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Hiring a content and community manager for the Water Portal
Posted on 26 Sep, 2007 03:20 AMJob: To manage the content and community on India Water Portal.
List of tasks will be:
Statement on groundwater from SANDRP
Posted on 12 Sep, 2007 07:34 AMGroundwater - India's Water Lifeline needs urgent intervention
Govt is non serious about the crisis
Groundwater recharge from parking lots by Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal
Posted on 12 Sep, 2007 01:21 AMAttached is an interesting document from Prof. Prithvi Kandhal about using porous asphalt in parking lots so that rainwater seeps through it and recharges groundwater.
Dr. Kandhal has published many papers and has significant credentials in his areas of expertise. He resides in Jaipur after 35 years of working in the US.
Request for comments on the draft guideline of "Nirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar"
Posted on 05 Sep, 2007 07:32 AMNirmal Vidyalaya Puraskar (Draft guideline) - Please provide your suggestions
(Source: Kuma Alok, UNICEF, New Delhi)
Eco-Ganesha
Posted on 23 Aug, 2007 10:02 AMThis is the season to start worrying about the pollution caused by immersion of idols made out of toxic materials. Siddharth sent us a short film he's made on this. Please forward to the Portal any other material or initiatives in this regard.
Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award
Posted on 18 Aug, 2007 09:20 PMThe UNDP is collaborating with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, the Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award.
Down To Earth features rainfed farming as its cover story
Posted on 05 Aug, 2007 08:41 AM Down To Earth's latest issue (July 31st 2007) features rainfed farming as their cover story.
Water resources minister Saifuddin Soz's letter to chief ministers to draw their attention towards water issues
Posted on 24 Jul, 2007 01:41 AMProf. Saifuddin Soz, the Union Minister of Water Resources has written to Chief Ministers drawing their attention to some of the important issues related to water resources, viz.
May-June issue of "Dams,Rivers and People" : Study from Brazil on the global warming impact of methane emissions from large dams
Posted on 05 Jul, 2007 04:38 AM The May-June issue of "Dams, Rivers and People" is out and available here.
"Towards Water Wisdom":New book by Ramaswamy Iyer
Posted on 04 Jul, 2007 10:55 AM
(Image is from the Sage Publications webpage listed below)
TOWARDS WATER WISDOM
Limits, Justice, Harmony
RAMASWAMY R IYER : Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi