Proceedings of the Seminar on Statistical Accounting of Water Resources 24-25 June, 2005
Organised in Collaboration with Institute for Social and Economic Change Bangalore
Central Statistical Organisation Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Government of India
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Seminar on Statistical Accounting of Water Resources 24 - 25 June, 2005
Programme Schedule Date and Time Programme
Friday June 24, 2005
9.00 – 9.30 a.m. : Inauguration Welcome: Prof. Gopal K. Kadekodi, Director, ISEC Inaugural Address by Shri. P.S. Rana Chief Guest: Secretary to the Government of India Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Overview of the Prof. K.V. Raju Seminar & Vote of Head, Ecological Economics Unit, ISEC Thanks: 9.30 – 10.00 a.m. : High Tea 10.00 – 10.15 a.m. : Registration 10.15 – 1.15 p.m. : Session 1: Water Resources Chairman: Prof. P.S. Rao, Rapporteur: Sarbani Mukherji 10.15 - 11.00 a.m. 1. Sustainable Water Use in India: A Way Forward Prof. K.V. Raju, ISEC, Bangalore 11.00 - 11.45 a.m. 2. Methodologies for Valuation of Water and Linking with Resource Accounting Prof. Gopal K. Kadekodi, Director, ISEC, Bangalore 12.00-12.45 noon Tea
12.00 – 1.30 p.m. 3. Issues in Statistical Accounting of Groundwater Resources Prof.M.G. Chandrakanth, University of Agriculture Sciences, Bangalore 1.30 – 2.15 p.m. : Lunch 2.15 – 4.45 p.m. : Session 2: Urban and Rural Water Supply Chairman: Prof. R.S. Deshpande, ISEC, Bangalore Rapporteur: K . C. Smitha 2.15 - 3.00 p.m. 1. Rural Water Supply in India: In Search of Institutional Alternatives Prof.K.V. Raju, ISEC, Bangalore 3.00 – 3.45 p.m. 2. Issues of Unaccounted for Water in Urban Water Supply Dr.G.S. Sastry, ISEC, Bangalore 3.45 – 4.00 p.m. : Tea 4.00 – 4.45 p.m. 3. Issues of waste water resources Shri..M.N. Thippeswamy, Chief Engineer (Retd) ,
Saturday June 25, 2005
9.30 – 1.30 p.m. : Session 3: Water Quality Chairman: Prof.Paul Appaswamy, Madras School of Economics, Chennai Rapporteur: Geetanjoy Sahu 9.30 - 10.15 a.m. 1. Water Quality Indices Prof.A.K. Thukral, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 10.15 - 11.00 a.m. 2. Drinking Water Quality Shri. S.K. Panda, Director, Central Water Commission,, New Delhi 11.00 – 11.15 a.m. : Tea 11.15 - 12.00 noon. 3. Safe Water Options against Arsenic Problems in West Bengal: An Awareness and Socio-Economic Study Prof.Ranjit Chakrabarty, Calcutta University, Kolkata 12.00 – 12.45 p.m. 4. Physical Accounting of Water Quality Parameters – Understanding Water Quality Accounting Through Case Study of Bhoj Wetland of Bhopal Prof.Madhu Verma, IIFM, Bhopal 12.45 - 1.30 p.m. 5. Lake Characterisation & Classification Prof.Renu Bhardwaj, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 1.30 – 2.15 p.m. : Lunch 2.15 – 4.15 p.m. : Session 4: Environment and Conservation Chairman: Prof. A. Damodaran, IIM, Bangalore Rapporteur: Poulomi Bhattacharya 2.15 - 3.15p.m. 1. Protecting Environment through Promotion of Water Resources: Challenges and Strategies Prof.M.M. Adhikary, Bidhan Chand Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal
3.15 – 4.15 p.m. 2. Environmental Accounting for Pollution Damages: The Monetary Approach Dr. L. Venkatachalam, ISEC, Bangalore
4.15 – 4.30 p.m. : Tea 4.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. : Valedictory Chair: Prof. Gopal K. Kadekodi, Director, ISEC Chief Guest: Prof.S. Bisalaiah, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore Observation by the Shri J. Dash, Dy. Director General, CSO, Govt. of India CSO: Participants’ Observation: Overview of the Dr. G.S. Sastry seminar and Vote of Seminar Co-ordinator Thanks: Seminar Coordinators Dr G S Sastry [email protected] Dr K V Raju [email protected] Phone: 080- 23215468/23215519/23215592; Fax: 080 - 23217008
Contents
Subject Page No.
1. List of Resource Persons and Articles
2. Preface
3. Inaugural Session