National Conference on

Ecological Challenges of the Ganga, River Development and Water Resource Management

MALAVIYA RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GANGA, RIVER

DEVELOPMENT & WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi-221005

November 25 -26, 2015

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Ecological Challenges of the Ganga, Rivers Development & Water Resource Management

REGISTRATION FORM

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

ABOUT THE CENTRE

Patron: Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor Banaras Hindu University

Convener : Malaviya Research Centre for

Ganga, River Development & Water Resource Management, BHU

Members:

Deptt. of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, BHU

Deptt of Mycology & Plant Pathology Inst. Ag. Sci., BHU

School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT, BHU

Organizing Secretary:

Joint Registrar (Dev.), BHU

Since dawn of the human history on earth, vital role of the rivers and water resources for survival of the life have been realised. Founder of the Banaras Hindu University, Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Ji had deep regards for the rivers, specially "Mother Ganga" and its uninterrupted flow was maintained through an agreement between British Government and Hindu leaders in 1916.

stEstablishment (ECR No. 269 dt. 21 April 2015) of the

multidisciplinary

to produce water

resource managers & river development experts to cater

national and international needs of water resource

management and rejuvenation of river Ganga is on line

of the vision of Mahamana Malaviya Ji.

Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi

Prof. B.D. Tripathi

Prof. A.K. Joshi

Prof. Ramesh Chand

Dr. Pradeep Srivastava

Shri Sanjay Kumar

“Malaviya Research Centre for

Ganga, River Development & Water Resource

Management (MRCGRDWRM)”

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CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE

National Conference on Ecological Challenges of the

Ganga, River Development and Water Resource

Management aims to provide a platform to Scientist,

Engineers, Socio-Economic-Religious Experts,

Academics, Researchers, NGOs, Law Experts and

Politicians interested in river development and water

resources management to exchange their experiences

related to water crisis, water resource management and

sustainable use of rivers. It also provides a multi- and

inter- disciplinary forum for policy makers, researchers,

practitioners and educators to present and discuss the

most recent innovations, trends and concerns, practical

challenges and solutions to adopt holistic ecological

approach for sustainable water resource management in

India.

?Issues and Challenges of the Ganga Rejuvenation

?Socio-Economic, Religious and Political significance of the rivers

?River dynamics and Challenges of water quality assessment, data synthesis, dissemination and modeling

?Challenges of climate change, hydrological cycle, distribution pattern, rain water harvesting and ground water recharging

?Impacts of water pollution on Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious structures and Agro-Ecosystem

?Environmental Legislation and its implications

?Technology options for the recycling, reuse and wastewater treatment

?Ancient Indian river conservation practices and their significance in modern India

?Water governance, sustainable water planning, management options and effective implementation

THEME OF THE CONFERENCE

ABOUT THE VENUE

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is located in

the city of Varanasi which is also famous as Kashi or

Benaras or oldest living city of the world. It ranks

among the first few in the country in the field of

academic and research. This university has two

campuses i.e. Main Campus and Rajiv Gandhi South

Campus, 4 institutes, 16 faculties, 140 departments, 6

advanced centres and 4 interdisciplinary schools. The

University is making its mark at the national and

international levels in a number of frontier areas of

Science, River Science, Social Science, Technology,

Medicine, Agriculture, Yoga etc. The University

ensures the development of a collaborative

environment conducive to learning, exposure to the

best international practices and promotion of

innovation and creativity. BHU today has nearly

thirty thousand students including 3000 research

scholars and 683 foreign students from 36 nations,

under one roof who are pursuing different academic

programmes. These are some of the brightest young

minds in the country and abroad, who have joined this

University after clearing a rigorous All India Entrance

Test. We realize that the rapid pace of development in

the country has raised the awareness as well as

expectations of the people. Institutions of higher

learning are instrumental in providing equality of

opportunities, which is the essence of participatory

democracy. The Campus of the BHU is heading well

as per your vision for education to generate new breed

of human resource who would be job creators and not

job seekers.

CALL FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

High quality original and unpublished research papers

related to the theme of the conference are invited.

Timely submission of the abstracts (300 words) & full-

length papers, materials related to poster presentation

(size : 24 x 36 inch) shall be highly appreciated.

Overall Font: MS-Word, Times New Roman,

Title: 12 point, all caps, bold, centralize, single spacing.

Figure, Tables & References should be properly placed.

Author: 12 point, Italics, bold, centralize; underline

presenting author.

Affiliation (Address) with E-mail ID: 10 point.

Please address all your queries/submission of paper to the Convener:

Convener, ECGRDWRM,

Banaras Hindu University,

Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Phone No.: 0542-2369139

Mobile No.: +91-9415225011

E-mail: riverdevelopmentbhu@gmail.com

Important Dates:

thLast date of abstract submission 25 Oct. 2015stNotification of acceptance 31 Oct. 2015

thSubmission of full paper 5 Nov. 2015

thOnline registration 6 Nov. 2015

Registration Fee (per head) :

UG & PG Students Rs. 1000/-Ph.D. & Research Scholar Rs. 1500/-Faculty Member Rs. 2000/-Govt., Industrial Officials, NGOs Rs. 2500/-

INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS

Malaviya Research Centre for Ganga, River Development &

Water Resource Management,

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