Events

We are delighted to invite you to a live Webinar and a launch of the website(www.wpc.org.in) of The Water Policy Center The webinar will be held on 20 May 2020 from 04.00 pm to 5.30 pm. IST The coronavirus pandemic has shown that universal access to water is critical to public health, sustainable development and economic growth. Lack of access to clean and safe water is providing to be a major challenge in India’s fight against the coronavirus. We believe that the emerging water crisis is not a cause of short rainfall, rather a result of the lack of water management. Therefore, effective management of water resources and constructive policy solutions are the need apart Kindly, confirm your participation by reverting to Contact: Mr Rao Bawaskar at Mobile No. 09892442843

The plenary will discuss the impact of deadly coronavirus and its impact on the environment. It stresses on what lessons have we learn from the pandemic to deal with the future

VGF-Water Policy Center organised a seminar on 25th May 2018 in collaboration with Mumbai School of Thoughts, Dept. of Political Science, Mumbai University, and NES Ratnam College, Mumbai. The seminar facilitated the exchange of knowledge, ideas for future collaboration between participants from South Africa and India. A delegation of Twenty CEOs and top executives from the transport industry of South Africa participated along with local 50 participants in the seminar.Mr.PravinDarade, IAS, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan RegionDevelopment Authority delivered the Key Note Address.Dr. Vishal Thombare, Assistant Engineer with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, and Professor PushpaTrivedi, Head, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai were eminent speakers. Dr. Vishal made a wonderful presentation on Investment opportunities in Mumbai Coastal Road Project, and Professor Trivedihighlighted on the Environmental cost of developmental projects.

Even though South Asia is the greatest geopolitical hotspot, the geopolitical attentions and region of shared culture, South Asia countries have failed to integrate within the region and thus failed to push greater voice at the international level. The deepened intra-South Asian cooperation will provide SAARC countries greater role in shaping 21st-century world order.With this view, the VGF’s Water Policy Center and Mumbai School of Thoughts organised Meeting-cum-Interactive Sessionthat aims to bring experts and emerging scholars together from South Asian countries to strengthen and design constructive proposal to structural future cooperation among South Asian Countries. Over 20 delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka participated in the meeting.

Mr Bawaskar attended India Think Tank Forum organized by the University of Pennsylvania and ORF in New Delhi. The forum is an annual meeting of leaders and executives from top think tanks of India and abroad. Mr Bawaskar is attending the forum for three consequent years in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Indeed, it was nice to interact with the guests and participants on Cinema as a tool of cultural diplomacy at the workshop on "Indian and Chinese Cinema: A Cultural Kaleidoscope" that was jointly organized by Mumbai school of Thoughts, NES Ratnam College & Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) organized a workshop on 12th September 2018 held at ICSSR Conference Hall, University of Mumbai, Santacruz (E), Mumbai. Here are some glimpses of the workshop.

Mr.R G Bawaskar made a presentation in National Conference organised by Osmania University on Dr.Ambedkar and social justice on 28th and 29th November 2019 held in Hyderabad. Mr.Bawaskarhas spoken on Dr Ambedkar’s contribution to the water policy.

Mr R G Bawaskar was invited to make a presentation on BRICS research in International Think Tank Conference on BRICS organised by Huaqiao University, at Xiamen, China on 24-25th June 2017. The eminent professor from BRICS and other countries were among the attendees.

Our staff Mr.Bawaskar paid a visit to South Africa under the support by ICSSR visit abroad to grant to collect data for his doctoral research. During his visit interacted scholars and experts from the University of Witswarth, SAIIA both in Johannesburg and from University of Pretoria, UNISA, IGD, HSRC, NHRC and diplomats from Dept of International Relations in Pretoria.Experts he interacted in South Africa notably are, Prof. Gilbert Khadiagala, Prof. Sam Patric, Prof. DilipMenon (all from Wits), Mr. Cyril Prinsloo&Dr. Elizabeth (SAIIA), Prof. Kayane (HSRC), Prof. Netswera, Dr.Mathenlo (IGD), and Ms.NeliaBarnad (DIRCO). Thankful to all arranging their time to meet our staff

BRICS Academic forum is a track II platform for scholars and academics from the five BRICS countries to deliberate on issues of crucial importance to BRICS and come up with ideas and recommendations. The 8th BRICS Academic Forum was held in Goa from 19th September-22nd September 2016 at Taj Fort Aguada Hotel. It was pride for usto represent a delegationof ten young scholars in the forum.

Mr.Bawaskar participated in BRICS Summer School organised by the Centre for BRICS Studies, Fudan University, Shanghaifrom 3rd July to 6th August 2016. More than 50 participants from India, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and China have participated in the school