Arghyam supported the workshop: "Umiam Lake Conservation - Stakeholder consultation and future strategies", 9-10 March in Shillong, organised by People's Learning Center, Shillong. The event focussed on the problems of Umiam Lake in Shillong and saw wide particapation from government, media and civil society. For presentations and videos from the conference click here.

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"Water: A Conflict of Paradigms" : In March 2009, Arghyam founder Chairperson Rohini Nilekani talked at School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and at Columbia University on "Water: A Conflict of Paradigms"

The India Water Portal is very pleased to inform that we won a Manthan Award for ICT and Digital Content in Development, in the E-Science and Environment category. Quoting from their website,

Arghyam organised its Third Annual Conference as part of its ongoing commitment towards ensuring equitable access to safe water & sanitation through Strategic Grant-making. The conference titled “Are We Really Catalysing Change? Strategic Grant-making in the Water sector” was held on 27-28 June, 2008 at Hotel Clarks Exotica in Bangalore.

The Kannada version of the India Water Portal was launched on 22nd February 2008 by Shri. K. Jairaj, Principal Secretary, RDPR. Prof. Sujatha Ramadorai, TIFR, was a special invitee at the event. The event saw participation from over 80 participants, mainly from the government and the development sector. The formal Launch was followed by a workshop on "Using today's technology tools for development". A press meet was also organised as part of the event.

The need for dissemination of water related information among citizens and to make them aware of various developments led to the creation the Kannada version of the website. Most of the knowledge sharing on the internet is done in English. This limits the information flow. Initiating a website in the regional language is an effort to go past this. The Kannada website is the first step and more regional websites will follow, so that the Portal can reach out to the public at large without a language barrier.

Times News Network [Tuesday November 21, 2006]

Rohini Nilekani
Chairperson
Arghyam

There is little doubt that we have a major crisis on our hands when it comes to safe, sustainable and universal access to water. And there are both grave challenges and exciting opportunities for those who have to find solutions for sharing and managing water in India.

IRBM Conference 
Date: 11-04-2007
Venue: Pune