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PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, GLOBAL WARMING,

AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAMPAIGN:

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

eni Children’s Education Programme

8th November, 2011, Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India)

The first three prizes winning posters drawn by the students in the Poster Painting

Competition in Children’s Education Programme at Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India)

Event Report By Prof. G. M. Bhat, Mr. Naveen Hakhoo, Mateen Hafiz (IERT – University of Jammu) and Dr.

Bindra Thusu (MPRG, University College London)

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INDEX

Background History of EEC Programme.........................................................................2 8th November, 2011: Children’s Education Programme at Science Block, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India..............................................................9 Proceeding of the Workshop.......................................................................................10 Registration Session.....................................................................................................12 Poster Painting Session................................................................................................13 Inaugural Session.........................................................................................................14 Press Conference.........................................................................................................16 Lecture Session............................................................................................................17 Laboratory Exercises Session.......................................................................................18 Prizes Distribution........................................................................................................18 Poster Prize Winners...................................................................................................21 Concluding Session......................................................................................................22 9th November 2011, Workshop at DAV Public School, Hazaribag..............................23 List of the students who participated in the Workshop at VBU, Hazaribag................24

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Petroleum Geology, Global Warming and Energy Efficiency Campaign: Climate and Environmental Concerns – eni Children’s Education Programme

Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India), 8th November, 2011

Background history of Energy Efficiency Campaign This all started from the conference

on “Geology and Hydrocarbon

Potential of the Neoproterozoic-

Cambrian Basins in India, Pakistan and

the Middle East”, which was

organized in February, 2008, by

University of Jammu and MPRG,

University College London, at Jammu,

India. This conference was sponsored

by eni India; EGI, University of Utah;

ONGC, India; Ministry of Earth

Sciences, Government of India; J&K

State Council for Science and

Technology and the Department of

Geology and Mining, J&K

Government. Dr. Bindra Thusu, one of

the technical conveners of the

conference, put forth the idea of this

workshop, which was to inculcate the

interest of geological science among

the students of 10th – 12th standards. The reason for selecting the students of this age group

was to build their interest in geosciences and inspire them to choose this subject as a

carrier. Another motive was to sensitize these young brains how to cope with Global

Warming and Climate Change, because they are our future and they have to face this

menace. This idea was welcomed by other technical conveners of the conference and it was

Petroleum Geology, Global Warming and Energy Efficiency Campaign: Climate and Environmental

Concerns - eni Children’s Education Programme

Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India), 8th

November, 2011

TILAIA DAM, JHARKAND

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decided to organize the workshop two days before the conference on 19th February, 2008.

More than 150 students and accompanying teachers from 75 different schools of Jammu

and Kashmir participated in this workshop. The first addition of the booklet on “Petroleum

Geology, Global Warming and Energy Efficiency” was published and distributed among the

students. The first copy of the booklet was presented to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble

Prime Minister of India, on 16th February, 2008 at his residence in New Delhi.

First eni – Children’s Education Programme launched at University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K, India) on 19th February, 2008

The meeting with Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India to muster support for the Global

conference on Neoproterozoic Hydrocarbon Potential of India, Pakistan and Middle East. The

delegation included Dr. Bindra Thusu (MPRG, UCL), Prof Alan Smith (Cambridge University), Prof. G.

M. Bhat (Jammu University) and Dr. Jonathan Craig (eni, Milan)

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A lecture series were delivered by Dr. Jonathan Craig and Prof. G. M. Bhat in which the students were given a broad outline of petroleum systems and how hydrocarbons are generated and trapped, the consequences of the Global Warming and Climate Change due to the excessive usage of fossil fuels. The programme was well received by the students and everyone who attended it. It was also appreciated by the State Government and requested to repeat this activity for the children of Jammu and Kashmir State in three different provinces separately. After achieving the success and popularity, the programme was organized within a very short period of time in July 2008, at Leh and Kargil towns of Ladakh province of J&K. The events were organized by University of Jammu and MPRG, University College London and were sponsored by eni India under the umbrella of Corporate Business Sustainability Programme (sustenibilita@eni.com).

Subsequently, two programmes were organized in partnership with the Rajasthan State

Education Department in Jodhpur in October 2008 and later in February 2009 in Jaisalmer

for which the second edition of the booklet was published and distributed among the

students. Later, in

May 2009, the

workshop was

organized at S. P.

