Arjun Agrawal
Environmental management system at Infosys headquarters, Bangalore
Posted on 24 Jul, 2012 05:44 PM“We want to give back this planet to our children in a condition better than the one in which we borrowed it from them.”
N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Limited
Basic guidelines about floods: Causes, consequences, precautionary steps and some do's and dont's in urban floods
Posted on 19 Jul, 2012 08:01 AMFloods are categorized into natural and artificial floods in terms of their causes. Floods are natural hydrological phenomena and occur after some meteorological events like intense or prolonged rainfall spells or unusually high coastal estuarine waters due to storm surges etc.
Electronics City Industrial Association manages water needs of the nearby villages in the area
Posted on 09 Jul, 2012 08:06 PMElectronics City Industrial Association (ELCIA) was established in 1992. In 1997, the maintenance and upkeeping of Electronics City was handed over to ELCIA by the Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KEONICS), which handled the responsibility previously.
Bihar floods - Causes and preventive measures
Posted on 01 Jun, 2012 12:21 PMBihar is surrounded by Nepal in the north, West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh in the west and Jharkhand towards the south. There are several rivers that run through the state: Ganga, Sone, Punpun, Falgu, Karmanasa, Durgavati, Kosi, Gandak and the Ghaghara, to name a few. Nearly 85% of the state’s land is under cultivation.
Fighting water borne disease at the household level
Posted on 16 May, 2012 12:58 PMBeing the second most populous nation in the world with 1.22 billion people, India is all set to take the first position, replacing China by 2030. As per the present population growth rate of 1.58%, India is expected to be a 1.53 billion plus nation by 2030.