INTERNATIONAL
Conference
GROUNDWATER for sustainable development
Problems, Perspectives and Challenges
(IGC-2006)
Jawaharlal Nehru
University
(JNU), New Delhi, India
Venue
India International Center, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New
Delhi, India
February 1-4,
2006
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Jawaharlal Nehru University School of Environmental Sciences New Delhi, India Royal
Institute of Technology (KTH) KTH-International
Groundwater Arsenic Research Group Stockholm,
Sweden National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad, India Indian Institute of
Technology-Delhi Haus
Khas, New Delhi, India International
Technical Cooperation Programme, CIM (GTZ/BA) Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), UNE, PySA San
José, Costa Rica |
Aims
of the Conference IGC-2006
Organisers,
National and International Advisory Committee
Conference
Registration and Call for Abstracts
Final
Updates (2006-01-27)
IGC-2006 INAUGURATION AND INAUGURAL DAY Programme
IGC-2006 Final Technical
Programme
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IGCP-523 Project - GROWNET Side Event Programme
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Aims of Conference IGC-2006
Groundwater
is the most important source of the domestic, industrial, and agricultural
water supply in the world. There is an overwhelming need for information
related to exploration, protection, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation
of groundwater resources. In many parts of the world, especially in the
developing countries, the population growth has created an unprecedented demand
for water for industrial, agricultural and drinking water purposes, competing
for the same a finite resource. The presence of geogenic contaminants in
groundwater for example arsenic and fluoride in toxic levels has posed
major environmental health risks of the present century. Several million people
depend on arsenic- and fluoride contaminated groundwater for drinking purposes
that endangers public health. Urgent solutions are required that are based on
quality research and sound scientific principles. Over 99% of the world's
fresh, available water is groundwater; yet, the vast majority of financial
resources are directed to surface water found in rivers and lakes. This serious
imbalance requires urgent redress. Significant financial support is required
for basic groundwater research if sustainable development is to be a realistic
goal. As a fresh water resource, groundwater has major advantages over surface
water.
These
advantages will never be realized without the commitment of world governments
to exploration programs that can delimit and characterize aquifers, perform
water balances, map water quality, and provide for long-term monitoring. Many
aquifers extend across political boundaries. There is a critical need to
promote intergovernmental coordination for developing joint management
strategies. Ultimately, groundwater can deliver major socio-economic and
ecological benefits but the aquifer systems that sustain the resource need to
be adequately understood and responsibly managed. We require new technologies,
and management policies that include effective strategies for water quality protection.
Meeting these challenges requires a serious commitment of funds by governments
and aid agencies.
The goal
of the international conference "IGC-2006" is to provide a platform
bring together earth scientists, professionals from chemical and engineering
science disciplines, public health professionals and social scientists involved
with the sustainable development of groundwater resources. on . It
Technical Sessions (TS)
TS-1 Sustainable water
resources assessment
u The role of remote sensing techniques
and Geographic Information System (GIS) in groundwater resource assessment.
u Recent advances in geological/geophysical/
geochemical/geotechnical methods in terms of methodology and interpretation
techniques for exploration, exploitation of groundwater resources and
assessment of groundwater contamination.
u New techniques on monitoring levels of
groundwater and contamination, watershed development, parameterization,
assessment and management of groundwater resources in hard rock aquifer system.
u Geo-statistical techniques in
estimation of hydrological variables in space and time.
u Application of Information and
Communication Tools (ICT) for assessment and development of groundwater
resources.
TS-2 Recharge process and artificial recharge
u Recharge process in arid and semi-arid
regions.
u Application of isotope techniques in
hydrogeological studies.
u Groundwater dating.
u Artificial recharge methods, including
Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) for augmentation of groundwater resources to
improve its quantity and quality and impact assessment of artificial recharge
on environmental system and management of aquifer recharge.
u Impact of wasteland development on the
hydrological cycle due to dwindling of surface water in the lower reach as well
on the sustainability of the already existing groundwater structures.
