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A one day Area Water Partnership Conference was held on 22^nd July, 2012 by Shramik Bharti, Kanpur; Society for Action in Community Health (SACH) and Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), New Delhi at Jajmau, Kanpur, an industrial city on the banks of the Ganga which also happens to be a major centre for leather tanneries, which let out

Indian municipal waste water disposal system generated a "neo scavengers" of municipal waste water workers/ sewer workers in organised occupations.

Solutions on the rehabilitation of manual scavengers were been enacted with the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 .

Over the last eighteen months, there has been much debate on the rampant increase in iron ore mining in Goa.

Organiser: Wipro Earthain

Venue:  National Gallery of Modern Art,
              Manikyavelu Mansion,
              49, Palace Road,
              Bangalore 52

'Earthian Sustainability Program for Schools and Colleges' is designed to act as a catalyst for fostering excellence in sustainability thinking and doing amongst young people. The annual awards program is a first step towards a deeper engagement with children and young adults in schools and colleges. Earthian is Wipro's sustainability program for schools and colleges and you can learn more by visiting www.wipro.org/earthian.

This paper published in the journal Golden Research Thoughts aims at describing the different initiatives undertaken by the expert committees and Government of India in tackling the flood problem of India.

“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

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The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) is a global research organization undertaking research in the areas of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development. TERI was formally established in 1974 with the purpose of tackling and dealing with the immense and acute problems that mankind is likely to face within in the years ahead: On account of the gradual depletion of the earth's finite energy resources which are largely non-renewable and on account of the existing methods of their use which are polluting.

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The Forestry and Biodiversity Group at TERI is involved in research, field implementation and training/capacity building in various forestry and Natural Resource Management activities, and has a strong interest in climate change issues. Click here to know more about the research activities of the group.

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WALAMTARI is one of the only four Apex Training Institutions in Andhra Pradesh. Being designated as Apex Institute gives one pride to work in. At the same time, it also places greater responsibility on us to work towards its sustained growth to deserve this designation. WALAMTARI started functioning from 1983 and had its glory reach a peak within a decade to be rated as one of the best among the WALMIs/IMTIs in India.

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Water and Land Management Training Research Institute (WALAMTARI) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia located at Hyderabad are jointly anchoring the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) funded “Climate Water Forum- Andhra Pradesh”. The Forum will aim to consolidate, synthesize the climate change research initiatives of various projects implemented with the assistance of state and central ministries, bilateral agencies and prepare policy advocacy guidelines.