Young Technologists for
Natural Resources Planning and Management (NRM)
Background
Over the last decade working on NRM in the villages
has increased multifold. The responsibility of
facilitating the work has fallen on the shoulders of
the NGO sector. On other hand our colleges do not
prepare our young geologist and engineers to be able
to perform on graduation. It often takes a graduate
and/or manager in the NGO a couple of years they can
independently handle any of the projects. This
course is designed to prepare and increase
confidence in young graduates and give NGO a
competent professional to be able to deliver right
from inception. This course will also make
candidates realize the relevance of his education.
The course methodology is designed to ensure that
the graduate is constantly interacting with the
people and thereby improving his/her communication
skill as well as being able to learn more from the
people. The candidate in these three months of
course duration will work on development of a
village plan, so that he/she gets practical
experience while being educated.
Expected Outcome
This course will equip the geologist to understand
the engineering and engineers to appreciate the
geo-hydrology, thereby the candidate will be able to
plan, design and implement all aspects of
geo-hydrology and engineering for small structures.
They will also understand the basic requirement of
soil and water conservation for agriculture and
grassland development. Candidate can be expected to
identify aquifers, understand salinity and design
various water harvesting structures and prepare
reports with water budgeting and cost-benefit
analysis. Candidate can also be expected to monitor
construction of structures. He\she would be
competent to develop water resource action plans for
any village in arid areas of Gujarat and India.
These engineers will be able to discuss the plan
with the villagers.
Eligibility
:
B.E.
Civil Engineer, B. Tech or a graduate / post
graduate in the geology or an experienced surveyor,
a Diploma holder.
Duration
:
The Time duration for this training is 3 months.
This training is very intensive and the trainee will
not be given any break during term course. They will
be placed to the respective NGOs after the
successful completion of the course.
Batch Size
:
The
batch size of this training would be 4 as this
includes rigorous training and extensive traveling
to the fields for exposures and practical exercise.
Fee (for year 2008)
:
Rs.
50,000/- (This includes stipend to the trainee)
Subjects
Covered
:
Understanding of Geology Hydrology
What is
geology
Rock type and
identification
Exposures on
geology and related problems on Kachchh
Constraints
and potential due to geology of the village
Understand
Geo-morphology of the area and its influence on
water resource
Climate of
Kachchh and its relation with water
Data analysis and NRM
mapping
Map reading
Base map
preparation and verification
How to
understand geology in Village
How to
understand groundwater resources in village
Well inventory
and aquifers identification
How to prepare
geological and groundwater maps for a village
Water harvesting
strategies and technologies
Appropriate
water resources strategies and techniques for
village
Surveying
method
Material
component
What record
needs to be maintain during implementation
What are the
monitoring criteria for implementation of
different structures and how to monitor it?
Water budgeting (demand
and supply scenario)
Watershed
characteristics of village (map)
Water
requirement of the village
Estimation of
Water resources potential of village
Rain fall
analysis
Designing and
estimation of water harvesting structure
Designing
criteria for different water harvesting
structures
How to read
estimate and drawing
Surveying
method
Material
component
What record
needs to be maintain during implementation
What are the
monitoring criteria for implementation of
different structures and how to monitor it?
Designing and
estimation of soil and water conservation structure
Design and
estimation soil and water conservation structure
Check dam for
percolation
Understanding of
Bio-productivity in arid areas: Two projects of each
structure
Soil water
plant relation ship
Relationship
between climatic factors with biotic
productivity in Kachchh condition
Problems of
rain fed farming and its solutions
Problems of
irrigated farming, Different irrigation method,
crop selection, organic farming practices
Arid Communities
and Technologies (A.C.T.) is a professional voluntary
organization and working in semi arid to arid region. A.C.T.
is mainly focuses on research program and training program
for capacity building mainly in water resource and
agriculture field. So ACT has two physical unit, one is
Planning and research center and second one is Training
center.
