13 Dec 2014
International Seminar on Groundwater: Issues & Challenges of the 21st Century
Sripat Singh College, Jiaganj, Murshidabad in collaboration with Dept. of Kalyani, Nadia, WB, organized an International Seminar on Groundwater: Issues & Challenges of the 21st Century on 29-30 December, 2014 at Berhampore, Murshidabad.
Mr. Karthik Seshan from SaciWATERs, Hyderabad spoke about the Arsenic Knowledge and Action Network. The Arsenic Network supported this seminar with the intention of bringing experts from across the world together under one roof in the hope that this interaction would result in collaborations to tackle the issues at hand. The purpose of this support was also to evolve a better understanding of not just technologies for arsenic mitigation but of the sociological challenges in making these technologies sustainable on the field.
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- Mr. Karthik Seshan from SaciWATERs, Hyderabad sharing his experience about the Arsenic Knowledge and Action Network
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- Dr. Arunabha Majumder, Emeritus Fellow, School of Water Resource Engineering, Jadavpur University delivering his lecture.
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- International Seminar on Groundwater: Issues & Challenges of the 21st Century
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- Shri Dipak Ray, President, Governing Body, Sripat Singh College formally publishing the book of abstracts.
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- Dr. S. Ahmed giving welcome address at the seminar.
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- Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden delivering the keynote address.
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- Prof. Dipankar Saha, CGWB, India delivering his speech on groundwater resource availability
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- Prof. D. Chatterjee, Chief Patron of the seminar sharing his thoughts on the current state of affairs on groundwater.
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- Dr. Bibhash Nath, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA delivering his speech.
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- Dr. Arunabha Majumder, Emeritus Fellow, School of Water Resource Engineering, Jadavpur University delivering his lecture.
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- Dr. D.N. Guha Mazumder, Director, DNGM Research Foundation, Kolkata narrating the health hazards due to chronic arsenic toxicity in West Bengal.
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- Mr. Karthik Seshan from SaciWATERs, Hyderabad sharing his experience about the Arsenic Knowledge and Action Network
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- Dr. U.C. Ghosh exploring some potential low cost efficient technology for groundwater arsenic removal.
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- Mr. Karthik Seshan from SaciWATERs, Hyderabad sharing his experience about the Arsenic Knowledge and Action Network
