One day workshop on
Climate Change:
Science, Engineering and Economics of Water Resources Management
Roorkee, 15 April 2012
Jointly Organised by
The Institution of Engineers (India), Roorkee Local Centre
IIT Roorkee Campus, Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
and
Liberty Institute, New Delhi
in partnership with
Friedrich Naumann - Stiftung fur die Freiheit
Supported by
Ministry of Earth Sciences, India, and
Natural Environment Research Council, UK
This conference on climate change is a part of a series of similar events being organised by Liberty Institute. The concept note with some background information is available here.
Venue: The Institution of Engineers (India), Roorkee Local Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Campus
Date: 15 April 2012
Time: 9 am to 5.30 pm
WorkshopProgram
09:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10.40 Inauguration
10:40-11:00 InauguralTea
11:00-13:00 Session 1: Hydrological stress: Adaptive capacities of agriculture
| Time | Theme | Speaker |
| 11:00-11:40 | Impact of Climate Change on Hydrologic Extremes in India | R.D. Singh |
| 11:40-12:20 | Adaptation in Indian Agriculture: Escaping the drought trap | B. Mitra |
| 12:20-13:00 | Mitigating Climate change impacts on Indian agriculture through improved irrigation water management: An overview of NERC-MoES CWC Project | CSP Ojha |
Er. R.D. Singh, Director, National Institute ofHydrology, Roorkee
Barun Mitra, Director, Liberty Institute, New Delhi
CSP Ojha, Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT Roorkee
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 2: Assessing Water Resources
| Time | Theme | Speaker |
| 14:00-14:30 | Impact of Climate Change on Hydropower Generation | S.K. Jain |
| 14:30-15:00 | Enhanced heuristic reservoir rule curves and climate change impacts | A.J. Adeloye |
| 15:00-15:30 | Impact of climate change on glaciers and water resources | M. Arora |
Dr S.K. Jain, Chair Professor, Dept. of Water Resources Dev. &
Management, IIT Roorkee
Dr A.J. Adeloye, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dr. Manohar Arora, Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
15:30-15:45 Tea
15:45-16:45 Session 3: Governance and Public Policy Issues
| Time | Theme | Speaker |
| 15:45-16:10 | From climate impacts assessment to adaptive management of water resources | Ian Holman |
| 16:10-16:35 | Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments : Climate Change | A.K. Nema |
| 16:35-17:00 | Form of Governance: Management of Groundwater Resources in India – An Interstate Analysis: 1980-2000 | Hariprasad C.G. |
Dr Ian Holman, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Dr. A.K. Nema, Dept. of Civil Engg., IIT Delhi
Hariprasad C.G., School of International Studies, JawaharlalNehru University, New Delhi
17:00-17:20 Valedictory Session
Panel Discussion /Recommendations
17:20-17:30 Tea
Coordinator:
Bhola R. Gurjar, PhD
Assoc. Professor, Environmental Engg. Group
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee # 247 667, INDIA
Tel: (+91 1332) 285881, (+91) 9927141416
Email: brgurjar@gmail.com, bholafce@iitr.ernet.in
Partner organisations
Liberty Institute
4/8 Sahyadri, Plot 5, Sector 12
Dwarka, New Delhi-110078. India
Tel: +91-11-28031309
Email: info@libertyinstitute.org.in
Websites: www.InDefenceofLiberty.org| www.EmpoweringIndia.org | www.ChallengingClimate.org
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
Regional Office, South Asia
USO House, 6 Special Institutional Area
New Delhi-110067. India
Websites: www.freiheit.org| www.southasia.fnst.org