Hyderabad

The Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood Project (OTELP) focuses on empowering the tribals and enabling them to enhance their food security, increase their incomes and improve their overall quality of life through more efficient natural resource management based on the principles of improved watershed management and more productive environmentally sound agricultural practices and through off-farm/non-farm enterprise development.

Organizer: National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS)

Venue: NISTADS Conference Hall, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi

Topics:

• Critical reflections on the state of thinking on innovation in India
• Innovation manifestos
• Food and agriculture 
• Medicines and technology 
• Information and communication technology 
• Low carbon innovations 
• Grassroots innovations 
• Indigenous knowledge

The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a network of young people in 18 states uniting Indian youth and youth oriented organizations who are concerned about climate change and environment issues. IYCN members work to generate awareness about and establish consensus on what role India should play in the global debate of climate change, and how it should address its domestic issues.

Organizers:

• Centre for Media Studies (CMS)
• Forum for Better Hyderabad

Venue: Hyderabad Press Club, Somajiguda, Hyderabad

Organizer: Confederation of Indian Industry CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre

Venue:  CII – Sohrabji Godrej GBC, Survey No. 64, Kothagunda Post, Near Hitech City, R R District, Hyderabad

Topics:

• Introduction to life cycle assessment
• Demonstration of LCA software tool

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.

350.org is looking for two interns to join its India campaign based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 350.org works with multiple organizations in India and with a South Asian focus, aims to raise public awareness about the climate crisis and strengthen the region’s environmental movements.

The quality of drinking water is a vital element of public health and well-being. The most effective means of consistently ensuring the safety of a drinking-water supply is through the use of a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach that encompasses all steps in water supply from catchment to consumer.

WHO guidelines on water quality term these approaches as water safety plans (WSPs), developed to organize, systematize and apply management practices in drinking-water quality.

Organizers:

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
• International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad

Venue: International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad

Organizers:

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
• Science City, Gandhi Mandapam

Venue: Science City, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai

Organizers:

• SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN)
• OSGeo-India
• Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)
• Cap-Net

Venue: Hyderabad

Description:

The SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN) invites applications for a three day training course(19th - 21st April, 2011) on the use of Open Source Geospatial Tools in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).