News and Events

(last updated November 2, 2006)

The Project was launched in April 2005 with the Inception Workshop, which was announced and described in the CP Newsletter “Water and Food Monthly,” April, 2005 (PDF 199Kb).  Read Inception Report (PDF 81Kb).

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Update on Training Program: ‘Groundwater Governance in Theory and Practice’

The training program commences on October 10, 2006. An inaugural session presided by dignified representatives from the Indian Central Groundwater Board, as well as representatives from the CPWF, GGA and IIT, Roorkee will kick-off the 5-week intensive training course.  The first week of the five-week program will take place at The Department of Water Resources Development and Management (DWRDM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, India. The second and third week will take place in Dehradun, Uttaranchal, at the Centre for Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI) and the Indian Institute for Remote Sensing (IIRS), respectively. The fourth week will be hosted by the College of Agricultural Engineering (CAE), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India and for the fifth week, the participants will return to IIT, Roorkee.  For a detailed program of the Course,

The research phase of the fellows following the five week class-room course is being designed and prepared for the fellows to enter smoothly into a practical and realistic program of four weeks research (senior fellows) and 16 weeks action research for junior and media fellows.

First Cycle Training Program ongoing

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