Chennai District
Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai - Blog post by Veena Srinivasan
Posted on 11 May, 2011 05:15 PMIn these, private tanker truck operators transport water extracted from peri-urban wells to urban consumers. This study adopted a systems modeling approach to analyzing the informal tanker market in India. The results indicate that the demand for tanker supply was caused by lack of groundwater availability in private wells as well as unreliable piped supply.
Villgro Fellowship 2011 – Building responsible social leaders – Apply by 20th May, 2011
Posted on 11 May, 2011 10:01 AM
Villgro empowers rural development by identifying and incubating innovations that can be translated to market based models thus impacting thousands of rural households. In efforts to impact rural life, we actively promote social entrepreneurship and work with different stakeholders to create and support an eco-system that empowers social entrepreneurship by means of seed funding, mentoring, networking and recognition.
The Villgro Fellowship is a 1 year program that aims to cultivate a pipeline of future leaders, who have the social commitment, leadership and operational skills to bring about permanent change in rural India, using principles of social entrepreneurship, while filling a critical talent gap within Villgro’s incubatee companies. In the last 3 years, 14 Villgro Fellows have brought about sustainable change in the lives of the rural poor, inspiring many more to join them in this movement for change.
A video by Centre of Excellence for Change on the occasion of World Water Day
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 11:11 AM
Please share it with Water Sector friends and communities in our Journey to change the way we handle our Water.
Geo Horizon 2011, Society of Geoinformatics Engineers, 17th – 19th March, 2011, Chennai
Posted on 09 Mar, 2011 12:34 PM
Organiser: Society of Geoinformatics Engineers (SGE)
Venue: College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai
Description:
Water Expo 2011, 16th - 18th March, 2011, Nandambakkam, Chennai
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 01:25 PM
Organizer: Water Today
Venue: Chennai Trade Center, Nandambakkam, Chennai
Topics:
- Latest Technologies in Water Conservation, Harvesting Technologies & Water Audit
- Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment (Oil, Greaves Removal, Electroplating Removal, Insecticides and Pesticides)
Critical Global Challenge - Managing Water Resources for Food Security and Sustainability, 4th - 6th March, 2011, MSSRF, Chennai
Posted on 07 Feb, 2011 11:13 AM
Organizers: MSSRF and University of Nebraska
Venue: M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Topics:
- Setting the Agenda – Emerging Issues in Water
- Managing Water for Food Production
- Water Productivity in Agriculture
India Water Expo - 2011, 28th - 29th April 2011, Chennai
Posted on 25 Jan, 2011 10:22 AM
Clear Solution to Clean Water
Organizer: India Water Expo
Venue: Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai
9th Indian Fisheries Forum, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 19 - 23 December 2011 , Chennai
Posted on 20 Jan, 2011 05:12 PM
Organizer: Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi
Venue: Indian Bank Management Academy for Growth & Excellence, Chennai
National conference on conservation of sacred groves to protect local biodiversity, CPREEC, 12th Feb 2011, Chennai
Posted on 11 Jan, 2011 11:07 AM
Organizer: C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC)
Venue: C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC), Chennai, Tamilnadu
Description:
C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC) is a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, established jointly by the Ministry and the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation.