‘Challenge of the Balance’, a month long international summer school for students and young professionals to build a cadre of young environmentalists who will in future take the environmental movement and sensibilities forward.

In keeping with this mandate, this interdisciplinary summer school was held in colloboration with SUM,Centre for Development and the Environment. They were accompanied by their faculty Harold Whilte.

This for credit crouse had three distinct sections - classroom lecture, field visit and end of the course assignment.

Dr. Savyasaachi(Reader, Department of Sociology, Jamia Milia Islamia);Dr. Ravi Chellan (UNDP) Madhu Sarin (Independent advisor on social development and collaborative natural resource management);Geetam Tiwari (IIT, Delhi);Bharti Chaturvedi (Director, Chintan, New Delhi)

CSE faculty included Anumita Roychowdhury, Sunita Narain, Chandrabhushan, Geeta Kavarana, Richard Mahapatra and others

Critique of accepted paradigms of environment & development
Ecology and culture in India
Governance imperative
Natural Resource Management:Forests and Livelihoods
Natural Resource Management:Water Management
Debates in wildlife management, Disaster management
Air Pollution; Ecological refugees
Pollution: Water
Pollution: Industry
Climate Change
Participants went to Jaipur and saw the water connect between the forts. The next destination was Laporiya, about an hour's drive from Jaipur where they how communities have benifitted from rainwater harvesting of the desertland. They also went to Bhonta Koylala to see community led initiatives to recharge a dying river. They also spoke to communities living in the Sariska Tiger Reserve where they have been living for hundreds of years.