The deltaic islands of North & South 24 Parganas, bordering the Sundarban forests has been and continues to be an inhospitable terrain. Socio-political, as well as, economic reasons has seen the shrinking of the forest area – giving way to human habitation. These islands are lashed by severe cyclones and regular tidal inundations. Silting up of the river network and predators add to woes of the people living here. 

Given this scenario, Khoj Kolkata’s ongoing workshop “Designs on a Delta” is attempting to suggest design interventions that will benefit the local people.

The participants traveled in the area for 3 days, trekked in the mud, faced rain and storm and brain-stormed in an intense 8 day workshop in Kolkata. The results were presented at a seminar on “Aesthetic Designing of Energy-Efficient Technology” at Dr. Triguna Sen Hall, Jadavpur University, at 2:30pm on Wednesday, 16 September 2009.

Participants:
Abhijit Gupta (Kolkata)
Chhatrapati Dutta (Kolkata)
Laurent Fournier (France)
Oliver Vogt (Germany)
Saikat Surai (Kolkata)
Tamal Mitra (Kolkata)
Sayak Mukherjee (Kolkata)

Resource Persons:
Kazima Khan (Kolkata)
Sri Sukumar Paira (Kolkata)
Facilitators:
Saurabh Ain (Kolkata)
Chandan Purkayastha (Kolkata)
Tapan Dey (Kolkata)
Kaushik Chakraborty (Kolkata)
Srikanta Paul (Kolkata)
Jayanta Paul (Kolkata)
Gopal Mondol (Kolkata)
Bhuvan Sardar (Kolkata)