One Day Guest Lecture ON Traditional Methods of Water Conservation BY Sh. Laxman Singh Ji (Water Conservationist) Awarded Padma Shri by President of India & Felicitation of Faculty members and Ph.D. Scholars of FoA for Research Publications

Venue : Smt. Sharda Pai Auditorium @ 11:30 AM

The session began with the Guest Lecture by the Sh. Laxman Singh who talked to the

audience about his journey in the late 70's towards water conservation due to scarcity of

water in his village. Sh. Laxman Singh Ji spoke about the Chowka system, a traditional water

harvesting method in Rajasthan. He founded the NGO Gram Vikas Navyuvak Mandal

Laporiya (GVNML). The efforts of Sh. Laxman Singh Ji has borne fruits in a drought-ridden

small village (Lapodiya), 80 km from Jaipur. Expert talked about the need to stay connected

to nature and to lead a simplistic lifestyle. The session was curated in the form of a talk show

by Dr. Appoorv Saxena from School of Journalism & Mass Communication. The session was

highly interactive as there were questions from the Faculty Members and Research scholars

in the audience.

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