First Circular Fourth International Conference on HYDROLOGY AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT with a Focal Theme on Ecosystem Resilience - Rural and Urban Water Requirements 29 October - 1 November, 2014 At Hyderabad, INDIA Organized By CENTRE FOR WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad KUKATPALLY, HYDERABAD - 500085. ANDHRA PRADESH. INDIA PRELUDE Despite signi cant improvements in accessing the safe drinking water during the last two decades, access to and / or availability of adequate quantity and availability of safe drinking water has now become a premium. As per the UNICEF reports, there are still some 1 billion people in the world who do not have access to safe drinking water and about 2.6 billion people have poor sanitation. World population is predicted to grow to 9.1 billion in 2050 and the corresponding food quantity to meet the rise in population needs to be increased by 70 percent pushing up the demand for more water for agriculture. Water and food security is consequently under threat. The theme and slogan of 'more crop per drop' is now gaining importance. Obviously, the resilience of ecosystem has to be protected at any cost by the mankind. CHALLENGES Till recently, the services provided by the ecosystem have not been well recognized. Fresh water availability greatly depends on the resilience of the ecosystem to various kinds of stresses such as food production, deforestation, groundwater withdrawal for domestic use and so on. Further, urbanisation coupled with industrialization is increasing the pressure on the surrounding ecosystems to get food and water on one hand and contamination of the available fresh water on the other hand, as many cities have little or no wastewater management system, especially in the developing and less developed countries. Wastage of food is further compounding these stresses. Water related hazards, which are common in these countries account for more than 80 percent of all natural hazards and their frequency and intensity are on the rise. The catastrophy of Uttarakhand is a recent example. On the positive note, there is a silent revolution in accessing the drinking water in rural India. RO and UV systems have been installed by private entrepreneurs in the majority of villages, while not much importance has been given for providing improved sanitation systems. Another important challenge is the management of groundwater which is providing huge buffer to the recurring droughts in arid and semi-arid regions. But its continuous exploitation and consequent depletion even in the con ned aquifer systems in the Gangetic plains are calling for immediate remedial action. In the context of changing water demands and climate change, there is a strong need to assess the resilience of the ecosystems with appropriate scienti c tools to develop cost effective, socially acceptable and sustainable technologies. In this crucial context, the Centre for Water Resources is proposing to organize the 4th International Conference on Hydrology and Watershed Management (ICHWAM) from 29 October -1 November 2014 with the focal theme on Ecosystem Resilience - Rural and Urban Water Requirements . The conference also coincides with the completion of 25 years of the Academic Programs of the Centre for Water Resources, JNT University Hyderabad. This conference is also a part of ICHWAM series of conferences organized during the years 2002, 2006 and 2010. This will be truly an international conference with delegates expected to be more than 400 from national and international organizations. There will be special sessions on the topics relating to Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture and Water Resources Management. SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE The focus of the conference will be on the exchange of information, deliberations, cross fertilization of ideas and research outcomes so as to evolve ways and means to address the practical challenges encountered in all aspects of water and environment in the changing scenario. Speci cally, the conference will focus on important issues related to water, land and environment with a special reference to the resilience of ecosystem in the context of climate change in order to have sustainable water for rural and urban requirements by taking a holistic view from watershed level to river basin level. Yet it will not loose its global perspective since the entire globe can be considered as a single watershed. OBJECTIVES To identify strategies and innovative technologies in water, land and environmental management particularly suitable to developing countries in the context of developing resilience to the climate change. To share the experience of the academicians, scientists, engineers, NGOs, policy and decision makers throughout the globe in the eld of water, land and environment with a focus on protecting the ecosystem