www.IndiaCore.com is pleased to inform that the International Conference- 'Water India 4- Water Resources Development - Flood Control, Irrigation, Drinking Water, Waterways, Hydro Electric Power and its Transmission System'- the fourth in a series of successful biannual Conferences was a huge success. The Conference was organised from February 3- 4, 2004 at New Delhi, India.

We wish to thank all the speakers, participants, the sponsoring organisations and our partnering organisations for their support and active participation in this important event. Your participation contributed enormously in making the conference a great success.

International Conference- Water India 5

The fifth in the series- 'Water India 5' will be held from November 3- 4, 2008. We look forward to your participation in the 5th edition of this highly successful series of biannual Conferences. For more details of Water India 5, please join our mailing list or click here.

Highlights of Water India 4

IndiaCore.com, The Hydro Power Association, The Dams Society along-with Council of Power Utilities invited the international community, individuals and organisations with interest in the water, power & allied Infrastructure sectors like worldwide developers of Water, Hydel Power & Allied Infrastructure Projects, Utilities, IPPs, Transmission & Distribution Companies, EPC Contractors, Equipment Suppliers, Boiler Plant Suppliers, WTPs, ETPs, Financial Institutions, Lenders, Investors, Consultants, Law firms, IT firms, Environmental groups to participate in the Conference.

The Conference offered a unique opportunity of two days full of informative and innovative conference sessions, and many networking opportunities. It provided direct access to policy makers, decision taking authority, planners and senior executives in the Water & Hydro Electric Power Industry and various utilities as also manufacturers & consultants.

More than 200 organisations participated in the International Conference. Some of the speakers/ participants were:

• Mr R V Shahi, Secretary (Power), Govt of India
• Mr V K Duggal, Secretary (Water Resources), Govt of India
• Mr R Jayaseelan, Chairman, Central Water Commission
• Mr H L Bajaj, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority
• Mr K Jothiramalingam, Managing Director, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited
• Mr Rakesh Nath, Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board
• Mr Uddesh Kohli, Chairman, Consultancy Development Centre
• Mr John Briscoe, Senior Adviser, The World Bank
• Mr S K Das, Member, Central Water Commission
• Mr R N Naik, Executive Director, PGCIL
• Prof Raymond Lafitte, Immediate Past President, International Hydro Power Association & Vice President ICOLD
• Mr Francois Lemperiere, Chairman, Hydrocoop (Hydro-Cooperation), France
• Mr K C Reddy, Chairman, Tech Advisory Committee, Govt of Karnataka- Navigation & Inland Waterways Transport
• Mr Stephane Cai,Vice President- Hydro, Alstom Projects India Limited
• Mr Shyam Wadhera, Director (Projects), Power Finance Corporation
• Mr P K Kukde, Executive Director, Tata Power Co Ltd
• Mr S S Pradhan, Vice President, ABB Limited
• Mr Gaurav Bector, Manager- Business Development, ABB Limited
• Mr C V J Varma, Secretary General, CPU, Hon President ICOLD
• Mr V P S Chauhan, Additional Vice President, Malana Power Company Ltd
• Mr Dhruba Ranjan Ray, Head- Water & Utilities, Larsen & Toubro Limited
• Mr Sunil Bahl, Vice President- Special Infrastructure Projects Group, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd
• Mr. P.G. Ganapathy, Regional Manager (South Asia), Black & Veatch Consulting P. Ltd
• Mr G Baidya, Chief Engineer, NHPC
• Mr Kamal Raj Dhungel, Consultant, IIDS, Nepal
• Mr M V Krishna Rao, Director, Global Energy Consulting Engineers
• Mr Mata Prasad, Former Advisor, ABB & Distinguished Member, CIGRE
• Mr Sultan Alam, Consultant, Hydropower, France
• Mr V B Patel, Former Chairman, Central Water Commission
• Ms Alison Bartle, Editor, Hydropower & Dams, Acqa Mediant Ltd, UK
• Ms Natalya Agaltseva, Central Asian Research Hydro Meteorological Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Ms Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Tsunemi Watanabe & Kitti Chinshed, School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
• Dr Irina Levchuk, Central Asian Research Hydro Meteorological Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Mr Alberto M Scuero, Technical Director, CAPRI TECH S A, Switzerland
• Mr B K Janvir, Executive Engineer, MSEB
• Mr Ralf Jacobs, Manager Hydro Application, Federal-Mogul Deva GmbH, Germany
• Mr Yatindra Nadkarni, Sr. Deputy General Manager, L & T- Sargent & Lundy Ltd
• Mr S M Narang, Advisor, L & T- Sargent & Lundy Ltd
• Mr Y P Chawla, Marketing Director- India Operations, Tahal Consulting Engineers Limited, Israel
• Mr Peter Quinlan, Solution Leader Mini Hydro, Hydro Tasmania, Australia
• Mr Larry Polglase, Market Development Manager, Hydro Tasmania, Australia
• Mr B B Mukherjee, VP- Projects, Subhash Projects & Marketing Limited
• Mr Marc Philippe, Corporate Vice President, Suez
• Mr Pramod Kumar, GM- Technical, SMEC
• Mr Ashwani Dubey, Executive Director, Punj Lloyd Limited