College Srinagar,

Kashmir where

around 400

students, their

teachers, faculty

members of the S.

P. College and

parents of the

Children’s Education Programme at Leh and Kargil (J&K, India) on 19th and 22nd July, 2008

Dr. Thusu (MPRG, UCL) and Prof. Bhat (University of Jammu) with their prizes at Getnergy Conference at Kuala Lampur, Malaysia in 2010.

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children participated. The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir State, Mr. Omar Abdullah

was highly impressed with the success of the programme and sent a letter of appreciation

to the top management of eni at Milan. Based on the success, the eni Children’s Education

Programme attracted the prestigious Getenergy award for excellence in Kuala Lampur,

Malaysia in 2010.

EEC Programme at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (India) on 11th February, 2009

Children’s Education Programme at Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India) on 23-24th October, 2008

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EEC, children’s Education Programme at S. P. College, Srinagar, J&K (India)on 19th May, 2009

The group photograph of the advisory board among others after officially launching the Institute of Energy Research and Training (IERT) at Gulmarg, Kashmir (India) on May, 2009

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Within the short period of two years, this programme achieved global appreciation and it

was decided by eni e & p division in Milan to organize such programme beyond the

subcontinent in different countries of the world. In 2010, the first international event of

Children’s Education Programme was held in Accra (Ghana) where eni is actively exploring

for offshore oil and gas. This programme was held at University of Ghana in partnership with

the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, the Ministry of Education of the Republic

Ghana, the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Ghana; MPRG, University College

London; EGI, University of Utah and Institute of Energy Research and Training (IERT),

University of Jammu. IERT was established at University of Jammu in May 2009, with the

objective of developing a new centre of excellence for energy related research. The IERT

was founded in collaboration between University of Jammu, University of Kashmir and

Ministers of Government of J&K State. In November 2011, the Children’s programme was

organized for the fifth time in India and this time in Hazaribag city of Jharkhand State.

Future programmes are planned in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo, Congo, Angola and

Kenya in 2012-2014.

The first international EEC Programme held at University of Ghana, Accra on 15th September, 2010.

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8th November, 2011: Children’s Education Programme at Science

Block, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India

The 5th Children’s Energy Efficiency Programme in India at Vinoba Bhave University,

Hazaribag (Jharkhand) was organised by eni Milan, eni E&P Division, eni India, Institute of

Energy Research and Training (IERT), University of Jammu, MPRG and Department of Earth

Science, University College London, in cooperation with the Department of Geology, Vinoba

Bhave University.

Dignitaries present included: Dr. Ravindra Nath Bhagat (Vice-Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave

University), Dr. Jonathan Craig (Vice-President, Regional Studies and Exploration

Opportunities Selection, eni E&P Division, Milan, Italy), Dr. P. Mahto (Registrar, VBU), Dr.

Margaret Lakra (Dean, Student’s Welfare, VBU), Dr. Subodh Kumar Sinha (Proctor, VBU), Dr.

Bipin Kumar (Head, Department of Geology, VBU), Dr. Hareshwar Sinha (Senior Lecturer,

Department of Geology, VBU), Prof. G. M. Bhat (Director, IERT, University of Jammu), Prof.

Juergen Thurow (Department of Earth Science, UCL), Dr. Bindra Thusu (MPRG, Department

of Earth Science, UCL), Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha (Department of Geography, VBU) amongst

others; including 90 plus students and accompanying teachers from different secondary and

higher secondary schools of Hazaribag and adjoining areas and the people from electronic

media were also present.

Dr. Hareshwar Sinha, the convenor of the workshop with other

university officials welcomed the guests and participants of the

programme. We had a per-workshop pre-review meeting with Dr.

Hareshwar Sinha and his colleagues at Vinoba Bhave University to

make the arrangements for the workshop.

On 8th November morning, the programme started with the poster painting competition,

where the students drew the poster on the themes like, “Global Warming”, “Save Electricity

to Avoid Power Cuts” and “The less You Burn, The More You Earn”. All the students

participated in this one hour competition and the standard of the poster drawn was very

high.

