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Taking action in India on downstream impact of dams - Report of the workshop held by International Rivers and Save Western Ghats Movement at Jog Falls, Karnataka in May 2011
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 05:17 PM
Jog falls in Western Ghats
These dams have had a profound negative impact on communities and ecology upstream and downstream. While promised benefits of these dams (irrigation, hydro-power or flood control) have been overstated, numerous interrelated and complex negative impacts have simply not been studied or documented. Nonetheless, communities and ecosystems continue paying huge prices of these impacts.
Monitoring systems for incentive programmes - Learning from large scale rural sanitation initiatives in India
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 03:45 PM
Water Stories by talking history' - A series of films capturing water practices and rituals in Bangalore
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 02:42 PMTalking History is an inter-collegiate course on Oral History offered at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India. The films were made between February - March 2011.
Doddabommasandra lake
Doddabommasandra lake is located close to B.E.L circle in an area called Doddabommasandra in Bangalore. This film endeavours to portray the story and memories of drying up of Doddabommasandra through two different viewpoints. The story reflects the pattern in which we are exploiting and losing our water resources.
A short film by Gautam Vishwanath and Kinshuk Surjan
Profile of Environment Policy and Research India (EPRI)
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 04:05 PM
Its mandate is to act as a think tank and provide strategic solutions to the clients in private sector, government and others through its team with relevant experience and diversified knowledge. EPRI also provides solutions oriented towards better environment and energy planning for industries, building units and complexes. However, its major focus is on pure scientific and engineering training, research, environment system modeling, national-international knowledge management.
Video Volunteers call for community correspondents for 'IndiaUnheard' - Apply by July 10, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:38 PM
Video Volunteers is an international media organization empowering the voices of the world’s unheard communities. Its mission is to empower the world’s poorest citizens to right the wrongs they witness by becoming players in the global media revolution.
Video Volunteers launched its community news service, IndiaUnheard, on 3rd of May 2010. Since then, we have trained 45 people to be community correspondents, voices of an India beyond the margins. We’re looking for passionate community members whom we can train to become the voice of their communities.
Godavari river water sharing accord - A paper by N. Sasidhar
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:37 PMThe water availability in these projects has diminished to 33% dependability from the designed dependability of 75% in last nine years. Due to meager inflows, the river water quality is becoming unsafe for human and cattle consumption. It also suggests the remedial action to overcome the problem in future.
RANWA is looking for Project Assistant for western ghats portal, Pune – Apply by 15th June, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 02:49 PM
Research and Action in Natural Wealth Administration (RANWA) is an NGO, established in 1993 by a group of nature enthusiasts in Pune, is involved in diversified activities related to environment protection, conservation, education and research. Applications are invited for the post of temporary position of `Project Assistant’ under the project entitled, ‘Western Ghats Portal’.
ACCESS announces the Sitaram Rao livelihoods India case study competition 2011 - Apply by 15th June, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 02:30 PM
ACCESS is a not-for-profit company whose overall aim is to incubate new institutions to enable their self-sufficiency and self-sustainability. To this end, it offers specialised technical assistance under two verticals: microfinance and livelihoods.
The 2011 theme of the competition is centered on the "Collectives in the Agri-allied Sector". For purposes of the competition, agri allied sector comprises the dairy, poultry, goatary, sheep rearing, piggery, fisheries, sericulture and bee keeping etc sectors.
Call for entries to Comptroller and Auditor General’s online national level essay competition – Apply by 30th June, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 01:46 PMContent courtesy: Press Information Bureau
As part of the 150 years’ celebrations of the Institution of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), a national level online essay competition for the graduate and post graduate students in all the disciplines has been organized. The subject is “Role of CAG in meeting challenges of good governance”. The competition is open only for Indian citizens who are not more than 25 years of age.
Grassroots invites application for training in 'Process Documentation & Communication', Manali – Apply by 15th June, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 01:34 PM
Grassroots institute is organizing IXth batch of intensive field training on 'Certificate in Process Documentation & Communication' from 30th June to 4th July, 2011 at Manali
The project implementing personnel often lack necessary skills of documenting and reporting their own achievements in the projects. Analyzing the situations, the processes of interventions made and the achievements/outputs is difficult task for the project personnel.