services. To provide a platform to people from industry to exhibit their hardware and software products in the water, land management and environmental technologies. SUB‐THEMES Effect of Climate change on Water and Environment, and its consequences on Eco system services Water Scarcity Multipurpose Reservoir Projects and Environmental Impact Assessment Reservoir Sedimentation and Catchment Treatment Participatory Irrigation Management Groundwater Exploration, Modeling and Management Arti cial Recharge of Groundwater - its Management and Modeling Water Productivity in Agriculture Watershed Management River Basin Management Water Quality, Water Pollution and Remediation Rainwater Harvesting and Drinking Water Supplies Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources Hydrologic Parameter Estimation and Modelling Inter- basin Transfers and Resolving Con icts Legislation in Water Use Hydrology and Integrated Water Resources Management Land and Water Management Hydrology of Coasts, Estuaries and their Environment Hydropower Development & Environmental Issues CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited covering recent trends in the sub- themes with a focus on cost effective and innovative technologies that could be replicated in the developing countries. The 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 abstract after review by the Scienti c Programme Committee. The nal camera- ready manuscript must be submitted as per the format to be provided along with the acceptance letter. All submissions must be in electronic form and a hard copy. The proceedings of the Conference will be published in a book form. Important Dates Last date for submission of the abstract : 31 May 2014 Intimation of the acceptance of the paper : 30 June 2014 Last date for receipt of the full length paper : 28 August 2014 Registration Fee Delegates from India and SAARC countries Spouses accompanying the delegates : : Rs. 4000/Rs. 1500/- Students from India and SAARC countries Foreign delegates other than SAARC countries Spouses accompanying the foreign delegates Foreign students from other than SAARC countries : : : : Rs. 1500/US$ 300/US$ 100/US$ 100/- Sponsorship Governmental organizations, NGOs, Public and Private Institutions and individuals can sponsor this international event at the following rates: Patron (Eligible for 4 freeRegistration delegates) : Fee Rs. 75,000/- and above Sponsor (Eligible for 2 free delegates) : Rs. 50,000/- and above Co‐ Sponsor (Eligible for one free delegate) : Rs. 25,000/- and above Souvenir and Exhibition It is proposed to bring out a souvenir on the conference and organize an exhibition on Water, Land and Environmental Technologies at the venue. The prospective advertisers and exhibitors of the equipment, hardware and software technologies are invited to the conference. The tariffs are as detailed below: For Exhibition: 8 ft x 8 ft stall: For Indian Companies : Rs.10000/For Foreign Companies : US$500/- Commercial presentation in one of the Technical Sessions: For Indian Companies : Rs.5000/For Foreign Companies : US$400/- For Souvenir Full page back cover : Rs. 8,000/For full page inside front cover: Rs. 5,000/Full Page inside back cover : Rs. 4,000/Full Page inside : Rs. 3,500/Half page inside : Rs. 2,000/Inside quarter page : Rs. 1,000/- Accommodation And Travel On request, the organizers will arrange for reservation of accommodation and travel tickets provided the payment is received well in advance. The details will be provided in the Second circular. However, the delegates are requested to intimate their mode of travel and type of accommodation required as early as possible. Pre‐conference Workshop ICHWAM-2014 will organize a special pre- conference workshop on Geospatial Applications in Water Resources on 29 October 2014. The workshop fee is Rs.2,500/- for each delegate. Post Conference Technical Tours On 2 November 2014: Visit 1 to Nagarjunasagar Dam site and Visit 2 to ICRISAT and Kothapalli watershed. The visits are arranged parallelly based on the response from the participants. The cost of these tours will be charged separately. Cultural Programme On the evening of the 29 October 2014 a Classical Dance programme will be arranged. Colloquium on “education in Water and Environment” The colloquium is arranged on the occasion of the completion of 25 years of the Academic Programmes of Centre for Water Resources. Conference Location ‐ Hyderabad Hyderabad, a city more than 400-years old is the capital of State of Andhra Pradesh in South 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. Hyderabad is famous for its minarets and its pearl bazaar apart from buzzing software industry. Hyderabad is at an altitude of 536 m above Mean Sea Level and is a seat of a number of Research and Falaknuma Palace Developmental Organisations of national and international importance besides being a host for half a dozen