The inaugural session started with the lightening of the traditional

lamp and the official anthem of Vinoba Bhave University. Dr. Bipin

Kumar, Head, Department of Geology (VBU) officially welcome all the

dignitaries, students and accompanying teachers of different schools,

professors and the students of Vinoba Bhave University. He briefed

about the history of Vinoba Bhave University and the role played by the department of

Geology in building the stature of the university by producing many scientists.

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Dr. Hareshwar Sinha introduced the theme of the workshop, which was the sensitization of

young brains with the concept of Energy Efficiency, Global Warming and Climate Change, for

which he approached 22 different schools of Hazaribag to draw the students for this global

energy efficiency campaign. Prof. G. M. Bhat presented the brief history of the Children’s

Energy Efficiency programme, which started in Jammu University in 2008 and subsequently

organized at five different places in India and the first international event in Accra, Ghana in

2010. After this, the booklet was released by the dignitaries present on the dice and the

token of appreciation was presented to all luminaries.

Prof. Ravindra Nath Bhagat, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Vinoba Bhave

University inaugurated the workshop. In his address, Prof. Bhagat

appreciated the efforts of eni E&P Ltd and the University of Jammu for

choosing Hazaribag for this event. He advised the students to take the

full advantage of this workshop and prepare themselves to extenuate

the Global Warming because they are the one who are going to meet the consequences of

the climate change in the future. He remembered Acharya Vinoba Bhave who devoted his

whole life for the social reconstruction and to protect the environment. The university in

Hazaribag was aptly named after this great saint and the pioneer of Bhoodan (land gift)

movement. Prof. Bhagat expressed his concern regarding the environmental pollution due

to the exploitation of coal in the Jharkhand state, which in fact is supplying 40% of coal to

the country but at the stake of environment. He highly appreciated the tireless efforts and

allegiance by Dr. Jonathan Craig to launch this programme in India and abroad.

Mr. Abhay Kumar Sinha, Lecturer, Department of Geography (VBU),

conducted the proceedings of the inaugural function of the workshop

and thanked all the speakers for their commendable speeches at the

end of the inaugural session and requested the participants to pose for

a group photograph.

A press conference was held after the inaugural session where the local and national

electronic media persons posed many questions regarding the energy, economy and

environmental issues of the country. Dr. Jonathan Craig, Prof. G. M. Bhat and Dr. Bindra

Thusu answered all the queries regarding the environmental issues, energy crisis and the

future direction of alternative fuels for the development in the energy deficient country.

Proceedings of the Workshop

Energy Efficiency Campaign (EEC): A lecture series was delivered by Dr. Jonathan Craig, Vice-

President, Regional Studies and Exploration Opportunities Selection, eni E&P Division, for

the school children of Hazaribag and adjoining areas. More than 90 students from different

government and private secondary and higher secondary schools of Hazaribag district

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(Annexure 1) attended the programme. Prof. G. M. Bhat, Dr. Bindra Thusu, Dr. Hareshwar

Sinha and the research scholars of IERT (Mr. Naveen Hakhoo and Mr. Mateen Hafiz)

supported and helped Dr. Jonathan Craig in the translation of his lectures into Hindi

language. The lectures given by Dr. Jonathan Craig covered the following topics:

Petroleum Systems and Petroleum Geology

The Search for Oil and Gas, Exploration and Development Techniques

Climate Change, Global Warming and Environmental Concerns

Energy Efficiency and Conservation

The children showed quite interest in this programme and asked many questions during the

lecture session. In addition, exercises were given to the students to differentiate various

types of minerals on the basis of physical properties like colour, lustre, streak, fracture and

specific gravity. Several igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks were introduced to

the students and were educated with different processes of origin of these rocks. Many

fossils were displayed and their history and importance in the geological record were

demonstrated by the research scholars of IERT, University of Jammu and students of

Department of Geology, Vinoba Bhave University.

A kit of teaching material was provided to each student and accompanying teachers which

included a booklet on “Petroleum Geology, Global Warming. And Energy Efficiency

Campaign: Climate and Environmental Concerns”, a set of CDs of the eni presentations on

Petroleum Geology and Exploration, Climate and Energy Efficiency, eni and IERT T-Shirt,

writing pad, pen, pencil, eraser, sharpener and a carry bag.

In the valedictory function, the prizes were

awarded for the best posters drawn by the

students as judged by Prof. G. M. Bhat, Prof.

