Preface
Water is a vital natural resource essential for life and a precious national asset. It is a scarce resource which has to be planned, developed, conserved and managed on an integrated and environmentally sound basis; keeping in view the socio-economic aspects and needs of mankind. It is one of the most challenging tasks to ensure adequate water and food to our present and future generations. The availability of water in our country is highly variable both in space and time. Climate change, failure of monsoons, population explosion, urbanization, rising demands and anthropogenic factors lead to significant water stress. Agriculture is the mainstay of Indian economy and an assured irrigation water supply is of utmost importance for food security. Hence water resources are to be managed judiciously to guarantee adequate supplies of dependable quantity and quality, which is of major concern today.
About the Conference
The national conference attempts to provide a platform for communication among researchers, field engineers, academicians and students from far and near to disseminate scientific awareness with reference to efficient strategies in water resources engineering and management with concern about the environment.
Date and Venue
The conference will be held during March 22-23, 2012 at the Department of Civil Engineering, Annamalai University.
Thrust Areas
The conference invites original research papers on the following areas and related topics.
- Surface water hydrology
- Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater
- Assessment of Water resources
- Modeling of water resource systems
- Management of hydrological extremes
- Urban hydrology
- Application of advanced techniques & tools in hydrology & environment
- Impact of Climate change on Water resources
- Agricultural Water management & Irrigation practices
- Environmental Impact Assessment of Water resource projects
- Watershed Management
- Soft computing in Water resources & Environment
- Application of Remote sensing & GIS
Paper Submission
Submissions must be of original contributions and should not have been presented or published anywhere. Authors of the accepted paper must guarantee that at least one of the authors will attend the conference and present the paper. Full paper must be submitted in IEEE double column format (2 hard copies and 1 soft copy as email attachment) and must not exceed 6 pages. The papers of the registered candidates only will be published in the conference proceedings.
Key Dates
| Submission of abstract |
13-02-2012 |
Notification of acceptance |
17-02-2012 |
Submission of full paper |
27-02-2012 |
Camera ready paper along with registration fee |
05-03-2012 |
| Registration fee |
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| Delegates from Industry |
Rs.2000/- |
| Academicians |
Rs. 1000/- |
| Research Scholars & PG Students |
Rs. 750/- |
On receipt of the acceptance letter, duly filled-in registration form may be sent to the conference directors on or before 05-03-2012 with a crossed demand draft for the full amount in favor of “The Registrar, Annamalai University” payable at Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. DD must be sent along with the camera ready paper.
Address for Communication:
Dr S. Poongothai
Director GloWaRE – 2012
Department of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002
TamilNadu, India
Phone: 04144 – 239731(O)
Fax: 04144 – 239731(O)
Mobile:+91–94430 88462
E-mail : augloware12@gmail.com |