Universities. During the Conference days, Hyderabad will be experiencing a mild winter with day time temperature of about 30° C and night temperature of about 18°C. Carrying light warm clothes is recommended. The venue of the Conference is Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium of JNTU Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085. Important places of interest for visitors are Charminar, Golconda Fort, Birla Mandir, Falaknuma Palace, Salar Jung Museum, Hussain Sagar Lake and Ramoji Film City. For further information, please visit http:// www.aptourism.com About Host Organization ICHWAM 2014 Call for Papers Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) was established in the year 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 organizations in the country offering technological education. The university was divided into four universities in the year 2008 and now it is renamed as JNTU at Kukatpally, Hyderabad. Online Submission www.ichwam.org Important Dates Abstracts 31st, May, 2014 Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium Apart from its four prestigious colleges at Hyderabad, Jagityal, Manthini and Sultanpur more than 400 Engineering colleges are af liated to JNTU Hyderabad. It also constitutes School of Information Technology, School of Management Studies, School of Continuing and Distance Education, UGC Academic Staff College, Bureau of Industrial Consultancy Services, and Centre for Innovative Research at its head quarters in Hyderabad. In order to cater to the needs of manpower requirement in the emerging areas of technologies such as Water, Environment, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Nano Science & Technology, Remote Sensing and Satellite Meteorology, an Institute of Science & Technology (IST) was established in the year 1989. The Centre for Water Resources (CWR), a constituent unit of IST, JNTU Hyderabad was established in the year 1984 by the University, and celebrated its silver jubilee during the academic year 2009-2010. It is the rst of its kind in the Deccan Plateau of India to cater to the dire needs of manpower development in the problematic and thrust areas of water resources and their management. Since then, the Centre has completed several prestigious National and International research projects besides conducting a number of short- term courses, National and International conferences and Full Papers 28th, August, 2014 Institute of Science & Technology consultancy assignments. In addition, the Centre is offering multi- disciplinary Masters and Doctoral Programmes in the eld of Water and Environment. At present, the centre is funded by World Bank under TEQIP programme by Government of India. The centre is also recognized by Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization, New Delhi, as one of the renowned centres on par with IITs to offer Post Graduate education in Water & Environment. PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE Wednesday 29 October 2014 Registration Inaugural Ceremony Cultural Programme Banquet Dinner : : : : 2. 00 p. m. onwards 4.00 p. m. 6.30 p.m. 7.30 p. m. onwards Thursday 30 October 2014 Plenary Session Technical Sessions Colloquium Colloquium Dinner : : : : 9.00 a.m. 11.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m onwards Friday 31 October 2014 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 their own insurance policies. Further, the organizers cannot assume any form of liability for changes in the programme in case of external disturbances. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE At present the organizers are not in a position Technical Sessions : 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. to offer any financial assistance to the participants. However, attempts are being Saturday 1 November 2014 made to approach various agencies of international development for funding the Technical Sessions : 9.00 a.m to 3.30 p.m Conference. After obtaining the commitments Concluding session and from these organizations, financial assistance if Closing Ceremony : 4.00 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. any, will be indicated in the second circular. TEQIP IST, JNTUH REGISTRATION FORM Name: ______________________________________________________________ Designation: ________________________________________________________ Organisation: _______________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Telephone : (O)_______________ Res: ___________Cell _____________ Fax:__________________ e-mail:_______________________ Whether participating in the Conference : Yes/No Whether presenting a paper : Yes/No Whether participating in the Workshop : Yes/No Whether participating in the Exhibition : Yes/No Whether it is a Commercial Presentation : Yes/No Whether participating in Technical Tours : Yes/No Technical Tour-I/II Particulars of Registration Fee: Amount Rs._______________________ D.D.No.