Workshop Schedule

Key information

Time	Presentation
9:30-10:00am	Registration
10:00-10:30am	Welcome address and introduction Ranbir Singh & Srikrishna Deva Rao
10:30-11:00am	Keynote address: Groundwater - need for a paradigm shift Chair: Srikrishna Deva Rao Mihir Shah
11:00-11:15am	Tea/coffee
11:15-12:45pm	Groundwater management in a changing climate AK Gosain: Climate Change Impact on Surface Water and Groundwater Resources of India MS Rathore: Rajasthan: Groundwater Management in an Arid State and Climate Change V Paul Raja Rao: Participatory Ground Water Management and Climate Change V Paul Raja Rao: Reversing Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty through Adaptation to Climate Change
12:45-1:45pm	Lunch
1:45-2:45 PM	Groundwater management and the environment: case studies Venkata Rama Mohan Ramachandrula: Integrated and Community-driven Approach to Groundwater Management Maheshwar Singh: Privatization & Right to Water for Urban Poor in Delhi: Preliminary Notes From the Field
2:45-3:00pm	Tea/Coffee
3:00-4:30pm	Groundwater regulation: beyond concerns with land rights? MS Vani: Some Inevitables for Successful Groundwater Conservation and Management Philippe Cullet: From Landowners’ Unrestricted Claims to Groundwater to the Planning Commission’s Model Bill, 2011 Sujith Koonan: Groundwater Law and Water Extracting Industries: the Plachimada Case and its Implications
4:30-4:50pm	Lessons Learnt Ramaswamy R Iyer
4:50-5:00pm	Closing remarks Philippe Cullet