HYDRO International Conference starts today at CWPRS, Pune

Pune, 18 December 2024

The 29th International Conference on “Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering – HYDRO 2024 International,” organized by the Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, in collaboration with the Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH), was inaugurated today at CWPRS, Pune.

This prestigious event, spanning December 18-20, 2024, aims to address critical issues in sustainable water resource management, hydropower development, and advancing technological innovations in the field.

Hon. Minister, Shri C R Patil, Ministry of Jal Shakti inaugurated HYDRO 2024 through video message emphasizing the contribution and importance of CWPRS towards National flagship projects viz. Jal Jeevan Mission, Atal Bhoojal Yojna, Jal Shakti Abhiyan, Jal Suraksha and Swatchtha. Smt Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, MoJS also greeted HYDRO 2024 through video conferencing.

On this occassion, Dr R S Kankara, Director, CWPRS, Prof H L Tiwari, Vice President, Indian Society of Hydraulics(ISH), J Chandrashekhar Iyer, Former Chairman, Central Water Commission, Dr M Ravichandran, Secretary, MoES, Dr Prabhat Chandra, Additional Director, CWPRS and Chairman, HYDRO 2024 Organizing Committee were present.

ISH awards such as ISH Lifetime Achievement S.N. Gupta Memorial Lecture, Prof. R.J. Garde Research Award, ISH Journal Reviewer Award, Jal Vigyan Puraskar (Best paper in ISH Journal), ISH Best Ph D thesis award etc were also distributed.

On this occasion, the souvenir of Hydro Conference 2024 and the revised website of the Central Water and Power Research Centre were unveiled by dignitaries. 350 researchers and students have participated in this conference.