Moodubidire: Vivek Alva of managing trustee Alva’s Education Foundation, along with five other subject experts from India, will participate in the Third International Conference on “Regional-Level Cooperation within BRICS Nations, with the conference theme ‘Modern Environmental and Nature Management Issues’”, to be held in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia, from September 15 to 17, organized by the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in association with theRussian National Committee on BRICS Research.
Alva will deliver the keynote address on “From Awareness to Action: Community-Based Environmental Management in the Western Ghats.” His presentation will focus on the role of communities and youth in environmental conservation, with particular reference to the Western Ghats.
His session will also showcase the environmental initiatives undertaken by Alva’s Education Foundation, including the creation of natural habitats such as Shobhavana and Harish Bhat Pakshivana. Harish Bhat Pakshivana was recognized under the United Nations Act to Restore for Climate Action initiative in 2021. The Foundation has also organized several environmental clean-up drives in association with various organizations. He will also highlight the Foundation’s major initiative covering 46 villages, which will be brought together through a conference titled Hasiru Samvada, scheduled to be held during Alva’s Nudisiri–VirasatonJanuary 6 and 7, 2027, in association with the Paryavarana Samrakshana Team.
The Indian delegation includes academics and researchers such as Dr. T.V. Ramachandra of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Dr. Shwetha H.R. of NITK Surathkal, Dr. Nagraj S. Patil of Visvesvaraya Technological University, Dr. Bharath of Chanakya University and Dr. Anand Deshpande, Principal, Angadi Institute of Technology and Management.
The conference will provide a platform for the exchange of regional experiences and strengthen collaborative approaches to environmental conservation and sustainable natural-resource management among BRICS nations.