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Water Jobs via DevNetJobsIndia.org dated October 13, 2010
Posted on 13 Oct, 2010 01:46 PMContent Courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
- Postdoctoral Fellow Quantitative Groundwater Hydrology
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Jal Bhagirathi Foundation is looking for Advocacy and Communication Specialist
Posted on 13 Oct, 2010 01:24 PMContent and Image Courtesy: Jal Bhagirathi Foundation
Jal Bhagirathi Foundation (JBF) is a ISO 9001:2000 certified NGO headed by H.H. Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur and Shri Rajendra Singh (Magsaysay awardee 2001), and is working in 200 villages spread over 2500kms of the Marwar region in the The Desert of Rajasthan.
Civil Engineering Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 13 Oct, 2010 08:31 AMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Civil Engineering Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Civil Engineering Management is structured into modules on the following topics:
Analytical Methods - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:36 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering is structured into modules on the following topics:
Construction in and around a 300 years pond which is a heritage site in West Bengal
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 04:42 PMI, on behalf of the local people bringing to your notice that we have a 300 years-old pond in our locality which is known as Bhabani Pathak Dighi which is declared as a Historical and Heritage Site by the West Bengal Heritage Commission.It is in the City Centre area adjacent to the Ambuja Housing.
The total 8.48 arcs of pond and its surroundings (area not known) have been declared as a. A tunnel was found when a construction work was going on beside the pond and some renovation work has also been done there accordingly by West Bengal Heritage Commission (annexure no 13). Now the pond is only approx 3.5 arcs left and rest has been filled.
This awesome site has shot to fame by the novel Durgesnandini of great Bengali novelist Bankim Chattopadhyay.The novel describes the best featuring and intricacies of these tunnels and the pond.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) launches second Asia-Pacific video contest
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 04:40 PMArticle and Image Courtesy: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is launching its second video competition which is open to all aspiring filmmakers across the globe.
Housing and urban policy in India - Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2010)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:34 PMThis document provides information on the evolution of the Housing and Urban Policy in India since the 1950s, which was the beginning of urbanisation and migration of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanisation was then perceived negatively as a drain of resources to feed the population from cities and the contribution of cities in the economic development of the country was not appreciated.
The document describes how the policy evolved from the First Plan in (1951-1956) to the Eighth Plan in (1992-97), which for the first time explicitly recognised the role and importance of urban sector for the national economy.
Towards faster and more inclusive growth - An approach to the 11th five year plan - Government of India (Planning Commission) (2006)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:32 PMThis document by the Government of India describes the approach to the 11th five year plan. The document is divided into seven chapters and includes:
- Chapter 1: The objectives of the eleventh five year plan and the existing challenges in the country in terms of disparities and divides
- Chapter 2: Growth potential in the eleventh plan
- Chapter 3: Sectoral policies for the eleventh plan
- Chapter 4: Strategic initiatives for inclusive development
- Chapter 5: Bridging divides: including the excluded
- Chapter 6: Public Sector Plan: an enabling environment
- Chapter 7: Conclusions
Andhra Pradesh water resources regulatory commission act - Andhra Pradesh Water Reforms (2009)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:28 PMThis document describes the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Regulatory Commission Act and includes:
- A short title and information on the extent and commencement
- Definition of the terms used in the Act
- Details of the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Regulatory Commission
- Powers, functions and duties of the Commission
- Accounts, audit and reports
The Karnataka Municipalities Act - Government of Karnataka (1964)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:26 PMThis document describes the Karnataka Municipalities Act and includes:
- Details such as the short title, extent and commencement of the Act
- Definitions of the terms used in the Act
- Constitution of municipal areas
- Transaction of business by municipal council
- Municipal property and fund
- Obligatory and discretionary functions of municipal councils
- Municipal taxation
- Recovery of municipal claims
- Improvement schemes and improvement boards
- Powers and offences
- Prosecution, suits and powers and police
- Municipal accounts and administration reports
- Control
- Rules and bye-laws
- Appointment and powers of municipal commissioner or chief officer and other municipal officers
- Town panchayat
- Provisions for the conversion of panchayat area into a smaller urban area and for amalgamation and division of smaller urban areas