Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Administration, District Legal Services Authority, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board, and Mangalore City Corporation in Association with Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru, will observe ‘World Water Day’ on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 09:30 am in the Seminar Hall, Sahyadri Campus, Adyar, Mangalore.
C. M. Joshi, first addition District and Sessions Judge D.K District, Mangaluru, will inaugurate the programme.
The chief guest is A. B Ibrahim, IAS, Deputy Commissioner D.K district Mangaluru, accompanied by P. I. Srividya, IAS, CEO, ZP, D.K District, Mangaluru, Dr. C Rajashekar Murthy, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Engineering, Canada and Dr. H. N. Gopalakrishna, KAS, Commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation.
The Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal, SCEM, Mangaluru, will preside followed by technical sessions by the resource persons on the following topics.
•“World Water Day Theme” by Dr. H. N. Chanakya, Chairman, Centre for Sustainable Technology, IISc, Bengaluru.
•Dr. G. Srinikethan, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal, on “Emerging Waste Treatment Technologies for Industries”.
•Dr. Shankar, Professor, Dept. of Marine Geology, Mangalore University, on “Ground Water Recharge and its Potential”
•Dr. S. Manjappa, Director (Research & Consultancy), SCEM, Mangaluru, on “Water for Health and Food”
There is no life without water. Yet it is not often mentioned that the availability and sustainable management of water has a direct link with the creation of quality jobs. The theme of 2016 World Water Day – Better Water, Better Jobs – aims to highlight how water can create paid and decent work while contributing to a greener economy and sustainable development.