TS-3 Water and environment
u Environmental problems in coastal
watersheds (surface and groundwater and contamination interaction) due to human
activities.
u The impact of human activities, climate
changes and urbanizations on groundwater system.
u Soil water chemistry and its role in
understanding groundwater contamination.
u Assessment of groundwater contamination
and mapping of aquifer vulnerability in porous and hard rock aquifer system and
remedial measures in controlling contaminant migration in soils and groundwater
system.
u Natural disasters (tsunami etc.) and
their impact on groundwater quality.
TS-4 Modeling and its application in soft and hard rock aquifer systems
u Characterization of fracture geometry
and its properties for understanding the flow mechanism in hard rocks with
special reference to multi-scale level parameters (local scale to extended
scale through up-scaling procedure) approach.
u Lake and aquifer interaction studies
and conjunctive use of surface and groundwater for sustainable development of
aquifer systems.
u Groundwater Flow and Mass Transport
modeling for the assessment and management of groundwater resources and
contamination in porous and fractured medium.
u Issues related to model calibration and
validation when models are used as decision-making tools.
u The role of models, modelers and
managers in decisions making processes.
TS-5 Arsenic and fluorine in groundwater
u Occurrences of arsenic and fluoride in sedimentary and hard-rock
aquifersof Latin America.
u Biogeochemistry of Arsenic and fluoride in soil and
groundwater.
u Arsenic and fluoride in the food chain.
u Environmental health effects and risk assessment.
u Assessment of social and economic impacts.
u Remediation
and management of ArsenicAs- and F-rich groundwaters.
TS-6 Management aspects of groundwater
u The impact of inter-basin water
transfer and interlinking rivers on groundwater regime with special reference
to ecology and environment.
u Management of groundwater resources
through scientific and community participation approach with special reference
to over exploited regions in developing countries.
u Gender issues in management and use of
groundwater resources.
u The role of non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and social scientists in creating awareness among user
community on the sustainable development and management of groundwater
resources.
Venue
of IGC-2006
New Delhi is the
capital of India since1942 but old Delhi has got a very long history dates back
to the first millennium BC, when it was known as Indraprastha. Domes and Forts
at Delhi reveals the glorious period of Mughal Empire during 1500 to 1700 BC.
New Delhi is the epicenter of the nation's politics, economy and culture.
History is alive and throbbing in Delhi, the capital of India. It is often said
that the history of India is the history of Delhi. New Delhi, the capital of
India, has always occupied a strategic position in the country's history, as
Hindu and Islamic dynasties have ruled from here, leaving their imprint in the
form of relics, which recapture those by gone times. Delhi is one of the
fastest growing cities of India. Delhi, besides being the seat of the Central
Government, has an economy supported by agriculture, tourism, commerce and a
growing industry. With the fast development of infrastructural facilities in
India, the chosen venue at the Indian International Center, located in the
heart of Delhi offers us an ideal location to host the International
Groundwater Conference (IGC-2006). New Delhi is well connected through air with
all capitals of the countries.
The JNU campus
is a microcosm of the Indian nation with international outlook, drawing students
from every nook and corner of the country and from every group and stratum of
society and from more than twenty countries all over the world. Overseas
students form some 10 percent of the annual intake. Students' hostels and
blocks of faculty residences are interspersed with one another, underlining the
vision of a large Indian family. The School of Environmental Sciences was
established in the year 1974. The academic program of the School has been
periodically reviewed, revised and updated, keeping in mind the need for
sharper focusing, the available expertise at any given time, and the changes
desired in curriculum of individual courses or specific program. The school
runs M.Sc program and M.Phil/Ph.D program and it was the first in the entire
country which starts Environmental sciences as curriculum in the country. JNU
is the right place to organize an international event covering groundwater and
environment as the main theme of the conference. During the past two years,
there has been a substantial strengthening of the ties between various academic
institutions in India and Sweden and this conference is an effort to strengthen
and to expand the scope for future cooperation in the sector of water resources
and in particular the groundwater resources.
Organisers, National and International Advisory Committee
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Conference
Chairs (IGC-2006) Dr. AL.
