From an expected rise in population to the staggering resource crunch that has been spotlighted in the current times, Covid-19 has brought many pervading issues to surface. In line with the same concern, our esteemed panel members got together to discuss the ‘population rise in relation to India’s raging environmental and developmental problems’

1. World Population
Webinar 2020
From an expected rise in population to the staggering resource
crunch that has been spotlighted in the current times, Covid-19
has brought many pervading issues to surface.
In line with the same concern, our esteemed panel members got
together to discuss the ‘population rise in relation to India’s raging
environmental and developmental problems’

2. Key Themes Of
Webinar
Some key themes that were highlighted in the session were
• The urgency and the importance of addressing
population and sustainability issues.
• Interlinkages of demographic and environmental trends
including population growth, ageing, migration and
urbanization.
• COVID Pandemic challenge vis a vis population
dynamics and environmental stresses
Although these issues have been prevalent in our society for
a long time now, the harkening of a crisis disproportionately
impacted and targeted a select few more heavily than
others.

3. Speakers Of Webinar
• The ICSE Forum-2 was chaired by Ms. Shailaja
Chandra Former Secretary, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
• The webinar began with Dr Ram Boojh, CEO, Mobius
Foundation emphasising the strong linkage between
Population, Sustainability and Environment.
After which he introduced the project “Aakar’’ by Mobius
Foundation that is working to counsel married couples
and students falling in the marriageable group 17-20
group in remote villages of the two highly populated
districts of Uttar Pradesh, Baharaich and Barabanki.
He further went on to stress how crucial it has become to
address the issues related to population dynamics
including fertility rate, access to sexual and reproductive
health care, education and empowerment of women as
part of overall strategy for sustainable development as
‘roadblocks to achievement of SDGs’.

4. Speakers Of Webinar
• Prof. R B Bhagat, International Institute for
Population Sciences, Mumbai spoke on
correlation between population stabilisation and
migration.
He highlighted that building a formal institutional
setup for migrant workers, ensuring livelihood
opportunities for them in crisis and providing better
living standards will eventually monitor migrant
population in a more organised way.
This webinar was conducted to raise more
awareness related to population, sustainability and
the pandemic.
Through which, an action plan can be deduced and
successfully implemented by Mobius Foundation in
collaboration with various NGOs and agencies
working in the area of population stabilization and
sustainability.

5. Speakers Of Webinar
• Mr. Kartikeya V Sarabhai, Founder and Director, Centre
for Environment Education
(CEE) in his keynote address spoke on ‘population in the
context of sustainability and universal education’.
Sharing his valuable insights on Literacy-Fertility Rate and
Human Development, he also foregrounds ‘how the
elevation of a woman’s status in society can bring in the
viable change towards population control’. He also
encourages to emulate
• Ms. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population
Foundation of India strongly made a case for ‘education
as the best contraceptive’.
She stated that women, especially young do not have
adequate access to temporary methods of family planning
and thus undergo large number of abortions in turn
affecting their physical and mental health.
She suggests ‘increased family planning access to even
remote areas and more social can transform regressive
mindsets’.

6. Thank you