India Water Foundation (IWF) is a New Delhi-based civil society engaged in generating awareness among the people about water conservation,Health Prevention activities and keeping water, particularly the national rivers free from pollution, promoting rainwater-harvesting and other water related issues. Within a short span, IWF has been able to foster convergence between and among various departments/ministries in the water sector, spur Private sector in India about its corporate social responsibility with regard to environment and water, enhancing government-private sector interface in water sector working as knowledge partner with other civil societies in water sector and persuading Government of India to initiate dialogue with neighbouring countries like China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar to resolve water-related issues. A brief account of the activities of India Water Foundation initiated during January 2009-july 2010 is given below.
India water Foundation was represented by its President Dr Arvind Kumar as a Specialist speaker to a consultation on perspectives of different stakeholders on water rights and social exclusion on 19th January, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Conference Room-1, India International Centre 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi – 110003.
India Water Foundation was represented by Dr Arvind Kumar at the 25th session of the Governing Council of the UNEP held at Nairobi (Kenya) from 16-20 February 2009.
India Water Foundation was invited to a National Conference organized by the Union Ministry of Water Resources in New Delhi in March 2009, where its President Dr Arvind Kumar read a paper on Right to Water.
India Water Foundation’s President, Dr Arvind Kumar, was invited as an expert in two workshops organized by the CII on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Water Management and Rainwater Harvesting on 17 March 2009 at New Delhi.
India Water Foundation’s President Dr Arvind Kumar participated in the two official level meetings on water-related issues held in April 2009 between and among the Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and some other ministries of the Government of India.