Political

Organizer: Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

Venue: Tharangavana, D/5, 12th Cross, Rajamahal Vilas Extension, Bengaluru – 560 080

Description:

This week-long initiative will bring together theoretical debates and existing practices, enabling an interdisciplinary exploration of the systems, processes and values that drive the development of cities. The Institute will be conducted by an inter-disciplinary Indian and international faculty of academics and practitioners for the selected 40 applicants. Applicants should either have completed or be currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters programme in any discipline. The Institute is also open to professionals from relevant fields.

Water Governance in Motion: Towards Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Water Laws focuses on the work undertaken by International Environmental Law Research Centre IELRC on water law reforms in India. It seeks to provide a broader understanding of the conceptual framework informing existing water law and ongoing reforms.

Content and Image Courtesy: Indian Water Works Association

Organizer: Indian Water Works Association

Venue: Conference hall of IWWA at –IWWA head quarters building

Climate Change

• India to release climate change report on Tuesday

 Environment

• India proposes a new emission check system
• Call for declaring soil as national resource: Soil Conservation Society of India

India Maritime Technology Conference 2011
Theme: "Sharpening India’s Sea Vision"

Dr. Brij Gopal, Vice President, National Institute of Ecology and former Member, Working Group on Minimum Flows, constituted by the Water Quality Assessment Authority, talks to Parineeta Dandekar, India Water Portal about the urgent need of freshwater flows in Indian rivers, and the legal and institutional set ups required to ensure this.

Content and Image Courtesy: World Water Council

The World Water Council is an international organisation that promotes sustainable water management throughout the world. It has more than 400 member organisations including governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses, professional networks and research institutions, based in over 50 countries. The World Water Council brings sound information and knowledge on water-related issues into the public domain to raise awareness and create political will to improve access to water and sanitation and manage water wisely. Every three years, the World Water Council organizes the World Water Forum with over 20,000 participants from around the world.

Article Courtesy: Earth Observatory

Image Courtesy: NASA

Cyclone Jal brought heavy rains to the Bay of Bengal and the southeastern coast of India in early November 2010. This color-coded map shows total rainfall over the region from November 1–7. The heaviest rainfall—more than 600 millimeters or nearly 24 inches—appears in dark blue. The lightest rainfall—less than 75 millimeters or 3 inches—appears in light green. Superimposed on the map is the storm track, with darker shades of orange corresponding with greater storm intensity.

A band of heavy rainfall ran parallel to the November 5–7 storm track. Especially heavy rain occurred south and west of where Jal made landfall on India’s southeastern coast. The Press Trust of India attributed 11 deaths in Andhra Pradesh state to heavy rains from Jal.

Organizer: Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

Venue: Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

Description:

The primary objective of this short term training program is to provide college teachers and professional engineers with a comprehensive understanding of GIS and remote sensing techniques relevant for studies related to water resources assessment.

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