PRELUDE
According to 'Dublin Principles' fresh water is finite and vulnerable
resource essential to sustain life,
development and environment. It is
further stated that water should be recognised as an economic
good. Hence the study of linkages and
dynamics of interaction involving water should be regarded as a means to an
end, namely - an optimal, sustainable and equitable management of water resources. It therefore follows that biophysical and socio-economic aspects of
water resources management need to be integrated right from the beginning. This is achieved through a continuous
dialogue between researchers,
stakeholders and financial institutions.
CHALLENGES
Climate Models throughout the world warn that there
will be more recurrence of floods and droughts in the coming years due to
climate change underlying the need for storage and timely distribution of
quality water, while there is a growing concern for environmental soundness of
large reservoirs. Moreover food security itself is under question in view of
the burgeoning population growth in the developing countries. Contrary to the belief, per capita land
under irrigation is slowly declining world over due to land infertility, salinization,
soil loss, urbanization and environmental degradation. Perhaps the solution lies in better water
and land management practices with proper economics for quality production of
bio-mass for the sustainable development.
It is believed that by the beginning of the present
century, an estimated 26 countries with a population of 300 million would have
been facing water scarcity threatening their very economic, political and
social stability. Therefore it is natural
to think about water conservation and recycling with quality
consciousness. In spite of huge investments in drinking water and
sanitation programmes, more than 1.2 billion people in the world still lack
access to clean drinking water while 2.9 billion lack access to sanitation
facilities resulting in an annual death rate of 5 million persons - a problem
to be addressed continuously.
In view of the above, the governments throughout the
globe are investing several billions of
dollars on water management for
drinking, industrial and agricultural needs apart from growing recreational and
tourism purposes. However there is a
steady decline of financial outlay
towards the end of the 20th century
making operation and maintenance of existing schemes even more
difficult. In the developing countries
too, governments are gradually withdrawing from this sector and handing it
over to the private sector and
NGOs. In spite of these changes National and Regional governments are facing
difficulties to coordinate water and
land management activities and to implement them at grass-root level. The need of the hour is to take stock of the
situation starting from Micro watershed to Mega Watershed with sound scientific
and technological skills in Hydrology and land management. Against this background,
the Centre for Water Resources of J.N.T.University is organising the
international conference on “Hydrology and Watershed Management’ with a
focal theme on “ Water Quality and Conservation for Sustainable Development”
during Dec. 18-20, 2002.
SCOPE OF THE
CONFERENCE
The conference primarily focuses on important issues
related to water, land and environment
with a special reference to quality and conservation of water and soil by
taking holistic view of rural and urban watersheds of reasonable dimensions.
Yet it will not loose its global perspective since the entire globe can
be considered as a single watershed.
OBJECTIVES
·
To identify
and evaluate the cost effective and innovative technologies in water and land
management particularly suitable to developing countries in the context of Sustainable development and growing
environmental concerns.
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To share the
experience of the scientists, engineers, NGOs and policy makers throughout the globe in the field of
water and land management with a focus on water
quality and conservation
aspects.
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To provide a
platform to people from industry to exhibit their hardware and software
products in the water and watershed management technologies.
SUB THEMES
·
Global Water
Resources Assessment
·
Effect of
Climate change on Water and Environment
·
Water
Scarcity
·
Multipurpose
Reservoir Projects and Environmental Impact Assessment
·
Reservoir
Sedimentation and Catchment Treatment
·
Water
Logging, Salinization and Conjunctive Utilization of Water Resources
·
Participatory
Irrigation Management
·
Groundwater
Exploration and Exploitation
·
Geochemical
and Isotope Hydrology
·
Artificial
Recharge of Ground Water – its Management and Modelling
·
Watershed
Management – Hydrological Models
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Watershed
Management – Socio-economic and Cultural Models
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Soil and
Water Conservation Technologies
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Water
Quality, Water Pollution and Environment
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Water & Waste Water Treatment Technologies
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Microbiological Pollution and Remediation
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Rainwater
Harvesting and Drinking Water Supplies
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Remote
Sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources
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Hydrologic
Parameter Estimation and Modelling,
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Inter-basin
Transfers and Resolving Conflicts
·
Legislation
in Water Use
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Institutional
Linkages
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Cloud Seeding
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Soil Water
Management
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Integrated
Water Resources Management
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Hydrology of
Coasts, Estuaries and their Environment
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Sea Water
Intrusion
·
Hydropower
Development & Environmental Issues
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are invited showing recent trends in the sub-themes with a focus on
cost effective and innovative technologies that could be replicated in the
developing countries. Authors are
requested to submit an abstract of their research work of not more than 500 words for review. The authors will be informed of the
acceptance of the paper after review by the Scientific Programme Committee. The final camera ready manuscript must be submitted on the A4 size paper with
single line spacing not exceeding 10 pages including tables and figures. All submissions must be in electronic form
and hard copy. The proceedings of the
conference will be published in a standard format.
