Political

Organizer: Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society

Venue: Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS), located in Kengeri, Bangalore

The Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society is working to provide one million marginalised people with access to water, sanitation and energy by 2015. From their headquarters in Bangalore, they work through a network of like minded organisations across South Asia to provide cost effective, environmentally sound, and community specific basic needs services.

 Organizer: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI),

                         WHO Collaborating Centre for Water and Sanitation

Venue: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur – 440 020

National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur is devoted to research and innovations in environmental science and engineering besides solving a range of problems posed by industry, government and public. It is a constituent of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

Oracle inspire students globally to think, connect, create and share -- using technology to help them dissolve boundaries, fulfill their potential, and create a better society.

Organizers: Janaagraha, IIHS, Yale University

Venue: Infosys Training Centre, Mysore

Gujarat State Watershed Management Agency (GSWMA) was established by the Government of India. The agency came into existence as an autonomous body under the Department of Rural Development. The major objective of the agency is to engage the services of Subject Matter Specialists in the fields of Soil and Water Engineering, Veterinary Science etc.

Content courtesy: Janhit Foundation

Vidhya Ashram aims to prepare the knowledge base for a mass politics necessary for a radical transformation of society, which realizes the ideal of equality.

Adequate potable water supply to the community has become an uphill task to the administration both in rural and urban areas. This is because of dwindling groundwater sources, over-extraction, pollution of surface water bodies, negligence of fresh water bodies, poor water management, etc.

National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) is the country’s apex body for undertaking training, research, action research and consultancy functions in the rural development sector. It works as an autonomous organization supported by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Integrated rural development through holistic approach is a national commitment. The mission of NIRD is to facilitate rural development vigorously through government and non-governmental initiatives.

This paper elaborates the techno – legal aspects of Interstate river water disputes act – 1956 which was enacted to resolve the water disputes among the basin states of an interstate river / river valley. This Act’s main purpose is to protect the interests of a downstream state when water resources available in an upstream state are put to additional use.

Interstate River Water Disputes Act – 1956 (IRWD Act) was first enacted on 28th August, 1956 by Indian parliament on the eve of reorganization of states on linguistic basis to resolve the water disputes that would arise in the use, control and distribution of an interstate river or river valley. This Act further has undergone amendments subsequently and its recent amendment took place in 2002. It also validates the previous agreements (if any) among the basin states to harness water of an interstate river/ river valley.