'Nepal Water Conservation Foundation' and 'SaciWaters' (Hyderabad, India) jointly had recently organized a Ph.d Network meeting. The aim of the meeting was to help build network of the Ph.D. students conducting their research in water related fields in South Asia.

Network Objectives : The following were identified as the possible objectives of the Network :

1. Learn from each other/networking
2. Support related/ literatures
3. Improved methodology of research
4. Promote Multidisciplinary approach to water resource     management
5. Concrete suggestion for pH D.
6. Water policies/environment/gender issues

Ph.D Network Students :

Name Study Title /Area of Study
Achiransu Acharyya
"An Analysis of Demand for Water quality in Arsenic prone areas of West Bengal" -- West Bengal, India
Arun De Souza
"Management of Water Resources: A Sociological Study in Maharashtra" -- Maharashtra(Ahmadnagar District)
Bala Raju Nikku New!!
"Politics, Policy and Institutional Interventions: A case study of Andhra Pradesh irrigation reforms, South India"
Baral Billi Ram
"Micro-nutrients, interacting with other standard agrotechiques including water management in papaya"
Mid - region(Terai) of Nepal
Champa Madumathi
"Low cost auto irrigation system for home gardens intensification to minimize the agro-climatic risk"
Matara District, Southren Province, Sri Lanka
Dirk.R.Frans
"Key Institutional Elements that enhance or obstruct sustainable water resources management" -- Andhra Pradesh, Bangladesh, Nepal
Juerg Merz
"Water Balances, Floods and Sediment Transport in the 'HKH-Data analyses modelling and comparison of selected mass scale watersheds" -- Nepal, Yunnan/china, (NWFP/Paksitan)
Mahendra Nayak
"Water Management in Orissa " -- Western region of Orissa(Balangir District)
Mallanath Mukherjee
"Flood - A Spatio Temporal analysis since Independence" -- Lower Ajoy Basin, West Bengal, India
MD.Mohiuddin
"Environmental Pollution in Bangladesh a case study of Arsenicosis around Rajshahi" -- Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nurannahar Mili
"Waterscape & Environment" -- Jessore, Bangladesh
Pradeep P.Lodha
"Integrated watershed Management" -- Dharoi Project, Gandhinagar, Gujrat
Ramana Charyulu.A.V
"Impact of Globalisation on Rural Enterprises in India" -- India with Comparative analysis of few select Globalized Countries(Incl. South Asian Countries)
Shiddi Ganesh Shrestha
"Analysis of Farm Livelihood System for the Development of Performances of FMIS in Nepal" -- Terai of Nepal
Srinivas Sajja
"Democratic Decentralisation and Participatory Natural Resources Management"Amangal Mandal, Mahabubnagar District of Andhra Pradesh.
Sumithra Kum
"Competition and Conflicts in Land Resource Management in the Mid-Country of Sri Lanka" -- Mid Country of Sri Lanka
Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra
"Post operation and ongoing performance: an assessment of Hirakud dam project, orissa" --Hirakud Dam over Mahanandi river basinof western orissa, India
Muhammed Zubair Khan  

 

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