IMPORTANT DATES
Last date for submission of the abstract : June 30, 2002
Intimation of the acceptance of the paper : July 31,
2002
Last date for receipt of the full length paper : October 31,
2002
REGISTRATION FEE
Delegates from
India and SAARC Countries :
Rs. 2500/-
Spouses accompanying the delegates : Rs. 1000/-
Students from India and SAARC countries : Rs.
1500/-
Foreign
delegates other than SAARC countries : US $
300/-
Spouses accompanying the Foreign delegates
: US $ 100/-
Foreign students other than SAARC countries : US $ 100/-
The Registration fee includes Tea, Snacks and Working
Lunch at the Conference Venue apart from Conference kit , Souvenir and
proceedings of the conference.
SPONSORSHIP
Governmental Organisations, NGOs, Public and Private
Institutions and individuals can sponsor
this International Event at the following rates:
Patron (Eligible
for 5
free delegates ) : Rs.50,000/- and
above
Sponsor (Eligible for 2 free delegates) : Rs.25,000/- and above
Co-Sponsor (Eligible for 1 free delegate) : Rs.10,000/- and above
SOUVENIR AND EXHIBITION
It is proposed to bring out a souvenir on the conference and an exhibition on Water
and Watershed Management Technologies will be organized at the venue. The prospective advertisers and exhibitors
of the equipment, hardware and software technologies are invited for the
conference. The tariffs are as detailed
below:
For Exhibition For
Souvenir
8 ft x 8 ft stall
For Indian
Companies = Rs. 10000/- For full page inside front cover -Rs.5000/-
Full page back cover - Rs.5000/-
For Foreign Companies =
US $ 500 Full page inside back
cover - Rs.4000/-
Full page inside - Rs.3500/-
Commercial presentation in
One of the Technical Sessions
For Indian Companies = Rs. 5000/-
For Foreign Companies = US $ 400/- Half page inside - Rs.2000/-
Inside quarter page -
Rs.1000/-
ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL
On request, the organizers will arrange reservation of
accommodation and travel tickets provided they send the required amount well in
advance. The details will be provided
in the next circular. However, the
delegates are requested to intimate their mode of travel and type of accommodation
required as early as possible.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Workshops on December 17th, 2002
Workshop-I : On "Ground Water Modelling",
Workshop-II : On "Irrigation
Management" will be organized at the Conference Venue. The Workshops I and II will be conducted in
parallel sessions. The Workshop fee is
Rs.2000/- for each .
POST CONFERENCE
TECHNICAL TOURS
On December 21st,
2002 :
Visit-1 to Nagarjunasagar Dam site and Visit-2 to ICRISAT and Kothapalli
Watershed. The visits are parallelly arranged
based on the response from the participants.
The Cost of these tours will be charged separately.
CULTURAL
PROGRAMME
On the evening of the
December 18th, 2002
Kuchipudi Dance recital will be
arranged.
CONFERENCE LOCATION - HYDERABAD
Hyderabad, a 400-year old city, is the capital of
state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The
city presents an attractive amalgamation of ancient architecture, together with
the ebullience of growth and enterprise of the modern world. Hyderabad, often called the gateway of
the South, blends the north and south Indian identities. The city of Hyderabad is famous for its
minarets and its pearl bazaar.
Hyderabad is at an altitude of 536 m above Mean Sea Level is a seat of
number of Research and Developmental Organizations of national and
international importance besides being a host for half a dozen
universities. During the Conference
Days the Hyderabad will be experiencing winter days with day-time temperatures
around 28°C and night time temperatures will be around 12°C. Carrying warm clothes is recommended. The exact venue at the Hyderabad will be
intimated in the second circular.
