VILASRAO SALUNKHE CHAIR

for Effective Water Governance

Activities of the Chair

Vilasrao Salunkhe Chair Programmes conducted in 2003-2004 :

1) One day training workshop for village-level elected representatives
Name: Role of Elected Representatives In Village Level Water Management
Date: June 7th, 2003
Venue: RMP Training Complex, Uttan
Inauguration of workshop: Vasant Patwardhan, former working president RMP.
Honorable presence: Kalpana Salunkhe, Mr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Neelesh Kulkarni, Santosh Gondhalekar.
Sessions and Speakers:
- Role of Panchayat representatives in village-level water management: Popatrao Pawar, sarpanch, Ideal Village Hiware Bazar, District Ahmednagar.
- Role of elected representatives in participatory rural management: Ajit Phadnis, PRA expert
- Role of Zilla Parishad representatives in village-level water management: Madhav Bhandari, former president of Zilla Parishad, Sindhudurg.
No of participants: 76 (across Maharashtra)

2) One-day workshop for journalists
Name: Drought in Maharashtra and water problem
Date: March 23, 2004
Venue: Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Mumbai
Inauguration of workshop: Dr. Mukund Ghare, president AFARM
Honorable presence: Kalpana Salunkhe, Mr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Ravindra Sathe
Sessions and Speakers:
- Water problem in Maharashtra - Current status and solutions - Neelesh Kulkarni, Santosh Gondhalekar, Nanasaheb Patil, secretary, Urban Development Dept., Govt. of Maharashtra
- Drought in Maharashtra- Current status and solutions - Kalpana Salunkhe, Popatrao Pawar, D M More, secretary, Planning Dept., Govt. of Maharashtra
- Integrated Water Management - Radheshyam Mopalwar, Director G S D A, Govt. of Maharashtra
No of participants: 39 (across Mumbai)

3) Workshop on water conservation for Panchayat representatives
Date: June 7th and 8th, 2004
Venue: Pune
Inauguration of workshop: Mallinath Kalshetti, Deputy CEO, Zilla Parishad, Sangli
Honorable presence: Prabhakar Karandikar, Divisional Commissioner Pune, Kalpana Salunkhe, Mr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Ravindra Sathe, Neelesh Kulkarni
Sessions and Speakers:
- Integrated water management - Santosh Gondhalekar
- Water conservation experiences in Zilla Parishad - Madhav Bhandari
- Water Management - a success story - Devaji Topha, sarpanch, Mendhalekha, District Gadchiroli
- Women's role in water conservation - Sushama Deshpande
No of participants: 120 (across Maharashtra)

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