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This paper describes a lake in one of the forests through which the Hindu god Ram and his brother Laxman passed, during their search for Sita. A virtual picture of the forest and the lake (Pampa Sarovara) in it using the Valmiki Ramayana which is a religious biopic of Ram's life on earth is created. This lake is situated near the town of Hampi in Karnataka today, and the forest is a rich source of water to this day.

To highlight the value placed on water and to describe water supply systems, the authors quote from the Chandogyo-Upanishad, Yajurveda and other ancient Indian texts.

This method is a mathematical model, in which all the components in the water balance equation are known, and the only component which is considered unknown is the rainfall recharge.

The project was a collaborative effort of the coordinators and scientists from the different modelling groups across the country. All the runs were made at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) at Bangalore on the PARAM Padma supercomputing system.

 A model of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system, the climate forecast system (CFS), from the National Centre for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), USA, has been ported onto the PARAM Padma parallel computing system at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Bangalore and retrospective predictions for the summer monsoon (June–September) season of 2009 have been generated, using five initial conditions for the atmosphere and one initial condition for the ocean for May 2009.

This publication by the Central Water Commission presents data on Major and Medium Irrigation and Multipurpose projects, Minor Irrigation projects, Command Area Development scheme as available in the Finance A

Dr. Vishwa Narayan, BE(Hons)EEE, MSEE, Ph.D. EE, CEO, Theertham - NGO, registered in Texas, USA, operating out of Bangalore and Chennai, India.

Goal: To design, manufacture, distribute and tech transfer very very low cost (Rs 5000) solar powered water distiller capable of distilling up to 20 liters of water per day, from dirty raw water including salt water.

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• Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist

              Population Foundation of India (PFI)

              Location: Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand
              Last Date: 13th February, 2011

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• Senior Researchers for Rural Water Programme

              Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)          
           
              Location: New Delhi
              Last Date: 1st March, 2011

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The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance newsletter for February 2011. Newsletter focuses on all activities concerning rainwater harvesting.

• Potential water availability from rainwater harvesting in India
  Rainwater harvesting can play an important role in supplying urban dwellers with water. The impermeable roof surfaces that are widespread within a city, lend themselves perfectly to the collection of rainwater.

For 12th Indicorps Fellowship class beginning this August, there are 27 challenging openings all across the country from Punjab to Tamil Nadu and Gujarat to Bihar with projects focusing on environment, education, microfinance, community development, public health, women’s empowerment and more. As an intense, total-immersion leadership program, Indicorps encourages individuals of Indian origin to explore their role as a catalyst for change.

Eligibility:

For the 2011 fellowship year (as per Government of India's definition), Indicorps will accept applications from qualified persons of Indian origin who have a university degree or five years of applicable work experience from anywhere in the world.