Manav Rachna’s Centre for Advanced Water Technology & Management bestowed with the prestigious ‘Aqua Excellence Award’
The Centre for Advanced Water Technology & Management at Manav Rachna International University (MRIU) has been bestowed with the prestigious ‘Aqua Excellence Award 2017’under the category of ‘Excellence in Resource Management – Institutional Sector’. The award was presented by the renowned environment activist Dr Vandana Shiva at the XI World Aqua Congress 2017 being organised at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on the theme ‘’Water and Environment Solutions: Cutting Across Borders”.
The Centre for Advanced Water Technology & Management (CAWTM) at MRIU was awarded for its exemplary work in the revival of the Badhkal Lake in Faridabad and for its commitment to promote awareness, and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life on earth. The award was received by Dr. D K Chadha, Chair Professor & Chairman, CAWTM & Former Chairman, CGWA; Dr. Sarita Sachdeva, Dean Research, MRIU; Dr. Mukherjee, Director and the team of CAWTM.
The two-day World Aqua Congress (November 9-10, 2017) was attended by eminent dignitaries and activists. The inaugural session was presided over by Dr. D K Chadha who also gave an overview of the work done by the CAWTM, MRIU. Dr. Anju Gaur, World Bank; Dr. Partha Sarathi Datta, Former Director, NRL-IIAR; Dr. A B Pandya, Ex-Chairman, CWC, GoI; and Dr. Sanjay Rana, Chairman, Aqua Foundation were also present on the panel.
The students and faculty at Manav Rachna also presented two technical papers at the Aqua Congress which were highly appreciated for their in-depth analysis. These included a paper on: ‘Cause and mitigation measures of flood disasters in upper Yamuna river basin with special reference to NCR region’ by Swati Jain and Dr. Sarita Sachdeva. The second paper was on: ‘Overlooking the role of Energy in Water Management’ by Swati Saigal and Dr D K Chadha.
