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Sanitation must go beyond shame and stigma
India needs to answer the important question of whether rural India can and will embrace toilet culture, and that must drive its colossal plan to rid the country of open defecation.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 22 Apr, 2016 02:00 PM

India has come a long way since the days of its rigid top-down Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP), which had minimal community participation. First it was the Total Sanitation Campaign which then became the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, and most recently, the Swachh Bharat Mission.
Compact soak pit toilet
Urban Fellowship Programme at IIHS, Bangalore
The Programme is a fully funded, nine-month, full-time, inter-disciplinary fellowship for recent graduates and young professionals from varied educational backgrounds or practice domains.
Posted on 13 Apr, 2016 03:53 PM

India’s urban transition is unprecedented in scale and complexity. Within it lie both the opportunities of increased economic growth and employment as well as the challenges of persistent inequality, extreme deprivation and environmental degradation. To shape our cities we need a new set of urban professionals who can be part of this change. 
Urban Fellowship Programme at IIHS
Water is more than a job for them
Celebrations for World Water Day 2016 in Nagaon, Assam personify passion by honouring grassroots water-workers for their thankless efforts.
Usha Dewani
Posted on 21 Mar, 2016 08:39 AM

"A job isn’t just a job. It’s who you are". That quote seems to define the five people who are being honoured for their extraordinary dedication in ensuring water to the people in Nagaon and the newly declared Hojai district of Assam.
Contribution of water sector workers at the grassroots level goes unrecognised very often
Training programme on Sustainable Urban Water Management: Rainwater Harvesting and Decentralised Wastewater Treatment
This short term four day course will focus on – designing rainwater harvesting (RWH) and decentralised wastewater treatment (DWWT) systems including local reuse.
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:57 AM

About the programme:
International Conference on Innovations in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (ISWATS)
This conference is an international event attracting water professionals and organizations from across the world working towards sustainable water and wastewater treatment systems.
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:40 AM

About the event:

The three day conference is being organised by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, and Ecosan Services Foundation (ESF), Pune. 
National Conference on Peri-Urban Agriculture and Ecosystems
The conference will focus on issues relating the urban and peri-urban areas - influenced by the growth of urban areas placing this in the context of rural-urban linkages.
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:21 AM

About the conference:
39th WEDC International Conference, Ghana
The WEDC International Conference is a comprehensive and interactive learning event, which provides continued professional development for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector professionals.
Posted on 02 Feb, 2016 05:41 PM

A unique platform for knowledge sharing and networking with practioners, policy makers, government, academic and researchers. The WEDC Conference attracts up to 600 delegates from an international audience coming together with a shared interest in WASH, Equality and Inclusion, Rural and Urban.
Press release: National Sustainable Water & Sanitation Summit 2016
The focus of the summit was to create awareness about the existing water & sanitation issues in India, Governments’ future plan for Swachh Bharat Mission, national reforms on water & sanitation.
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 12:52 AM

Day 1:
National Summit on Sustainable Water & Sanitation
International dialogue on Himalayan Ecology
Dialogue Highway in collaboration with the Centre of Research on Himalayan Sustainability and Development will host an international dialogue on Himalayan Ecology at Shoolini University, Solan
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:30 PM

About the event:
Development Management Programme on ''Fresh Water Resources Conservation with a special focus on Supply and Demand management in Southern Peninsular India”
The Water Knowledge Centre at Tata-Dhan Academy is organising the Development Management Programme (DMP) on fresh water resources conservation in Hyderabad
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 08:05 PM

Objectives of the DMP: 

  1. The DMP builds the knowledge of the participants on surface water bodies conservation and managemetn by various stakeholders. 
  2. It widens the participants perspectives on blue and green water concept and management of the same. 

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