DAY 1
27 November 2025

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Registration
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Inauguration
09:00 AM - 09:02 AM Invocation and Lighting of Lamp
09:02 AM - 09:06 AM Welcome Address
Dr. Binod Singh, Director, NATMO
09:06 AM – 09:10 AM Overview of the Conference
Dr Anil Chandran S, General Secretary, IASP
09:10 AM - 09:17AM Address by the IASP President
Prof. Suresh Sharma, President, IASP
09:17 AM - 09:25 AM Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest
Prof. K. N. Singh, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Central University of South Bihar
09:25 AM – 09:33 AM Address by the Guest of Honour
Shri Vijay Bharti, IAS, Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal
09:33 AM - 09:49 AM Keynote Address
Ms Andrea M. Wojnar, Representative India and Country Director, Bhutan, UNFPA
09: 49 AM - 09:52 AM Release of Souvenir, Demography India and Books written by IASP members
09:52 AM - 09:56 AM Special address
Prof. BV Sharma, Director, Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI)
09:56 AM – 10:00 AM Vote of Thanks
Dr. Jeetendra Yadav, Treasurer, IASP
10:05 AM-11:30 AM Felicitation of International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) on Receipt of the UN Population Award (Institutional Category), 2025 for Promoting Population Research and Collaboration Among Demographers by UNFPAChair: Andrea M. Wojnar, UNFPA India Representative and Country Director Bhutan
Session Coordinator: Dr AG Khan
Rapporteur: Dr Bindya Kumari
10:05 AM – 10:10 AM Welcome
Prof. Suresh Sharma, President, IASP
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM Chair: Andrea M. Wojnar, UNFPA India Representative and Country Director Bhutan Opening Remarks and Felicitation
10:20 AM-10:28 AM Address by Shireen Jejeebhoy, President, IUSSP
10:28 AM-10:35 AM Remarks by Mary Ellen Zuppan, Executive Director, IUSSP
10:35 AM-11:15 AM

Panel Discussion (Moderated by Shireen Jejeebhoy)
Panel:

  • Prof. K Srinivasan, Former Director, IIPS, Mumbai and winner of IUSSP Laureate Award (2023) (Virtual)
  • Dr. Kajori Banerjee, ISI Kolkata
  • Dr. K G. Santhya, Former Senior Associate, Population Council
  • Dr. Niranjan Saggurti, Director, Population Council
11:15 AM-11:25 AM Reflection from the Participants
11:25 AM-11:30 AM Vote of Thanks - UNFPA
11:30 AM-12:00 NOON Hi Tea
12:00 PM-01:30 PM

Session by Population Foundation of India (PFI)
Session Coordinator: Dr Rahul Kumar
Rapporteur: Dr Kiran Sharma
Part A

  • Welcome and Context Setting Ms. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
  • Release of the study, Unravelling India’s Demographic Future: PopulationProjections for States and Union Territories, 2021-2051, by Dr. Shireen Jejeebhoy, President, IUSSP
  • Presentation by Prof Irudaya Rajan, Chair—The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) Unravelling India’s Demographic Future:Population Projections for States and Union Territories, 2021-2051
  • Remarks by Dr. Shireen Jejeebhoy on the study findings
  • Release of the study, Exploring Linkages Between Women’s Empowerment,Workforce Participation, and Population Dynamics in the Indian Context - AComprehensive Macro-Micro Analysis, by Ms. Andrea M Wojnar, Resident Representative, UNFPA India and Country Director, Bhutan
  • Presentation by Population Foundation of India and IWWAGE Exploring Linkages Between Women’s Empowerment, Workforce Participation, andPopulation Dynamics in the Indian Context - A Comprehensive Macro-MicroAnalysis.
  • Remarks by Ms. Andrea M Wojnar on the study findings.

Part B

Panel discussions Moderated by: Mr. Anand Sinha, Regional Advisor to the Global Reproductive Health initiative at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

  • Dr. Niranjan Saggurti, India Country Director, Population Council.
  • Mr. Sanjeev S. Ahluwalia, Distinguished Fellow, Chintan Research Foundation.
  • Ms. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India.
01:30 PM-02:30 PM Lunch
02:30 PM-04:00PM Panel Discussion on Issues and Challenges in Building Demography – Geography Ecosystem in India to Support Local Level Decision Making
2.30 PM – 2.35 PM Dr. Binod Kumar Singh, Director, NATMO, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.Welcome Address
2.35 PM – 2.50 PM Prof. Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia - Keynote Speaker and Chairman
MLC Foundation and ‘Shyam’ Institute, Bhopal
2.50 PM – 3.00 PM Sr. Prof. K. K. Singh - Speaker
Department of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University
3.00 PM – 3.10 PM Dr. Dewaram A. Nagdeve - Speaker
Director & Sr. Professor (Additional Charge), IIPS, Mumbai
3.10 PM – 3.20 PM Prof. V. C. Jha - Speaker
Former Dean, Dept. of Geography, Visva-Bharati, Former Director, NATMO
3.20 PM – 3.30 PM Prof. V. K. Tripathi - Speaker
Head, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University
3.30 PM – 3.40 PM Prof. Sumana Bandyopadhyay - Speaker
Head, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta
3.40 PM– 3.50 PM Prof. A. K. M. Anwaruzzaman - Speaker
Head, Department of Geography, Aliah University
3.50 PM – 4.00 PM Dr. Prithvish Nag - Valedictory Speech and Concluding RemarksFormer Vice-Chancellor, Former Surveyor General of India
04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Tea
04:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Awards cum Felicitation Ceremony
Awards Presentation
Prof Sudesh Nangia Award
Prof KB Pathak Award
Prof K Srinivasan Award

Felicitation of Senior Demographers
Prof KK Singh
Dr Reena Basu
Dr Jayanta Kumar Basu
Dr Bashir Ahmad Bhat
Dr Prasanta Pathak
05:30PM - 06:30PM George Simmons Memorial Lecture
Session Chair – Dr Suresh Sharma, President, IASP
Session Coordinator: Dr Ajay Kumar Singh
Rapporteur: Prerna Rai & Dr Kasturi
Mondal Memorial Lecture – Dr Niranjan Saggurti, Director, Population Council
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM Cultural Programme
07:30 PM onwards Dinner