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Training programme for engineers ’ Design & implementation of DEWATS', Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore, December 2- 6, 2013

A residential training programme that aims to introduce and impart engineering skills to professionals for designing and implementing decentralised wastewater treatment systems.

Posted on 21 Aug, 2013 10:53 AM

For more information on the programme please contact capacitybuilding@cddindia.org

To register for the trainig programme, please click here.

For more details, you may refer to the brochure here.

Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society

Invite to International Film Festival on Water, Voices from the Waters - 2013, Bangalore

Voices from the Waters is a film festival to raise awareness about various water issues, by engaging in a process of learning and debate.

Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 05:52 PM

For further details on the invite, please click here

You may download the poster for the festival from below

Invitation for WASH For India Launch, Bengaluru

An event that will feature a presentation on India's sanitation crisis, WFI's innovative approach, & interactive brainstorms to get ideas from the participants

Posted on 13 Aug, 2013 03:14 PM

For more information on the event , please click here

Invitation to a bicycle pilgrimage cum awareness ride 'Bow To Bhavani' in the Nilgiri Mountain Range, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore

An adventure for the riders to get an Eco System perspective of one of the important rivers of South India, Kaveri, and its major tributary, Bhavani.

Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 12:52 PM

For 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

Invite to a Public talk on 'Uttarakhand Disaster: Can the nation learn any lessons ?', by Himanshu Thakkar, Environment Support Group, Bangalore

Himanshu Thakkar from SANDRP will discuss and try to answer some of the many questions that arise from the horrific Uttarakhand disaster

Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 09:37 AM

For more information on the event please download the invitation for the talk from below.

South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People

Waterless in Whitefield- Learn, discuss & find solutions to your water woes, Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore

How much water do you use? What can you do? Be empowered to take action- learn what we can do together to solve this crisis?

Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 12:24 PM

Hosted by

Jagriti Theatre

About the event

Water is a rapidly diminishing resource, the basis of life.

Learn about Whitefield’s water usage and issues, discover solutions, and find out what you can do to help solve Whitefield’s water woes.

IAS officer suspended for targeting illegal sand mining

News roundup - IAS officer suspended in UP, groundwater contaminated by gold mines and the number of households with improved sanitation rises.

Ravleen Kaur

Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:01 PM

IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining

Advance training on Solar Photo Voltaic technology, Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), August 19-23, 2013, Bangalore

A program that aims to provide advance training on solar PV to technicians and engineers

Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 04:41 PM

Offered by

Center for Sustainable Development, Bangalore

About the training programme

The 5 Days training programme will be an intense course comprising of a mix of classroom lessons, demonstrations/practical session and site visit, including diverse topics.

Call for poster abstracts for workshop on 'Indo-UK Perspective on Water Quality: Threats, Technologies & Options', Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

The workshop aims at facilitating research collaborations between academia and industry to understand and develop cutting-edge and affordable technologies for improving water quality.

Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 02:19 PM

Organisers

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Royal Society of Chemistry

About the workshop

The Dongria Kondhs' tribals bring the judiciary down on its knees

Niyamgiri tribals' decision to veto mining, environment degradation's effect on the country's GDP and Maharashtra's carbon trading scheme are the highlights of this week's news.

Ravleen Kaur

Posted on 22 Jul, 2013 01:40 AM

Dongria Kondh tribals stand firm against mining of Niyamgiri

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Water Quality Management Course - Not just a training program

In this article, we will understand how the WQM course is continuing to influence the needs of learners that come from diverse backgrounds. The course model also offers core insights to many others who would like to engage in a virtual training program.

During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration