Stress laid on proper management of water resources

Rourkela: Speakers at seminar laid emphasis on evolving appropriate technology for effective water resources management at the grass-roots level.

The seminar on ‘Embedded Electronic System for Water Resource Management’ was recently organized jointly by Civil Engineering Department and Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, and the Department of Water Resources.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Director, NIT, Rourkela, underscored the need for multi-disciplinary approach and to develop appropriate technology for effective water resource management from grass root level itself with use of embedded electronic system and other relevant technologies. S Mohanty of the Department of Water Resources and G Sahoo of the same department also spoke about the need, scope and prospective plan of water resources management in the state.

Participants of the programme opined that such seminar is very useful as professionals and researchers from relevant areas of multi-disciplinary field gathered and shared their experiences at field level supplemented by relevant research finding which will go a long way in developing and monitoring appropriate strategy for water resource management in the State.

Prof. N Roy, HOD and Prof. K K Khatua of Civil Engineering Department, Prof. S Meher, HOD and Prof. D P Acharya of Electronics and Communication Department, Secretary Public Relation, NIT Rourkela R K Sinha, research scholars and other officials were present.