Juergen Thurow, Dr. Bindra Thusu and other

three Professors from Vinoba Bhave

University. Although all the posters

presented by the students were of high

standard, three posters were selected for

the first, second and third prizes and seven

posters for the consolation prizes.

Mementos were given to the best poster

painting competition awardees. All the

students and teachers who participated in

the programme were given the certificate of

participation.

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Registration Session

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Poster Painting Session

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Inaugural Session

Dignitaries on the dice (from left to right), Dr. H. Sinha (VBU), Prof. G. M. Bhat (IERT, Jammu University, Dr. J. Craig (eni Milan), Prof. R. Bhagat (Vice-Chancellor, VBU), Dr. B. Thusu

(MPRG, UCL), Prof. J. Thurow (UCL) and Dr. B. Kumar (VBU)

Dignitaries lightening of traditional lamp and reciting the official anthem of Vinoba- Bhave University

Official Welcome by Dr. Bipin Kumar

Dr. H. Sinha introducing the theme of the workshop, Prof. Bhat presenting the brief history of the EEC Programme and the people from print and electronic media listening serenely

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Luminaries releasing the Third Revised Edition of EEC Children’s Education Programme booklet

Token of appreciation to (Clockwise from top) Prof. J.Thurow, Dr. J. Craig, Prof. G. M. Bhat and Dr. B. Thusu

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Prof. R. Bhagat, Hon’ble Vice - Chancellor of VBU addressing the gathering

Group Photograph of Hon’ble Vice – Chancellor and others with students

Press Conference

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Lecture Sessions

First lecture delivered by Dr. J. Craig; Dr. H. Sinha helping him in the translation of his lecture

Dr. B. Thusu demonstrating the sedimentary rock samples and Prof. Bhat answering the queries from the students.

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Refreshment Break

Poster display and their evaluation by the judges

Second lecture by Dr. J. Craig and students expressing their thoughts

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Laboratory Exercises Session

Winners of the Consolation Prizes

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Winners (from Left) of: The IERT, Jammu University Third Prize; The MPRG, UCL Second Prize and The eni First Prize

The group photograph of the winners of Poster Painting Competition with Dr. B. Thusu (MPRG, UCL), Dr. J. Craig (eni-Milan), Prof. G. M. Bhat (IERT, University of Jammu) and Prof. J. Thurow (UCL) at the end of the programme

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Poster Prize Winners

The eni First Prize: Akash Kumar Gupta (Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Parnala,

Jharkhand)

The MPRG, UCL Second Prize: Gautam Kumar (DAV Public School)

The IERT, University of Jammu Third Prize: Shubham Prakash (DAV Public School)

The Vinoba Bhave Consolation Prizes:

Kanaklata (Vivekananda Central School)

Atharva Kumar (Shiksha Niketan HS)

Soni Kumari (Kendriya Vidyalaya, BSF, Meru)

Megha Anand (Indira Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya)

Khushboo Goyal ( St. Xavier’s School, Hazaribag)

Reeha Singh (Carmel Balika Vidyalaya, Hazaribag)

Vijay Singh (DAV Public School)

Dr. Hareshwar Sinha announced the winners of the poster painting competition. Dr. Subodh

Kumar Sinha, Proctor, Vinoba Bhave University presented the vote of thanks. He thanked all

the delegates, guests and participants for making the event successful and requested

informally to repeat the programme in near future in Jharkhand (India). With this the

workshop concluded successfully.

Concluding remarks by Dr. Subodh at the end of the workshop and vote of thanks by Prof. R. Bhagat (Vice-Chancellor, VBU) to the organizers of this Programme.

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First Three Prizes winning posters

Consolation Prizes winning posters

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9th November 2011, Workshop at DAV Public School, Hazaribag

Next day, on 9th November, 2011, a workshop was organized by DAV Public School,

Hazaribag, where the dignitaries from eni-Milan, UCL, IERT, University of Jammu and VBU

were invited. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Principal, DAV Public school welcomed the guests, which

included Dr. Jonathan Craig, Dr. Bindra Thusu, Prof. Juergen Thurow, Prof. G. M. Bhat, Dr.

