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Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector
Amritsar - the pond of nectar
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 02:27 PM“PAWAN GURU, pani pita, mata dharti mahat” (air is teacher, water is father and earth our mother) - thus goes the closing line of the Japji Sahib given by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev. It holds special significance for Amritsar, the holy city, which boasts of the Harmandar Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple).
![The holy sarovar around the Golden Temple](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc01970.jpg?itok=aiqUHjsg)
Angioplasty for groundwater or a heart attack waiting to happen?
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 10:38 AM“What is in a name? That which we call a rose, would smell as sweet by any other”, goes the line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There is quite a lot in a name, Juliet, especially if attaching the wrong terminology to a process is used to appropriate public funds - Rs. 800 crores, in fact.
![Shirpur, Maharashtra of the 'Shirpur Model' fame](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shirpur_location_0.jpg?itok=xaMH062X)
Invitation to 3rd Delhi Youth Summit on Climate Change, Delhi Greens, Delhi
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 10:59 AMFor further details of the summit, please click here
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Applications invited for UN-Water Best Practices Award, United Nations University
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 08:24 AMFurther details of the announcement can be gathered from the link here
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Applications invited for online Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (GCPP) programme, Takshashila Institution
Posted on 14 Aug, 2013 06:52 PMFor more information on the 12 week online programme, please click here
To register for the same, click here
![Takshashila Institution](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/takshila.png?itok=Su0yw0VO)
Invitation for WASH For India Launch, Bengaluru
Posted on 13 Aug, 2013 03:14 PMFor more information on the event , please click here
![Wash for India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/washforindia.png?itok=MPs_MEup)
Invite for online blended learning programme 'Science and Policy of Climate Change', TERI, September 13 -16, 2013
Posted on 13 Aug, 2013 03:14 PMFor more information on the online course, please click here
To register for the course, please click here
The brochure may be downloaded from below
![The Energy and Resources Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/teri_0.png?itok=IJtge1u2)
Invitation to a bicycle pilgrimage cum awareness ride 'Bow To Bhavani' in the Nilgiri Mountain Range, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 12:52 PMFor registration and further details on this exciting event, please click here.
For more information, click here
The brochure and the trekking map can be viewed in the attachments below
![Bhavani river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river.png?itok=tPm2OEdG)
Invite to a Public talk on 'Uttarakhand Disaster: Can the nation learn any lessons ?', by Himanshu Thakkar, Environment Support Group, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 09:37 AMFor more information on the event please download the invitation for the talk from below.
![South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sandrp.png?itok=Yf45aVLP)
Open Confusion: Charba and Coca Cola
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 08:36 PMCharba is a small village in Uttarakhand with a population of 10,000. It is located in the 'Vikas Nagar' area just beyond Dehradun - a section that the government has denoted an industrial area. This little village shot to fame when Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB) decided to build a plant there.
![Radha Behen addresses the villagers](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1020261.jpg?itok=uLhpYWnG)