Ramanathan, School of Environmental Sciences,
JNU,New Delhi-110067, India Tel: +91 (0)
11-26704314 or 26704316; Fax: +91 (0) 11-26106501 E-mail: alr_jnu@yahoo.co.in Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya,
KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research
Group, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Ph: +46 8 790 7399; Fax: +46 8 411 0775 E-mail: prosun@kth.se
Dr. M.
Thangarajan, NGRI, Hyderabad-500007, India Tel: +91-040-23434698 (O) or +91-040-27175156 (H) E-mail: mthangarajan@hotmail.com or mthangarajan@eth.net Conference
Co-Chairs (IGC-2006) Prof. D. Chandrasekharam, Department of
Earth Sciences, Centre of studies in Resources Engineering and Department of
Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai-400076 E-mail: dchandra@geos.iitb.ac.in Dr. A.K.
Keshari, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology-Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India E-mail: akeshari@civil.iitd.ernet.in
or akeshari@hotmail.com Prof. Dr. Jochen Bundschuh, International Technical
Co-operation Programme CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany – Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad ICE, San José, Costa Rica; Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Santiago del
Estero, Argentina. E-mail: jochenbundschuh@yahoo.com
National Advisory Committee
Dr. K. D. Sharma, Director, NIH,
Roorkee Prof. V. Subramanian, School of
Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi Prof. SK. Singh, Delhi College of
Engineering, Delhi Prof. Mohan Kumar, Department of
Civil Engineering, IISC, Bangalore Prof. A. K.Rastogi, Department of Civil
Engineering, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai Prof. D.C.Singhal, Department of
Hydrology, IIT, Roorkee Dr. Chandan Mahanta, Department
of Civil Engineering, IIT-Guwahati Dr. Suresh Babu, CESS, Trivandrum Dr. Bhoop Singh, Director, NRDMS,
DST Prof. R. Ramesh, IOM, Anna
University, Chennai Prof. Elango, Department of
Earth Sciences, Anna University, Chennai Prof. P.S. Datta, NRL, IARI, PUSA,
New Delhi Prof. Anbazlagan, IIT-Roorkee,
Roorkee Dr. E.J. James, Director, Center for Water
Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode Prof. Bipin Datta, IIT-Kanpur, Kanpur Prof. S.C. Limaye, AGID, Pune Chairman, CGWB, New Delhi Prof. A. Balasubramaniam, Department of
Geology, Mysore University, Mysore Dr. M. Prithiviraj, Director, ESS
Group, DST, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi Dr. Indrani Chandrasekaran, Director, MEF,
CGO Complex, New Delhi Mrs. Gayatri Sharma, Deputy Secretary,
RGNDWM, CGO Complex, New Delhi Dr. S. N. Rai, Scientist-F &
Vice President (IAH, Asia Region), NGRI, Hyderabad
International Advisory Committee
Prof. Gh. de Marsily, Paris School of Mines
& Univ. of Paris (Retd.), France Prof. Mary C Hill, USGS, Colorado, USA Dr. Peter Dillon, CSIRO, Adelaide, South
Australia Dr. Ian Gale, British Geological
Survey, Wallingford, UK Dr Ghosh Bobba, National Water Research
Institute, Burlington, Canada Dr Mohsen M. Sherif, Dept.of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, UAE Dr. M.H. Koo, Kongju University, Korea Prof Yong-Nam Yoon, Korea University, Korea Prof Adina Paytan, Stanford University, USA Prof. K. Matin Ahmed, University of Dhaka,
Bangladesh Dr. Dilip Datta, Khulna University, Bangladesh Dr. Rajender Saxena, Uppsala University, Sweden Dr. Lars Christer, Uppsala University,
Sweden Prof. Gunnar Jacks, Department of Land and
Water Resources Engineering, KTH, Sweden Dr. William Burgess, UCL, London, UK Prof. V. Cvetkovic, Department of Land and
Water Resources Engineering, KTH, Sweden Dr. Alan H. Welch, USGS, USA Prof Martin Haigh, Brookes
Oxford University, UK Prof. Halushina Prasad, Kenyatta University, Kenya Prof. Viqar Husain, Karachi University, Pakistan Dr. Dharma Gunawardena, Peridanya University, Sri Lanka Dr. Nandita Singh, Department of Land and
Water Resources Engineering, KTH, Sweden Dr. J. Probst, Touluse, France Dr. Dan Alongi, AIMS, Townsville,
Australia Dr. L Trott, AIMS, Townsville,
Australia Prof. Ravi Naidu, University of South
Australia, Adelaide, Australia Dr. Deoraj Caussy WHO, India Dr. Ross Nickson, UNICEF, Lucknow, India Prof. Maria Aurora Armienta, Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico Dr. Ondra Sracek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Prof. Gunnel Dalhammar, Department of Biotechnology, KTH, Sweden Prof. Roger Thunvik, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, KTH, Sweden Prof. Jörg Matchullat, University of Freiburg, Germany |
Conference Registration and Call for Abstracts
Please register using the registration form and send it by fax (+91 11 26106501 or +46 8 411 0775) or e-mail to the congress organisers (see below).
