Water Resource Management
Date: 21 July 2021 /// Time: 14:00 - 17:00 IST

Overview

Theme: Digitalization of the Water Industry – boosting efficiencies

Water is the most critical resource and India is facing one of its major and most serious water crisis. India is the second most populous country in the world, with more than 1 billion citizens, millions are navigating the COVID-19 pandemic with the added challenge of living without access to safe water. The scale of need in India is immense, making India the concentrated centre of the global water and sanitation crisis. These factors, combined with the current political push to end this crisis, and has created unprecedented urgency to implement effective solutions to increase access to safe water and sanitation.

Looking at the current situation, there is a need for a paradigm shift. We urgently require a transition from this 'supply-and-supply-more water' provision to measures which lead towards improving water use efficiency, reducing leakages, recharging/restoring local waterbodies as well as applying for higher tariffs and ownership by various stakeholders. A recovery-based closed loop system is the need of the hour.

The virtual summit will focus on India’s mission to lead the change in building a smart and resilient water ecosystem essentially needs understanding and discussion around the critical challenges and how digitalisation of water can lead the way, more so given the implications of the pandemic.

Who should attend?

Ministries of Urban and Rural Development
Ministry of Water Resources
Ministry of Agriculture
National Agricultural Agencies
Regional Water Resources Organizations
Research Organizations and Academia
Industrial Players
Scientists
Policy Makers
Data Providers
Consultants
Construction agencies
National Water Agencies
Municipalities
Utility Management Agencies

Agenda

Time	Session
1400 – 1405 hrs	Opening by Geospatial World
1405 – 1420 hrs	Step towards Water Conservation Policy Guest Address G. Asok Kumar Mission Director, National Water Mission
1420 – 1510 hrs	Session: Waste Water Management and Sanitation Intelligence Suitability Analysis Geospatial Data for Sewer Network Monitoring Tools Water Sanitation and Hygiene Keynote and Chair D.P Mathuria Executive Director (Technical), National Mission for Clean Ganga Speakers Dr. V.K Chaurasia Joint Advisor, Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization Rahul Priyadarshi Executive Engineer, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board
1510 – 1515 hrs	Break
1515 – 1615 hrs	Session: Digitalization of Water Infrastructure Tracing Non-Revenue Water Loss Consumption Volume and Pattern Leak Detection Modernized Billing SCADA Smart Metering Moderator R.K Jain Chief Engineer, National Water Development Authority Industry Keynote Chandra Mohan Singh Adhikari Senior Manager, ESRI Speakers MS Rathore Joint Director, National Water Informatics Centre Dr. Abdul Hakeem K Engineer 'G' & Head, Water Resources Informatics Division, National Remote Sensing Centre Jyoti Gade Deputy Executive Engineer, Mission Bhagiratha, Govt. of Telangana
1615 – 1655 hrs	Panel: India Water Scarcity: Challenges & Solutions Integrated Information Systems Decision Support Systems Water Resources Systems Water infrastructure using emerging techs MODERATOR Sudhakar Reddy Senior Assistant Editor, Times of India PANELISTS Dr. K.J Ramesh Former Director General, India Meteorological Department Peeyush Gupta Real-time Specialist, National Mission for Clean Ganga G Prasad Rao Scientist – SF, Andhra Pradesh Space Application Centre S.K Jain Scientist G, National Institute of Hydrology Prof. Vimal Mishra Associate Professor, IIT Gandhinagar
1655 – 1700 hrs	Closing