(the list is illustrative only)

For more details, see List of Participating Organisations, Paper Presenters, Program Committee.

The earlier Conferences in the biannual series on Water India were also well received. Delegates from both developed and developing countries participated in these conferences and discussed technological advancement that had taken place in the area of water resources development.

Conference Proceedings

More than 50 papers from senior industry professionals, academicians and other stake holders were accepted for the Conference.

We are pleased to inform that the Conference Proceedings are available in two print Volumes and one CD. 

The Proceedings are free for any full conference attendee. Non conference attendees can purchase the proceedings. For further details and ordering, please click here.

BACKGROUND

'Water is likely to become one of the limiting resources of the next century, as well as one with multiple, often conflicting uses'- UN Commission for Sustainable Development, Second Session, New York, 1994

Water Statistics are staggering!

Over the next 20 years, the world's population will increase from six billion to an estimated 7.2 billion, while the average supply of water per person is expected to drop by one-third. An estimated one billion people around the world still lack safe drinking water.

Water sector worldwide is faced with many challenging issues. The efficient use & sustainable development of the existing water resources is an urgent need of the hour. The drinking water scarcity has reached alarming proportions. The issues of development of hydro power, irrigation requirements, flood control, navigation & inland waterways transport, interlinking of rivers, groundwater quality, waste water treatment & reuse are some of the burning issues confronting the policy planners, industry players and other stake holders.

To discuss these issues, www.IndiaCore.com organised the International Conference- ''Water India 4- Water Resources Development - Flood Control, Irrigation, Drinking Water, Waterways, Hydro Electric Power and its Transmission System' in partnership with The Hydro Power Association, The Dams Society, Council of Power Utilities & AESI.

OBJECTIVES

The Major objective of this conference was to provide a forum for

- Sharing of experiences of policy makers, utility engineers, water resource development planners, managers, consultants, academicians, environmentalists, users, manufacturers etc. on the theme of Water Resources Development- Flood Control, Irrigation, Drinking Water, Waterways, Hydro Electric Power and its Transmission System.
- Increasing awareness about the role hydropower can play in sustainable development as the most important source of renewable energy.
- Promoting & managing hydro development in an environmentally and socially acceptable way.
- Discussing environmental concerns some of which transcend the local/ regional ambit.
- Discussions regarding technological advancement that are taking place in water resources development, water storage, water quality & purification issues, waste water treatment & reuse etc.
- Developing close working relationship between experts from users and developers of water resources and all other concerned for future consultations, assessment of problems and for finding out remedial solutions.