SMDS-VII: Solan, Himachal Pradesh

Date: 03rd – 05th October 2018

The Seventh summit took place from 03rd-05th October 2018 at Shoolini University in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The two-day annual event of Integrated Mountain Initiative [IMI] was followed by a conclave of Himalayan States on “Well Being of the Next Generation of Himalayan People” on 05 Oct at Shimla which was jointly organized by HIMCOSTE, IMI and Shoolini University. With the theme “Well Being of Next Generation of Farmers in the Indian Himalayan Region”, the IMI Summit VII included four technical sessions namely Ecological Drivers of Change, Social Drivers of Change, the Economic Drivers of Change and Integrating Solutions.

The Summit was attended by Shri Mahendra Singh Thakur, Ministry of Irrigation and Public Health & Horticulture, Dr. Ranjeet Sinha, Secretary Government of Uttarakhand and Dr. Rajiv Saizal, Ministry of Social Justice, Empowerment & Cooperation, Government of Himachal Pradesh along with over 200 delegates from all the 10 mountain states and districts of the Indian Himalayan Region.

Dr. Rajendra Dobhal (Chairman, SDFU), Shri STS Lepcha (Vice Chairman, SDFU), Smt Binita Shah (Secretary, SDFU), Shri Anoop Nautiyal, Dr. Piyush Joshi, Shri Ratan Aswal, Shri Ganesh Kala, Shri Akhilesh DiShrii, Shri Ajay Rawat Ghildiyal, Shri Anil Bahuguna, Smt Divya Rawat and Shri Netrapal Singh Yadav from Uttarakhand participated in the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit at Solan, Himachal Pradesh.