Karnataka

Stellar, yet inadequate
Manipal University has a comprehensive environment management programme but its water conservation efforts could be better. Involving students could give it the extra punch it needs.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 08 Dec, 2013 10:11 PM

Manipal University has a well-thought out, multi-pronged approach towards reducing its environmental footprint. This includes a comprehensive waste management policy and a programme to reduce energy consumption.
Manipal University campus, Manipal
Environment Ministry withdraws controversial amendment
Policy matters this week: Environment ministry withdraws amendments to waste rules, Odisha sanctions 12 crores for water in slums and the NGT halts dam construction in Manipur.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 11:48 AM

Environment Ministry withdraws amendment to waste rules
New amendment to waste rules withdrawn (Wikimedia)
Invite to a public discussion on 'Land, Water, Livestock, People and the Commons', Karnataka Rajya Amritmahal Kaval Hitarakshana Samiti, Bangalore
An event towards informing public opinion on Amritmahal Kavals, the traditional grazing pastures in the Deccan Plains of Karnataka, through conversations and debates.
Posted on 18 Nov, 2013 11:33 AM

To view more on Amritmahal Kavals, click here.

To view the original message in Kannada, please click here.

You may download the invite in English from below.
Karnataka Amritmahal Kaval Hitarakshana Samiti
Invitation to celebrate 'The World Fish Migration Day 2014', Mahseer Trust, Bangalore
Call for participation with an aim of raising awareness and spreading appreciation for migratory freshwater fishes and riverine ecosystems in India.
Posted on 11 Nov, 2013 01:09 PM

For more information on 'The World Fish Migration Day 2014', click here.

To know more on the organisation, Mahseer Trsut, click here.

For further details on the event, please download the brochure from below.
Mahseer Trust
Applications invited for various job openings, Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society, Bangalore
Opportunity to work with a society that aims to promote better environment especially for less privileged, disadvantaged and marginalised groups.
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 02:32 PM

For more information on the organisation, Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society, please click here and here.

The openings are for the following vacancies:
Call for applications 'FEJI-ATREE Media Fellowships in Environmental Conservation', Forum of Environmental Journalists in India
An opportunity to travel, explore, study and write on select themes and their complexities in conservation today.
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 11:48 AM

For information on the organisers, Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI), click here.

For further details on the Fellowship, click here.

You may download the Application details from below.
Indian islands declared 'hope spots'
Policy matters this week: IUCN declares Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep as 'hope spots', CWPRS plans to channelise the Beas and NGT tells Assam to protect Kaziranga animals.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 05 Nov, 2013 03:59 PM

Indian Ocean's "hope spots"
Coral reefs at Havelock, Andaman Source: Wikipedia
Applications invited for 'Project Fellows', Department of Geology, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, Karnataka
An opportunity to work in a DST Sponsored Project Decision Support System for Flood Risk Assessment of Upper Krishna Basin using Remote Sensing and GIS.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 12:38 PM

For further information on the 'Central University of Karnataka' , please click here.

Details on the Project Fellow vacancy may be viewed here.
Invite to the 'Philanthropy Awards 2013', Forbes India, Bangalore, November 29, 2013
An opportunity for promising young NGOs to get a chance to benefit from the expertise of an audience that includes jury members and short-listed nominees of the Forbes India Philanthropy Awards.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 11:07 AM

To know more on the Award function, click here.

For more information on the Forbes India Philanthropy Awards, please click here.
Vacancy for the post of 'Faculty Member, Prakriti Karyashala', Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Karnataka
An opportunity to work with an organisation committed to strengthening, reviving or restoring, the process of ecological succession and the conservation of resources.
Posted on 31 Oct, 2013 03:17 PM

For more information on the organisation, Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), please click here.

Further details of the vacancy may be viewed here.
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