Events

Organizer: National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

Venue: NIDM New Delhi, IIPA Campus, IP Estate, New Delhi

Organizer: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Venue: Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

Organizer: Centre for Water Resources

Venue: CWR seminar hall, fifth floor, IST building, JNTU Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

Topics:

• Fundamentals of remote sensing and geographical information system
• Radiation - water interactions, spatial extent of water bodies
• Basics principles of remote sensing principles, GIS and GPS
• Satellite image analysis and DEM creation
• Hydrological parameter determination, using GIS such as surface slope, channel length and soil characteristics of watersheds

Organizer:  The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)

Venue: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), 6-3-869, Nizamia Observatory Campus, Begumpet, Hyderabad

He said the beginning of industrialization marked the transition from merchant charity to industrial philanthropy in India which was more secular, more inclusive in terms of caste, creed and community and more oriented to bringing progress to society through western style modern institutions.

Apart from making political donations for the freedom struggle, business fraternity also contributed towards many of the social and cultural causes. Mahatma Gandhi expounded the theory of trusteeship of wealth. Influenced by his teachings, many businessmen contributed for the cause of removal of untouchability, women’s emancipation and rural reconstruction.

Organizer: Vikrama Simhapuri University

Venue: Seminar Hall, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore

Topics:

• Climate change: Green house effect, health problems, eco-agro cultural changes, costal ecosystem and pollution control

Organizer: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

Venue: Auditorium, ATREE, Bangalore

Description:

Dr. Veena Srinivasan, researcher at the Pacific Institute, and an adjunct fellow at ATREE,  will be presenting a talk on 'An integrated framework for analysis of water supply in a developing world city'.

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment

Venue: Visakhapatnam

Description:

Water is keenly contested today. Reports are emerging from across India about water bodies being encroached upon, gobbled up and sucked dry by a combination of forces ranging from industrialisation and urban growth to population pressures and severe pollution. A state of continuous conflict exists over these water bodies, lakes, rivers, reservoirs, streams and wetlands.