PROGRAMME
Conference Sub-themes & Topics
A. Future Challenges
- Water Scarcity – Challenges Ahead
- Water for Food Security
- Integrating Value Chain for Agricultural Water Management
- Water Quality and Public Health Issues
- Water Resources Sustainability for Industrial Growth
- Shrinking Space for Hydropower Development in Energy Security
- Challenges in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals for Urban Water Supply and Drainage
- Development of Waterways and Navigation
- Sustaining Climate Change Impacts – Challenges and Opportunities
- Water Related Disaster – Future Challenges & Solutions
- Ground Water Management – Challenges Ahead
- Inter-Basin Water Transfer – Planning to Implementation
- River & Reservoir Sediment Management and its Implications for River Restoration
- Hydrological Modelling : A Tool for River Basin Development and Management
- Cleaning the River Ganga – from Planning to Action
- Improvement and Innovation in Water Use, Reuse and Recycle Practices and Technologies
B. Cooperation for Management of Water Resources to Optimize Benefits to the People
- Water and Social Harmony
- Water Resources Development for Rural Economic Growth
- Addressing the Ever Increasing Legal Complexities in Water Development and Management
- Moving Towards Integrated Planning and Management of Water Resources and Institutional Arrangements
- Focused Role of Federal Government in Ensuring Sustainable Water Resources Development
- Micro Irrigation for Improved Agricultural Economy
C. Capacity Building – Need of the Century
- Re-orientating the Water Education to Address the Water Related Challenges
- Research Needs of Water Sector
- Bridging the Gap - Lab to Field
- Innovations in Water Management
- Preparing the Young Professionals for Future Challenges in Water Sector
- E-Governance in Water Sector
- Technological Innovation and Big Data for Water Security, Emerging Directions and Prospects
D. International and Regional Cooperation in Water Sector
- Bilateral cooperation for mutual benefits (including success stories)
- Regional cooperation in research in water sector
- Learning from global best practices in water management