Dr Deepti Ganapathy discusses her newly published book to an august gathering at Mason University

Dr Deepti Ganapathy discusses her newly published book to an august gathering at Mason University

On 12 January, Dr. Deepti Ganapathy spoke to an audience consisting of faculty members, PhD Scholars, policy analysts at the Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. Notable amongst the audience were David Hales, who serves as Trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and as Chair of Climate Action for the Parliament, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Future Generations University, and on the Steering Committee of the Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) which promotes renewable energy around the world. He mentioned that he had a special interest in the book written by Professor Ganapathy on the World Heritage Site in India, as he was the first American to serve as Chair of the World Heritage Convention and presided over the first inscriptions on the honor roll of World Heritage sites.

As a diplomat, Hales has represented the United States in numerous intergovernmental negotiations, and has frequently been called upon to serve as chair or moderator of international conferences, including the Washington and Bonn International Conferences on Renewable Energy, the Hague Conference on Energy for Development and the Ministerial Meetings of the UN Economic and Social Council.

Professor Jagadish Shukla, from MIT, Professor Dale Rothman, Mason University, scholars from Yale, Mason and other affiliated Universities were also present. Thanking Professor Ganapathy for her fascinating and multi-faceted talk Dr. John Kotcher, faculty at Mason University moderated the one-hour program.

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