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National course on climate-change and flood disaster management, NIDM, August 8 – 12, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 12:38 PM
Organizer: National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
Venue: NIDM New Delhi, IIPA Campus, IP Estate, New Delhi
Conference on planning and delivering urban infrastructure in Indian cities, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, August 10 – 11, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 12:30 PM
Organizer: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Venue: Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi
Toxics Link is looking for programme officer at New Delhi – Apply by July 15, 2011
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 12:15 PM
Toxics Link is an environmental NGO, dedicated to bringing toxics related information into the public domain, both relating to struggles and problems at the grassroots as well as global information to the local levels.
E-waste is one of key issues in which Toxics Link has been working for around a decade. The organization has been actively engaged in policy advocacy on E-waste through various researches and campaigns. Toxics Link has been, over the years, also worked towards increasing awareness on the issue among all stakeholders, especially students. Currently, Toxics Link is also starting a school awareness project on Environment, with special focus on E-waste.
National level staff development programme on ‘Applications of RS and GIS for disaster management – 2011', Centre for Water Resources, August 1 – 13, 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 12:10 PM
Organizer: Centre for Water Resources
Venue: CWR seminar hall, fifth floor, IST building, JNTU Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad
Topics:
- Fundamentals of remote sensing and geographical information system
- Radiation - water interactions, spatial extent of water bodies
- Basics principles of remote sensing principles, GIS and GPS
- Satellite image analysis and DEM creation
- Hydrological parameter determination, using GIS such as surface slope, channel length and soil characteristics of watersheds
Karnataka Jnana Aayoga invites applications for Jnana Fellowship – 2011 at Karnataka – Apply by July 13, 2011
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 11:51 AM
Karnataka Jnana Aayoga is a high powered commission constituted in September 2008 by Sri B. S. Yeddyurappa, the Honourable chief minister of Karnataka. The Commission is independent of the Government and works with and for the Government in policy making and implementation.
Workshop on 'Pathways to interdisciplinarity: Analysing the interface of nature, economy and society', The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE), October 19, 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 11:44 AM
Organizer: The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)
Venue: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), 6-3-869, Nizamia Observatory Campus, Begumpet, Hyderabad
Analysing the role of geomorphic features in Kosi flood – An article in Geospatial World
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 10:45 AMKosi is known as the sorrow of Bihar due to its frequent and often disastrous floods. The major geomorphic units of flood-inundated area in Kosi fan (terrain of Kosi river in India) are sand bars in the form of inter-connected drainage networks, an ox-bow lake and its meandering cut-off and imprint.
The Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development in consultations with the National Rainfed Area Authority issue revised guidelines on the inclusion of forest areas under the Integrated Wasteland Management Program - PIB release
Posted on 12 Jul, 2011 10:41 AMArticle courtesy: Press Information Bureau
As per the modifications in Para IX of the common guidelines for Watershed Development Projects, 2008, in the multi tier approach, it has been proposed that there would be a multi tier ridge to valley sequenced approach which should be adopted towards the implementation of the Watershed Development Projects.
National voluntary guidelines on social, environmental & economic responsibilities of business released
Posted on 11 Jul, 2011 01:41 PMHe said the beginning of industrialization marked the transition from merchant charity to industrial philanthropy in India which was more secular, more inclusive in terms of caste, creed and community and more oriented to bringing progress to society through western style modern institutions.
Apart from making political donations for the freedom struggle, business fraternity also contributed towards many of the social and cultural causes. Mahatma Gandhi expounded the theory of trusteeship of wealth. Influenced by his teachings, many businessmen contributed for the cause of removal of untouchability, women’s emancipation and rural reconstruction.