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December 16, 2022
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
December 6, 2022
The water that you eat
Need to shift to a more sustainable diet without compromising on major nutrients and calories
Historically, India has been a net exporter of virtual water (Image: PxHere)
November 6, 2022
Decentralised urban water management in Chhattisgarh
A film that focuses on importance of communitarian in situ water management
People are struggling to get the quantity and quality of water in urban areas (Image: Makarand Purohit)
September 21, 2022
The Chakla bavdi of Chanderi
The unique design and functioning of the Chakla bavdi in Chanderi Madhya Pradesh is another example of the water wisdom of our ancestors, which needs to be conserved and passed on to the future generations.
Chakla Bavdi at Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Shirole, S. 2022. Architectural eloquence: Water harvesting structure in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh (India). Ancient Asia, 13: 9, pp. 1–13)
March 21, 2022
Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance
Recognizing women's accumulated knowledge and adaptive capacities in springshed management
Van Panchayat Samiti discussing the matters related to forest (Image: Varun Raja)
March 11, 2022
Making every drop count: Micro-irrigation for tribal farmers of Gujarat
Subsidies enable tribal farmers to adopt micro-irrigation systems providing them assured irrigation
A key mitigation strategy to deal with water scarcity due to climate change is on-farm management of water using techniques like micro-irrigation (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
Videos
Indore among the cleanest cities in India
Storms in India: Science and survival
Ganapati idol immersion continues despite ban
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Aug, 2017 05:28 AM

Despite ban, immersion of Ganpati idols made of PoP continue in Bengaluru lakes
Ganesh Visarjan (Source: Wikimedia commons via Chetan Gole)
Budgeting every water cup
Marathwada village comes up with a novel idea to tackle water scarcity—water budget for each household. The result is for everyone to see.
Aarteeshymal Joshi
Posted on 17 Aug, 2017 04:10 PM

Till about a year ago, 52-year-old Kisan Jite would often wake up to his wife Sarla and other village women squabbling over who would fill their buckets first from the only well in Golegaon village.
The gram panchayat office of the Golegaon village where all the action takes place. (Source: 101Reporters)
Recruitment on contractual project positions at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee invites applicants for selection of project staff through walk-in interview.
Posted on 17 Aug, 2017 03:31 PM

Details of the project, designation, number of posts, project duration, essential criteria, and remuneration are available in the advertisement attached below. 

The date, time and place for the walk-in interview is August 22, 2017 at 10:00 AM in NIH Roorkee.
Draft of groundwater rules signal relaxation
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Aug, 2017 12:23 PM

Groundwater rules might get relaxed
A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Water Talk Series 2017 at TISS Mumbai
The objective of the program is to create analytically sound but socially and environmentally sensitive water policy professionals in order to take up water challenges in the country.
Posted on 03 Aug, 2017 04:09 PM

The Malhar Group — The Students and Alumni of Master’s Program in Water Policy and Governance (MWPG) is hosting an Annual Water Talk Series starting from the year of 2017 in Tata institute of Social Sciences. The "Water Talk – 2017" would be the inaugural talk being organized in TISS with the support from Centre for Water Policy, Regulation, and Governance (CWPRG).
Maharashtra wetlands face threat
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 01 Aug, 2017 01:49 PM

Illegal slums on Maharashtra mudflats cause loss to state
Sewri mudflts in Mumbai (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Only a few large dams have disaster plans: CAG report
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Jul, 2017 04:07 PM

Out of 4,862 large dams in the country, only 349 have disaster plans in place: CAG report
Floodwaters unsettle Muzaffarpur. (Source: IWP FLickr photos)
Asia is at high risk of flooding: Report
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 12:25 PM

Asia has the highest number of people exposed to flooding: Report
A woman wades through a flooded road. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Contractual posts at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee invites applications for several contractual posts in World Bank Assisted Neeranchal National Watershed Project (NNWP).
Posted on 13 Jul, 2017 11:37 AM

Details of the posts, essential criteria, recruitment process, application form, broad functions and remuneration are available on this link. www.nihroorkee.gov.in

The advertisement of the posts is attached below. 
Ganga and Yamuna not living human entities anymore
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 11 Jul, 2017 12:09 PM

SC stays order granting human status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers
Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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