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1st Edition
Water Transversality Global Awards and Conclave 2024
About the event
Transforming into a successful sustainable business requires new levels of resilience and agility, rooted in responsible practices that preserve our resources and planet.
The interdependency of water and energy is set to intensify in the coming years, with significant implications for both energy and water security and on the environment, and this forms a water-energy-environment nexus. Cooperation with the aim of achieving Water-Energy-Environment security at global and regional level offers new opportunities. However, for these opportunities to emerge, common challenges need to be clearly defined and trust built.
To explore them further, India Water Foundation, with the support of Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India and the South and South West Asia Office of UNESCAP, organised a two-day conference followed by awards. The first edition conferred awards across 24 categories, judged by a jury of thirteen.
India Water Foundation, established in 2008 as a non-profit civil society & think tank, is engaged in enhancing public awareness about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and major components of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, in Asia-Pacific region in general and India in particular.
It also emphasizes on familiarizing the people regarding the vital role water, energy and environment play in human lives, their impact on health, economic growth, livelihoods of the people and calamities that wreak havoc due to non-judicious harnessing of these natural resources.
Who took part?
The event brought together high level leaders and experts from the global water, energy and environment sector: Ministers, UN, International Organisations, officials from Government, global CEOs, influential business leaders, industry, donors, civil societies, think tanks, academia and media.
Speakers from 1st Edition
Dr. Arvind Kumar
President, India Water Foundation (IWF)
Sh. Harsh Malhotra
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Road Transport and Highway, Government of India
Sh. Dr. Raj Bhushan Choudhary
Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Government of India
Mr. Shombi Sharp
UN Resident Coordinator in India
Mr. Navneet Sehgal
Chairman of PrasarBharti
Sh. Amit Ghosh
Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
Ms. Archana Varma
Additional Secretary and MD, National WaterMission, GOI
Sh. Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General, RIS
Award Categories 2024
Leadership Awards
Water Sector Awards
Sustainability Awards
Environment Conservation and Preservation Awards
The India Water Foundation is a non-profit organization established for the purpose of generating a heightened public awareness among all over India regarding the vital role water plays in our daily lives. Water impacts key elements of the quality of life Indian enjoy, from human health and economic growth to our natural environment.
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