CWAS at IWA Water and Development Congress, Colombo

CWAS team participated in the Water and Development Congress and Exhibition by IWA in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 1st December to 5th December. The team showcased it's research on citywide inclusive sanitation and urban water security in various presentations, posters and workshops. CEPT Faculty, Prof. Mona Iyer was also present to support the roll out of a Masters Course in sanitation at CEPT in partnership with IHE Delft. 

Following were the activities conducted at the Water and Development Congress
1.Workshop session: Sustainable implementation and scaling-up of fecal sludge management models In developing countries – *Dinesh Mehta*
2.Strengthening the System : Acting on Systemic Approaches to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – *Meera Mehta*
3.Panel: Resource recovery and reuse business models – *Mona Iyer*
4.Platform Presentation:  Tools for urban water security planning and management @ technical session on water security planning and management in growing cities  - *Jigisha Jaiswal*
5.Presentation - Rethinking urban water management: Improving water security through participatory groundwater management – *Jigisha Jaiswal*
6.Poster Presentation: Innovative financing mechanisms for citywide sanitation  - *Dhwani Shah, Rucha Tavkar*
7.Poster Presentation: Citywide inclusive sanitation in small towns of India – *Yugasha Bakshi*
8.Poster Presentation: IT enabled systems for monitoring citywide faecal sludge and septage management services - *Yugasha Bakshi*
9.Masters course roll out with IHE Delft – Mona Iyer, Dhruv Bhavsar
10.Meeting of specialist group on sanitation and water management in developing countries – *Dinesh Mehta*