An Initiative for
BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT & Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources
Management
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Project Agastya is an initiative by The 25/Bangalore Foundation, with support from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) - International Center for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT) for better, more efficient and Sustainable Water Resources Management in Bangalore.
This programme is the one of its kind in India, and is incubated by UNIDO-ICAMT. This Programme was launched through a Workshop on “Environmental Concerns & Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources Management in Bangalore City” at ICAMT, CMTI Campus, Bangalore on Thursday, 20th June 2002.
Conceived
as a Public-Private partnership with Government support, co-operation &
Participation,
Project Agastya includes all the stakeholders in Water
Management & usage in Bangalore, as well as representatives of the
UNIDO-ICAMT, the 25/Bangalore Foundation, Government Departments
& agencies, Research & Educational institutions,
bilateral/multilateral agencies & other like-minded NGOs.
Project
Agastya
has the support & participation of the 25/Bangalore Foundation
& UNIDO-ICAMT in its activities. During the Inauguration of the Forum,
a detailed Plan of Action was presented, which is a result-oriented
time-bound activity chart. It clearly defines what the 25/Bangalore
Foundation & Project Agastya would do for the first
6 months, and also some broad guidelines for its activities. The rest of
the PoA would be drawn-out by the Forum during its first few meetings. It
is presumed that it would take at least 3 to 5 years to achieve all the
objectives.
Mr. S Vasantha Kumar, Advisor, UNIDO-ICAMT, is the Chairman of Project Agastya, while Mr. Rajeev Kumar, General Secretary, the 25/Bangalore Foundation, is appointed Chief Executive Officer.
See full list of Office-bearers & Senior Executives
Several
Government Departments/Agencies, Other NGOs & Associations has offered
their support & co-operation to Project Agastya &
its programmes. Some of them are :The Departments of Ecology &
Environment, Watershed Development, Mines & Geology and Urban
Development.
The
following Organizations also declared their involvement, support &
co-operation :
Central Water Commission (CWC), Bangalore Mahanagara Pallike (BMP), Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), The Indo French Cell for Water Sciences (IFCWS), The Embassy of France India, The British Council & The British Library, KRVP, the Confederation of Indian Industries, the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FKCCI), Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Alliance to Save Energy (USA), Suez Corp. (France) and the Rainwater Club.