Dr. AL.
Ramanathan, School of Environmental Sciences,
JNU,New Delhi-110067, India
Ph: +91 (0)
11-26704314 or 26704316; Fax:: +91 (0) 11-26106501; E-mail: alr_jnu@yahoo.co.in,
Dr. A.K.
Keshari, Department
of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, Hauz Khas, New
Delhi 110 016, India;
E-mail: akeshari@civil.iitd.ernet.in or akeshari@hotmail.com
Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya, KTH-International
Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
Stockholm, Sweden
Ph:
+46 8 790 7399; Fax: +46 8 411 077; E-mail: prosun@kth.sePhilippe Bigot (Nicaragua), UNICEF, Managua; E-mail:
pbarragnebigot@unicef.org
Jochen Bundschuh
(Germany): International Technical
Co-operation Programme CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany – Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad ICE, San José, Costa Rica; E-mail: jochenbundschuh@yahoo.com
Maria Aurora Armienta, Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico;
E-mail:
victoria@geofisica.unam.mx
Prof. Jochen
Bundschuh, International Technical
Co-operation Programme CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany – Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad ICE, San José, Costa Rica; Universidad
Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
E-mail: jochenbundschuh@yahoo.comProsun Bhattacharya (Sweden)
Co-ordinator: KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Royal
Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, E-mail: prosun@kth.se
Philippe Bigot, UNICEF,
Managua E-mail: pbarragnebigot@unicef.org
Abstract Submission
All abstracts (not exceeding 500 words must be submitted electronically (by e-mail) to Dr. AL Ramanathan (alr_jnu@yahoo.co.in or alr0400@mail.jnu.ac.in), Organizing Secretary, Conference Secretariat (IGC-2006), School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi-110067 and Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya (prosun@kth.se), KTH-Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Teknikringen 76, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden) on or before 17th June, 2005. Acceptance will be communicated by September 15, 2005.
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Full registration fee (400 USD)
includes one free copy of the hard bound book “Groundwater for Sustainable
Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges” published by AA Balkema
(Taylor & Francis Group), Additional copies of the book may be available at
a reduced rate.
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entitles one free copy of the hard bound book “Groundwater for Sustainable
Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges” published
by AA Balkema (Taylor & Francis Group), which will contains the full
peer-reviewed papers of the Conference. Additional copies of the book may be
available at a reduced rate. This publication will be a post-conference volume.
The information will be sent to the respective corresponding authors after the
peer-reviews of the manuscripts.
Publication of Proceedings
The full papers from the Conference will be published as a Book “Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges” published by AA Balkema (Taylor and Francis Group). All the contributors are encouraged to submit full papers in a special format prescribed by AA Balkema Publishers (Taylor & Francis Group), which will be communicated after the review of the abstracts.
The book will reflect the state of art of current
understanding of the problems, perspectives and challenges related to
groundwater resources and its sustainable use.
IMPORTANT
Contributors, who may not be able to
participate in the IGC-2006 Congress personally, are also strongly encouraged
to submit their abstracts. After approval, these colleagues will be invited to
submit their full paper for publication. A deadline for the latest submission
will be notified through information at this website.
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