“Efficient Water Use – Waste and Waste Water Management” – DAAD German Alumni Seminar, October 9 to 15th, 2019

German Academic exchange programme (DAAD) has selected SCMS Water Institute as Indian partner in order to conduct a six day long workshop on “Efficient Water Use – Waste and Waste Water Management” from 09th to 15th October 2019 at Kochi on behalf of its Alumni program. It took place at the SCMS COCHIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS CAMPUS, ALUVA, KOCHI. It is for the first time that this expert seminar is being conducted in India, outside IIT BOMBAY.

The objectives of the seminar will reflect the topics of the trade fair: Water management, Water sewage, Reuse and recycling. In preparation of IFAT India, existing contacts between educational institutes, authorities and the business sector in South India will be demonstrated. Concepts shall be developed to improve cooperation on national as well as on international level in the South Asian region. Alumni shall demonstrate links between private sector, Government institutions and Universities in their home countries and develop mechanisms.

20 selected Alumni from various countries in Asia who availed German Academic Exchange Fellowship to do research in Germany, along with 6 renowned senior professors from various German universities participated in this workshop. Selected leading Indian experts in the water sector are also gave presentations about the state of the art developments of this field in India.

Inaugural speech by Honourable Mr. Karl Philipp Ehlerding, Consul General of Germany in Bengaluru, during the inaugural ceremony of DAAD German Alumni Seminar in association with SWI on October 9th, 2019