Important visiting places are Charminar, Golconda Fort, Birla Mandir,
Hussain Sagar, Salar Jung Museum and Ramoji Film City. For further details please visit http://www.aptourism.com/
ABOUT HOST ORGANIZATION
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) was
established in 1972 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India with the primary
objective of imparting high quality technical education and promoting applied
research and consultancy. JNTU is one
of the premier organisations in the country offering technological
education. Apart from its three
prestigious engineering colleges, more than 100 engineering colleges are
affiliated to JNTU. It also constitutes
School of Information Technology and School of Management Studies apart from
School of Planning and Architecture and College of Fine Arts. In order to cater to the needs of manpower
requirement in the emerging areas of technologies such as Water, Environment,
Bio-technology, Remote Sensing, Transportation and Energy, an Institute of Post
Graduate Studies and Research (IPGSR) was established in 1990.
The Centre for Water Resources (CWR) a constituent
unit of IPGS&R, JNTU was established in 1984 by the University, is the
first of its kind in the Deccan Plateau to cater to the dire needs of manpower
development in the problematic and thrust area of water resources and their
management. Since then, the Centre has
completed several prestigious research projects besides an number of in-service
training courses, national conferences and consultancy programmes. In addition, the Centre is offering
multi-disciplinary Masters and Doctoral programmes in the field of Water
Resources Technology and Management.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE
On Wednesday
the December 18th,
2002
Opening Ceremony
: 9.30 a. m.
Plenary Session : 12.00
Noon
Technical Sessions : 2.00
p.m.
Cultural Programme
: 7.00 p.m.
Banquet Dinner : 8.30
p.m.
On Thursday the
December 19th, 2002
Technical Sessions : 9.00 a.m
to 4.30 p.m.
Colloquim on Hydrological and Watershed Management Education in 21st Century : 5.00 to 6.30 p.m.
On Friday the 20th December 2002
Technical sessions : 9.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Concluding Session and Closing Ceremony : 4.00
to 5.30 p.m.
LANGUAGE
The official
language of the Conference is
English. All presentations must
therefore be made in English.
INSURANCE AND LIABILITY
The Organizers
are not responsible for individual medical, travel or personal
insurance. Participants are strongly
advised to take out their own insurance policies. Furthermore the organizers cannot assume liability for changes in
the programme due to external circumstances.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
At present the organizers are not in a position to offer any financial assistance to the participants. However attempts are being made to approach
various agencies of international development for funding of the conference.
After obtaining the commitments from these organizations financial assistance
if any will be indicated in the second circular .
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Chairman of the Conference Prof. Y. Venkatarami Reddy Vice Chancellor, J.N.T.University |
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Organising Committee |
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Chairman Prof. V. Ranga Rao Registrar, J.N.T. University |
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Co-Chairman Dr. I.V.Ramana Director, IPGSR, JNTU |
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Mr. Anil C. Punetha, IAS Commissioner, Rural Dev., Govt. of A.P. |
Mr. S. P. Tucker, IAS Proj. Co-ordinator, APRLP, Hyderabad |
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Sri. M.G. Gopal IAS M.D., HMWS&SB, Hyderabad |
Dr. T. Chatterjee IAS MS, APPCB, Hyderabad |
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Mr. V. Prabhu E in C, Panchayat Raj, AP |
Mr. D. Narsimlu E in C, Public Health, Govt. of A.P |
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Dr. M. Venkateswarlu Advisor to Govt. of AP |
Mr. J.R.Sarangal CGM, NABARD, Hyderabad |
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Prof. G. Jagmohan Das Director (Retd,), IPGSR, JNTU |
Mr. T. Desh-Bhakt Director General, WALAMTARI, AP |
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Mr. E.J.Mohan Rao Director, SGWD, Hyderabad |
Dr. P.G.Sastry Director,
CBIT & MGIT |
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Dr. N.K. Sanghi Director, MANAGE, Hyderabad |
Dr. P. Jayarami Reddy Principal, GPREC, Kurnool |
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Mr. B.P.Venkateswarlu CE, Major Irrigation, Govt. of AP |
