Introducing Schools Water Portal

India Water Portal has launched its latest offering – Schools Water Portal , an unique platform for educators, students and and school management to share learning resources on water.
The portal contains several colourful presentations , plays, debate topics, quizzes, poems and jingles all with water as the focal theme. The busy teacher could use these for enlivening the class, or ease an otherwise difficult topic. All these materials follow the set syllabus, are for free download.
Students can search for project ideas, and watch videos of student projects. The Principals corner is for proactive school management interested in conducting a water audit or implementing a rainwater harvesting system in their schools. We plan to conduct several workshops in several cities in India. For conducting workshops in your city, or finding out more, do contact the Schools Water Portal at portal@arghyam.org . Visit us at http://schools.indiawaterportal.org

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National Rural Water Supply Programme – Framework for Implementation (2008-12). New guidelines have been released by the Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development (GoI), towards ensuring drinking water security in rural areas. The document takes forward the rural water supply agenda by introducing new concepts including conjuctive use of different water sources, continuing the emphasis on water quality and envisages the creation of water security plans at a village level. More info click here. We request your comments on the document.

A GenV Campaign – Tapping Youth Innovation! WaterAid, the leading organization for safe water and sanitation, and Ashoka GenV invite youth around the world to submit proposals for youth-led projects designed to improve the water and sanitation services of people living in poverty. The ten most innovative, effective or sustainable project ideas will receive seed grants of up to US$1,000. More info click here

Petition Against Arrest of NREGA Activists in Jharkhand! Two NREGA activists, Bhukhan Singh and Niyamat Ansari, were arrested on false charges in Manika (Latehar District, Jharkhand) on 15 February 2009, and sent to jail on 16 February. More info click here

Conference / Workshop / Trainings :
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World Water Forum : Let us know if you will be attending World Water Forum !  Gender and Water Alliance has a stall and will be part of the Women and Gender Coalition (click here). SACIWaters is holding a side event on Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia (click here)

CSE Courses: “Urban Rainwater Harvesting” & “Agenda for Survival” CSE’s advanced course on “Urban Rainwater Harvesting” for working professionals is being conducted from March 23-27, 2009 at New Delhi. More info click here. Agenda for Survival is a summer certificate course on the policies, politics and practices of environmental management in India will be held from June 1- 30, 2009. More info click here

Conference & Call for Papers: Water Utilities and Law: Current Trends and Development. UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, will hold a two day Conference from September 3rd to September 4th 2009 on Water Utilities and Law. Call for papers on water utilities and law, last date – 15 April 2009. More info click here

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New Book: “Water, Ecosystems and Society – A Confluence of Disciplines” . Written by Jayanta Bandyopadhay, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, this book is a guide to interdisciplinary knowledge on water. More info, click here

Acharya PC Ray award to Dr Baharul Majumder for work done on System of Rice Intensification More info, click here

Open Position: Programme Officer (Grants Management) under the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council. More info click here

Open Positions: Integrated Urban Water Management project of Arghyam, Karnataka Social Development and Engineering positions avaiable for IUWM project at Mulbagal, Karnataka: Click here for more

Help Stefania Balica Ph.D. student to develop flood vulnerability indices by answering a questionnaire More info click here

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