satish Singh, IPG Paris and University Paris City, France
09:30-11:15 Session-03: Energy Resources
Chairperson: Prof. N. V. Chalapathi Rao, Director, NCESS
Convener: Dr Kalachand Sain, CSIR-NGRI
Co-Conveners: Dr Labany Ray, CSIR-NGRI; Dr Biswajit Mandal, IGU
Session-04: Marine Geodynamics
Chairperson: Dr Sukant Roy, Project Director, BGRL
Convener: Prof. M. Radhakrishna, IGU
Co-Conveners: Dr Sandeep Kumar Gupta, CSIR-NGRI; Dr Ajay Kumar, INCOIS
09:30-10:00 Keynote Address-I - "Energy Landscape: HydroCarbons, Renewable Resources and natural Hydrogen in India" by Prof. Priyank Jaiswal

Keynote Address-II -"Gas-Hydrates: A clean and Huge Energy Prospect for India" by Dr Kalachand Sain
Keynote Address-I - "Earthquake cycle in Andaman Sumatra subduction zone" by Dr Vineet Gahalaut
10:00-10:40 Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
10:40-11:15 Flash Presentations Flash Presentations
11:15-11:30 Tea Break
11:30-13:10 Session-05: Geo Hazards - Earthquakes & Landslides
Chairperson: Dr. Thamban Meloth, Director, NCPOR;
Convener: Dr Sumer Chopra, ISES
Co-Convener: Dr. Abhey Ram Bansal,ISES
Session-06: Recent Advances
Chairperson: Dr B. K. Bansal, MoES;

Convener: Dr B P K Patro, CSIR-NGRI
Co-Conveners: Dr Dipankar Saikia, INCOIS; Dr B. Jayashree, IIG
11:30-11:50 Keynote Address-I - "Climate Change Impacts on Avalanches, GLOFs and Landslides - Gravity of Emerging Issues" by Dr D. P. Kanungo, CBRI Keynote Address-I - "Interpretable and Explainable AI/ML for Geoscientific Data" by Prof. Saumen Maiti, IIT-ISM, Dhanbad
11:50-12:20 Keynote Address-II - "Glacier-related hazard and risk in the Himalaya" by Dr Ashim Sattar, IIT Bhubaneswar Keynote Address-II - "Space Weather Investigations: Recent Trends, Contributions and Future Directions" by Prof. A. P. Dimri, Director, IIG
12:20-13:10 Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
13:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:20 Keynote Address-II - "Comparison of Meteotsunami and Tsunami-Generated Ionospheric Disturbances with Emphasis on the 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption" by Dr Joshi Catherine K, CSIR-NGRI Flash Presentations
14:20-14:40 Flash Presentations
14:40-15:45 Poster Sessions - Geo Hazards: Meteorological Extremities, Geo Hazards: Space Based Observations, Recent Advances
15:45-16:00 Tea Break
16:00-17:30 Plenary Talks - Chairperson: Prof. P. Rajendra Prasad, Sir Arthur Cotton Geospatial Chair Professor, Andhra University
16:00-16:30 Plenary Talk on "Australian geoscience and the Blue Economy: reflections from the perspective of scientific ocean drilling" by Dr Ron Hackney, Director, Australia New Zealand International Scientific Drilling Consortium, The Australian National University, Past Secretary, Australian Geoscience Council
16:30-17:00 Plenary Talk on "Tides of Progress: How Science Associations Rise to Meet the Moment" by Prof. Brandon Jones, President, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
17:00-17:30 Plenary Talk by Dr Matthew Rodell, Deputy Director, Earth Sciences for Hydrosphere, Biosphere & Geophysics, NASA/GSFC
17:30-18:30 AHI - GB/ EC Meetings of Member Associations @ e-Class Room
Day-3: 08 November 2025 (Saturday)
09:00-11:15 Session-07: Coastal & Ocean Resources
Chairperson: Dr O. P. Mishra, NCS;
Conveners: Prof. K. V. Jayachandran, OSI; Dr Yamuna Singh, GSI
Co-Conveners: Prof. B. Veeraiah, AEG; Dr Sneha Jha, INCOIS
Session-08: Geo Hazards - Meteorological Extremities
Chairperson: Prof. Pradeep Kumar, Director, CSIR-CBRI;
Convener: Dr A K Pandey, CSIR-NGRI
09:00-09:20 Keynote Address-I - "From Vulnerability to Resilience: Protecting India's Coastal Populations" by Dr Sudheer Joseph, Group Director, INCOIS Keynote Address-I - "Accelerating Combined Impacts of Rapidly Increasing Daily Rainfall and Heat Extremes over India" by Prof. B. N. Goswami, Former Director, IITM
09:20-10:10 Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
10:10-11:00 Flash Presentations Flash Presentations
11:00-11:15 Tea Break
11:15-12:45 Plenary Session - Chairperson: Dr Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS
11:15-11:45 Plenary Talk by Prof. Harsh Gupta, Fellow: International Science Council (ISC), Member, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), President, Geological Society of India
11:45-12:15 Plenary Talk by Dr Avijit Gangopadhyay, Commonwealth Professor, Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
12:15-12:45 Plenary Talk by Dr R. Krishnan, Former Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:50 Session-09: Geo Hazards: Space Based Observations
Chairperson: Dr. V. P. Mishra, PSI
Convener: Dr Mala S. Bagiya, IIG
Session-10: Young Scientist Conclave
(14:00-15:10 hrs)
Chairperson: Prof. M. Radhakrishna
Conveners: Prof. P. Rama Rao, AHI; Dr Abhey Ram Bansal, IGU
Co-Conveners: Dr M. N. Chary, AEG; Dr A.S.S.S.R.S. Prasad, IGU
13:45-14:20 Keynote Address-I -"Space Based Observations of Geohazards" by Mr. Deepak Putrevu, SAC Oral Presentations
14:20-15:10 Oral Presentations Session-11: Woman Scientist Conclave
(15:10-16:10 hrs)
Moderator: Dr. Kusumita Arora, Director, IGSTC
Keynote Address-I: Dr. Rashmi Sharma, Deputy Director, SAC
Keynote Address-II: Dr. Sushma Rawat, President, AEG
Panel Members:
Dr Nimisha Vedanti, CSIR- NGRI
Dr Devleena Mani Tiwari, University of Hyderabad
Dr Mala S. Bagiya, IIG
Dr Joshi Catherine K, CSIR-NGRI
Dr Sneha Jha, INCOIS
Programme Details
15:10-16:10 Flash Presentations
16:10-17:00 Valedictory Function
17:00-17:30 High Tea