Mr. V.K. Jyothi CE, CWC, Hyderabad |
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Mr. N. Gopal Reddy CE, I & CAD, AP |
Mr. L. Banda Reddy CE, Investigations, Hyderabad |
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Mr. M. Ilangovan CE, NWDA, Hyderabad |
Prof. P. Laxminarayana Vasavi Engg. College, Hyderabad |
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Prof. Y. Anjaneyulu Head, Centre for Environment, JNTU |
Prof. I.V.Murali Krishna Head, CSIT, JNTU |
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Prof. Y. Sreedhar Murthy Head, CEG, Osmania University |
Dr. Ranvir Singh Head, Dept of Hydrology, IIT, Roorkee |
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Dr.S.V.B.Krishna Bhagwan Director, APSRAC, Hyderabad |
Dr. Prabhakar Pathak Princ. Scientist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad |
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Dr. P. Subba Rao MD, INRIMT, Hyderabad |
Dr. K. Mukkanti Centre for Environment, JNTU |
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Dr. G. K. Vishwanath Dept. of Civil Engg., JNTUCE |
Dr. M. Anji Reddy Centre for Environment, JNTU |
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Convenor Dr. B. Venkateswara Rao Head, Centre for Water Resources, JNTU |
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Co-Convenors |
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Mr. K. Ramamohan Reddy Asst. Prof., CWR, JNTU |
Mrs. C. Sarala Asst. Prof., CWR, JNTU |
International Advisory Committee
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Chairman Prof. K. Rama Sastry Rector, J.N.T.University |
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Members |
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Prof. U.Aswathanarayana Advisor, Govt. of Mozambique |
Mr. William J. Cosgrove Director, World Water Council, France |
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Dr. M.A. Chitale Chairman, GWP-SASTAC, India |
Prof. Dr.B.H.Briz- Kishore Chairman, N.C.R.I., India |
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Sri C.V.S.K. Sarma IAS Sec. To Govt. of A.P. India |
Sri Mohan Kand IAS Addl. Sec., Min. of Rural Developt., India |
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Dr. D.K.Chadha Chairman, CGWB, India |
Prof. Subhash Chander (Retd.) IIT,
Delhi, India |
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Dr.V.P.Dimri Director, N.G.R.I., India |
Mr. P.C.Lau Director General, NWDA, India |
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Dr.K.S.Ramasastri Director, NIH, Roorkee, India |
Dr. R.R.Navalgund Director, N.R.S.A., India. |
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Prof. A.K.Biswas President, TWCWM, Mexico |
Dr. H.P.Singh Director , CRIDA, India |
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Prof. V.P.Singh Louisiana State University, U.S.A. |
Mr. S.K. Das Member, CWC, Inida |
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Prof. T.Shivaji Rao Director, GITAM, India |
Dr. A.Ghosh Bobba Scientist, NWRI, Canada |
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Dr.Elonio Muiuane EM University, Mozambique |
Prof. Mwakio P. Tole Moi University , Kenya |
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Prof. Ronny Berndtsson Lund University, Sweden |
Dr. Asaad Y. Shamseldin University of Birmingham, U.K. |
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Mr. Dai Shensheng Sr. engineer, YRWRPRI, China |
Dr. P.B.S.Sharma Director (Retd.), W.T.C., IARI, India |
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Dr.S.P.Wani Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, India |
Prof. Peter Hacker HOD, Arsenal Research, Austria |
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Scientific Programme Committee |
Steering Committee |
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Chairman Dr. B.C.Jinaga Director of Evaluation, JNTU |
Chairman Dr. P.V.Ramana Murthy Director, Academic & Planning, JNTU |
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Vice-Chairman Dr.B.Venkateswara Rao Head, CWR, JNTU |
Vice-Chairman Dr. I.V.Ramana Director, IPGSR, JNTU |
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Members |
Members |
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Mr.K.Ramamohan Reddy Asst. Prof., CWR |
Dr. C. Radha Krishna Director, UGC-AS College, JNTU |
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Mrs. C.Sarala Asst. Prof., CWR |
Prof. Y. Anjaneyulu Head, Centre for Environment, JNTU |
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Mr. K. Raju Academic Associate, CWR |
Dr. B. Venkateswara Rao Head, CWR, JNTU |
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