People’s Science Institute is organizing its ninth 15 days training workshop on participatory groundwater management under Arghyam’s sponsorship from June 9-23, 2015 in Dehra Doon. The workshop is open to representatives from voluntary or government organizations and researchers engaged in watershed development, livelihoods, drinking water programmes or hydrogeological studies from the Himalayan states. 

Aim of the training workshop:

The aim of this training workshop is to train local development workers and community based activists/organizations in the concept of PGWM with an objective to create a pool of trained persons working on groundwater resources in the Himalayan region. The training course design is crafted for better understanding of fundamental concepts of hydrogeology of the Himalayan region which is essential for groundwater management and has also been mentioned  in the ‘Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects’ bythe IWMP steering committee and the planning commission.

Learning objectives: 

At the end of the training, participants will:

• Understand the fundamental concepts of groundwater management
• Understand hydrogeology of the Himalayan and other regions
• Carry out geological and hydrogeological mapping
• Design springshed development plans
• Community involvement and monitoring of groundwater quality

The curriculum includes theoretical sessions, practicals and field work on hydrogeology and water quality. http://youtu.be/6RDUiXhhLYA.

For further details download the announcement document, covering letter and registration form in both english and hindi from below. 

For your information: People's Science Institute is organizing an advocacy workshop on PGWM on 23rd & 24th April in Guwahati, Assam. For more details, please click here.