Arghyam is partnering with Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, and Akvo on a unique project WATER CUBE, during the Stockholm World Water Week.&nb

The second newsletter of the Grants Team at Arghyam captures learnings from our evaluation of model schools - 17 schools in which a network of NGO partners assisted in providing safe water by building on the Suvarna Jala Yojana and demonstrating best practices. Click here to download.

This document is the culmination of research and discussions on the experiences of civil society organisations implementing sustainable sanitation campaigns in six Indian states. The initiatives featured in the book indicate that a typical campaign spread over three to five years comprises four distinct phases and involves a series of activities described in this book.

Of late there has been a perceptible increase in civil society participation in Government programmes in the water in India.

An exposure visit of the functionaries of the Mulbagal Town Municipal corporation (TMC) was organised between April 7-10, 2010. This experiential learning programme was organised as a part of the Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) coordinated by Arghyam, Mulbagal TMC and Government of Karnataka.

Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam
Water day has come again. Did we do anything differently about our use and abuse of water since the last World Water day? At the gross level, it appears not. Because, in the context of India, this past year was one of interspersed drought, inflation in food prices, increasing evidence of groundwater depletion and water quality, rising agitation about river pollution, etc.

To mark World Water Day, a Rainwater Harvesting Mela is being organized at Jawahar Bal Bhawan, Cubbon Park on Saturday, March 20, 2010, from 10:00 am to 5 p.m. This event is jointly hosted by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Bangalore Jalamandali Abhiyantara Sangha, Arghyam and Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology.

Edited by Himanshu Kulkarni, Uma Badarayani and Devdutt Upasani of Advanced Center for Water resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), Pune, this report is a compilation of papers from the groundwater conference held by ACWADAM in May, 2009.More

Arghyam is one of the National Key Resource Centres (KRC), identified by the Department of Drinking Water Supply, Government of India. There are twenty institutions across the country identified as KRCs. These KRCs are expected to help states and their agencies in developing their IEC strategy as well as capacity building of different stakeholders.