______________________________ Date:______________________Drawee Bank:________________________________ DD should be drawn in favour of the Convenor, ICHWAM-2014 payable at Hyderabad, India. Address for Correspondence: Prof.K.Ramamohan Reddy, Convener, ICHWAM – 2014 & Head, Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science & Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 085, A.P., INDIA. Phone : Off: 091 040 23155412 Fax: 091 040 23150353, Cell No.7702732825 e-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Website: www.ichwam.org, www.cwr.org.in Likely Sponsors Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, Govt. of India National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Council of Scientific and Industrial Research All India Council for Technical Education Indian National Committee on Hydrology Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences Department of Science and Technology Ministry of Environment & Forests Ministry of Earth Sciences Chairman of the Conference Prof. Rameshwar Rao Vice‐Chancellor, J.N.T.University Hyderabad Organising Committee Chairman Prof. N.V.Ramana Rao Registrar, J.N.T.University Hyderabad Co‐Chairman Prof. K.Mukkanti Director, I.S.T, JNTUH Sri Ajoyendra Pyal IAS, Sri. Shashibhushan Kumar IAS Special Secretary, I&CAD, Govt. of A.P Commissioner Rural development, Govt. of A.P Sri J.Syamala Rao, IAS, Sri Sanjay Kumar, IAS, Managing Director, HMWS & SB Member Secretary, APPCB Sri B.M. Murali Krishna Rao, Sri K. Ram Gopal, IAS Director, APSGWD Commissioner Panchayat Raj, Govt. of A.P Shri P.R. Rao, Sri G.Sudarshan Chief Engineer, NWDA, Hyderabad Regional Director Incharge, CGWB, Hyderabad Sri K. Ramachandran Nair, Shri P.Ramachandra Rao C.G.M., A.P.Regional Office, NABARD Chief Engineer, CWC Prof. G. Jag Mohan Das, Prof. M. Anji Reddy Director (Retd), I.P.G.S.R, JNTUH Director, D.U. F.R, JNTUH, Hyderabad Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, Prof. L. Pratap Reddy Deputy Director, NGRI Director, R & D, JNTUH Prof. P.Rajendra Prasad, Dr.R.Ram Mohan Rao Retd., Andhra University, Visakapatnam Principal, TKR Engg. College, Hyderabad Dr. K.Srinivasa Raju, Dr. Y. Ellam Raj Professor, BITS Hyderabad Dean, Spoorthy Engineering College, Hyderabad Dr.G.Pradeep Kumar, Dr.M. Gopal Naik Professor, SVU College of Engg., Tirupathi Assoc.Prof, OU College of Engg., Hyderabad Dr.G.Abbaiah, Prof.D.Nagesh Kumar Director, D.U. F.R, JNTUK, Kakinada Dept. of Civil Eng, IISc, Bangalore Convener: Prof.K.Ramamohan Reddy, Head, Centre for Water Resources, JNTUH Co‐Conveners: Dr. C. Sarala, Assoc. Professor, CWR, JNTUH Dr. M. V. S. S. Giridhar, Asst. Professor, CWR, JNTUH International Advisory Committee Chairman Prof. E.Saibaba Reddy Rector, JNTUH Prof. David Butler, Ms.Blanca Jimenez‐Cisneros Director, Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter,UK Director, Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO, France Dr.S.Kaul, Dr Kusum Athukorola Vice President, Wetlands International, South Asia Chair, Net Weather Water, Sri Lanka Margaret Greenway Dr. Jiri Marsalek Assoc. Prof., Griffith University, Queensland Head, Canada Centre for Inland Waters (Burlington, ON) Dr. A. Ghosh Bobba Prof. K.V.Jayakumar Scientist, NWRI, Canada Prof, Dept. of Civil Engg., NIT Warangal Dr. Priyanie Amerasinghe Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian Head, IWMI,India Director, Center for HM &RS, University of California, USA Director, Ground Water Institute, Pune Dr. S.D. Limaye Prof M S Swaminathan Sh.Sushil Gupta Chairman,MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai Chairman, CGWB, New Delhi Dr. V.K.Dadhwal Dr.Ayyappan Director, NRSC Director General ICAR Dr Nitin Kumar Tripathi Dr. B.Venkateswarlu, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Director, CRIDA Dr Balaji Rajagopalan Prof. Mrinal. K. Sen Professor, University of Colorado,USA Director, NGRI Dr R Sakthivadivel Mr S M Husain Water Management Consultant, Chennai Director General, NWDA, New Delhi Dr.P.Jayarami Reddy Director, G.Pulla Reddy Engg.College, Kurnool Shri A.B. Pandya Dr. Darapuneni Rama Rao, Member, Designs and Research, CWC, New Delhi National Director (NAIP), New Delhi Dr. Pradeep Mujumdar Er. R.D.Singh, Professor, IISc, Bangalore Director, NIH, Roorkee. Dr.S.P.Wani Prof. T. I. ELDHO Assistant Research Program Director, ICRISAT Professor,IIT, Mumbai Scientific Programme Committee Chairman Prof.B.Venkateswara Rao, Prof of Water Resources and Director, SCDE Dr.C. Sarala, Assoc.Professor, CWR, JNTUH Dr.M. V.S.S.Giridhar, Asst. Professor, CWR, JNTUH Steering Committee Chairman Prof. G. K.Viswandh Director, Academic & Planning, JNTUH Co‐Chairman Prof.M.Anji Reddy Director, University Foreign Relations Prof.K.Ramamohan Reddy Prof. Ch. Sasikala Head, CWR & CSIT, Head, Centre for Environment, IST, JNTUH IST, JNTUH
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