Subodh Sinha and Dr. Hareshwar Sinha. The theme of this workshop was “Save Electricity to

Avoid Power Cuts”. The poster painting and debate competitions were organized on the

given theme, where many students of the DAV Public School participated and all the

students performed very well. The dignitaries applauded and praised the efforts done by the

students and commended their awareness and concern about the global warming and

climate change. They advised them to continue their good work and maintain their

enthusiasm to combat the global warming and wished them good luck for their future.

Dignitaries at DAV Public School, Hazaribag

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List of the students who participated in the Worksop at VBU, Hazaribag

Annexure 1

S.No. Name of the School Name of the Students

1. Rajyakrit +2 High School, Katkamsandi Manish Kumar Rana

2. Do Abhay Kumar

3. Do Ratnesh Kumar

4. Do Dhiran Kumar Gupta

5. Rajkiya +2 High School, Barkatha Jitendra Kr Singh

6. Do Pravin Kumar

7. Do Indradeo Kumar

8. Do Suraj Modi

9. Project Girls High School, Charhi Rani Kumari

10. Do Puja Kumari

11. Do Salma Khatoon

12. Do Tabassum Nisha

13. Do Sajrah Khatoon

14. Carmel Balika Vidyalaya, Hazaribag Ayushi Sharma

15. Do Reeha Singh

16. Do Isha Chourasia

17. Do Ankita Gupta

18. Do Shreya Karan

19. St. Xavier’s School, Hazaribag Meghna Chakravorty

20. Do Kumar Aditya

21. Do Atishay Jain

22. Do Khushboo Goel

23. Kendriya Vidyalaya, BSF, Meru Jayrom Kumar

24. Do Bindiya Soreng

25. Do Soni Kumari

26. Do Mani Babu

27. Ananda High School Lawan Kumar

28. Do Rakesh Kumar

29. Do Vishal Kumar

30. Do Monu Kumar

31. R.N. +2 High School, Padma Abhishek Pandey

32. Do Vikash Kumar

33. Do Isha Kumari

34. Do Manish Rana

35. K.N. +2 High School, Ichak Ashish Kumar Gupta

36. Do Rahul Kumar Soni

37. Do Saroj Kumar

38. Do Md. Saifee

39. Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Parnala Rupak Kumar Sinha

40. Do Akash Kumar Gupta

41. Do Ajay Gokul

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42. Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, Parnala Sandeep Kumar

43. Indira Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Ritu Singh

44. Do Sonam Oraon

45. Do Megha Anand

46. Do Sonamuni Hembrom

47. Vivekananda Central School Santosh Kumar

48. Do Priyanka Kumari

49. Do Sunil Suman

50. Do Kanaklata

51. Do Neha Kumari

52. St. Robert’s +2 High School Niraj Kumar

53. Do Prakash Kumar

54. Do Shubham Kr Mehta

55. Do Anurag Gupta

56. DAV Public School Sushmita Prakash

57. Do Gautam Kumar

58. Do Vijay Singh

59. Do Shubham Prakash (Abs)

60. St. Stephen’s School Jack Dang

61. Do Chandrakant

62. Do Vivek Omkar

63. Do David Barla

64. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Ravi Ranjan

65. Do Prem Ashish

66. Do Tapnarayan Mehta

67. Do Jitendra Paswan

68. Lord Krishna Residential H/S Shashi Kr Paswan

67. Do Rahul Kumar

68. Do Rafat Azamin

69. Do Anil Kumar

70. Dr. Radhakrishna School Roushan Kumar

71. Do Nitin Kumar

72. Do Bimal Kumar (Abs)

73. Do Ankit Kumar

74. Do Santripti Kumari

75. Shiksha Niketan H/S Vicky K Gupta

76. Do Shubham K Gupta

77. Do Atharva Kumari

78. Do Abhishek Kumar

79. Saraswati Vidya Mandir Korrah Prabhat

80. Do Chandni Vishwakarma

81. Do Kamlesh Kumar

82. Do Ananya Rani

83. Amritnagar High School Priyanka Thakur

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84. Amritnagar High School Laxman Kumar

85. Do Mohd. Arif

86. Do Abhishek Kumar

87. Do Rakesh

88. Jack and Jill School Ishrat Jahan

89. Do Gaushiya Perveen

90. Do Mritunjay Kumar

91. Do Gaurav Sharma

Vinoba Bhave University

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