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S. B. Sane |
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S. B. Sane
holds M. E. degree in Water Resources Development from the University
of Roorkee, India - a central university catering for Afro Asian
countries. Working since 1993 on farmers' participation in irrigation
management, organising farmers into Water Users' Associations
(WUAs), finalising Bye-laws and MoUs between Government and WUAs,
training of farmers in O & M of the tertiary irrigation system,
providing assistance to WUAs in increasing water use efficiency
for increasing productivity and production. Has worked as an Associate
Professor in WALMI, Aurangabad. Has long experience of 45 years
in various aspects of irrigation works, namely, planning, designing,
construction and operation and management.
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R. K. Patil |
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R. K. Patil
holds M. A. degree and post-graduate diploma from John Hopkins
University, USA. Headed Project Formulation Cell (Irrigation)
of Maharashtra Government. Was Expert Consultant to Maharashtra
State Government in their negotiations with the World Bank. Initiated
16 Water Users' Associations (WUAs) in Mula Irrigation Project
under the umbrella of SOPPECOM. Active participation in water
management seminars held in China, Sri Lanka and Mexico. Was a
member of the SOPPECOM team, which prepared the document "Amendment
to Irrigation Act for Participatory Irrigation Management"
for the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Co-authored
the book "Farmer Participation in Irrigation Management:
A Case Study of Maharashtra" and has also contributed many
papers and articles on this subject to many seminars and journals.
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Vilas Gore |
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Vilas Gore,
52 years of age is a practicing consultant for more than 25 years
advising on Water Resource Projects and Engineered Bamboo –Wood
Technologies for Infrastructure Development
He is a member of the:
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Maharashtra India Chapter of American Concrete
Institute |
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Indian Science Congress |
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International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
for:
Bamboo building codes for ISO
Steering committee on bamboo scaffoldings at Hong Kong
Bamboo based infrastructure projects for Mizoram, Tripura,
Uttaranchal and Manipur. |
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Western Regional Committee of the Centre for Environment
and Education on small grants projects of the UNDP |
He has been associated with buildings, roads and water technology
development projects. These projects have been supported by the
DST, Ford Foundation, Community Aids Abroad, CAPART.
Publications and Research Experience
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Guidelines to Design and Construction of over
flow Timber Gabions, 1988 |
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Guidelines to Design and Construction of Self
Supporting Ferrocement Roof Covers, 1989 |
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Technology for watershed development, A compendium
of case studies 1992 |
| 4. |
Lining of Ponds and Reservoirs-Indian Experiences, 5th
International Conference on Geotextiles and Geomembranes,
Singapore, 1994. |
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Role of Advances in Materials Technologies in Optimisation
of Biogas Plants, the International Conference on Biomass
Energy Systems 1996, New Delhi. |
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Innovative Designs of Wood-Bamboo-Brick Composites, 5th
World Conference on Timber Engineering, Switzerland, 1998.
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Suhas Paranjape |
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Suhas Paranjape
has a B.Tech (Chem) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Has actively participated in different movements like People's
Science Movement, Adivasi agricultural labourers' movement, etc.
Has participated as a core team member and consultant in many
action research studies and pilot projects undertaken by Centre
for Applied Systems Analysis in Development (CASAD) and Society
for Promoting People's Participation in Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM),
Pune in the areas of participatory management of natural resources
specially in the field of participatory irrigation management.
For three years from 1996 to 1999 worked as a core team member
of the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) in its watershed development
project across the country.
He has co-authored the following books:
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Sustainable Technology : Making Sardar Project
Viable (Centre for Environment Education Ahmedabad, 1995); |
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Banking on Biomass : A New Strategy for Sustainable
Prosperity Based on Renewable Energy and Dispersed Industrialisation
(assisted the author K. R. Datye; (Centre for Environment
Education Ahmedabad, 1997); |
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Watershed Based Development : A Source Book
(Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, New Delhi, 1998); |
| 4. |
Panlot Kshetra Vikasachya Navya Disha : Sadhan Saksharata,
Shashvat Vikas, Samanyayi Vatap (Marathi, Co-authored with
Suhas Paranjape), Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education
and Research (MCAER), Pune, |
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Two booklets: Sustainable Prosperity: Sustaining and
Enabling Natures Productive Powers; and Water: Sustainable
and Efficient Use (Centre for Environment Education Ahmedabad,
2004). |
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