Events

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in collaboration with RGNGWTRI, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India has organized an “Online Certificate Training Program on Indian Standards for Ground Water Related Activities” bringing together Industry leaders, Groundwater professionals, hydrogeologists , geophysicists, water resource managers, industry representatives, consultants, researchers, and academicians. The Chief Guest for this was Mr. Thakur Brahmanand Singh (Member Scientific (Innovation and Rejuvenation), CGWB)). This programme aims to sensitize the role of standardized practices in ensuring data reliability, technical consistency, regulatory compliance, and sustainable groundwater resource management.

Over the course of two days the key session highlights are as follows:

•  Standards, Need for and Benefits of Standards & the Standards Eco-system by Mr. Dushyant Prajapati (Director and Head (Water Resource Department), BIS): In his presentation he briefed about the Standards, the need of standards why we need to standardize the measuring system and how the standards are important to the Government, Public and Consumers and Industries with relating to Groundwater. He also briefed about the various available BIS standards regarding the Groundwater and how they operate at different managerial levels. During the end of the presentation, he also explained the current Gaps in the standards and how they can be improved.

• BIS Standards related to Ground Water Investigations and Quality by Ms. Rumi Mukherjee (Scientist D, Central Ground Water Board, Faridabad): During her presentation she gave a brief about the BIS Organization, how standards are developed, what are the stages during the development of the standard. She also explained about the Investigations and Interventions related to Groundwater Activities. She also touched upon the available BIS Standards related to Ground Water with particular emphasis on Groundwater Quality.

•  Ground Water Standard related to Geophysical Activities by Dr. Shashikant Singh (Sr. Geophysicist, Northern Office, Central Ground Water Board, Lucknow): He gave a brief and short presentation on the BIS standards available in India with regards to the Geophysical Activities related to Ground Water. He also explained briefly about the different methods used for Geophysical activities and Ground Water activities and how Borewell data is very much necessary for calibration and verification of Geophysical results.

The session witnessed enthusiastic participation and meaningful discussions, reflecting the growing commitment of Indian industries and the stakeholders towards Increasing the awareness of regulatory and technical requirements and to strengthened capacity for sustainable groundwater management.