5^th  India   Water   Impact   Summit

The perceived dichotomy between river conservation and human settlement in India needs to be resolved to ensure steady and consolidated progress in all spheres of our national life. This approach needs to be adopted from Local and State levels upwards for lasting progress. What are the views of concerned governments and political leadership at State Level on this?

The apparent dichotomy between river conservation and human settlement in India can be resolved by embedding Arth Ganga in the urban and rural development policies and programmes of Central, State and Local Governments. For this we need to frame the modalities of interweaving River Conservation with urban and rural Development. What have been the developmental trends and how have they faltered in coordinated management of rivers and waterbodies with human habitats? Identifying alternative developmental options and their linkages to river conservation. Identifying policies and measures to integrate urban and rural development with whole river system.

The hybrid annuity model (HAM) has gotten off to a robust start, but growing the market would require additional capital base. The session will focus on discussions around what components need strengthening in the HAM and PPP models to enable acceleration of projects in the wastewater sector. The session will also explore the asset valuation and utility pricing of water. The topics of discussion shall be: Sewage treatment plants. Effluent treatment plants. Infrastructure network for water and sewage, drains and small river rejuvenation. Assessing the true cost of water and developing a taxonomy around it. Implementing digital systems to assess water asset base of a State. Bringing water as an asset onto the municipal balance sheet. How to implement a fair and transparent pricing mechanism.

This track will give opportunities to companies from around the world to showcase their cutting-edge technologies and innovations that have the potential of making a significant positive impact in the river basin. The 2020 Summit will focus on technologies in three areas: Decentralised wastewater treatment (low energy footprint nature based to high energy compact highly electro-mechanical systems). Data, Information and Analytics. Other important services – solid waste management, hydropower, sustainable agriculture, etc.

From artificial intelligence to state-of-the-art infrastructure development approaches, US companies are aiming to partner with their Indian peers to accelerate innovative technologies and solutions into the Indian market. The session will highlight various initiatives and partnerships that have been formed or are forming.

The perceived dichotomy between river conservation and energy (power) generation as well as tourism development in India needs to be resolved to ensure steady and consolidated progress in all spheres of our national life. This approach needs to be adopted from Local and State levels upwards for lasting progress. What are the views of concerned governments and political leadership at State Level on this?

The apparent dichotomy between River Conservation and Energy Generation as also with Tourism Development in India can be resolved by embedding Arth Ganga in the urban development policies and programmes of Central, State and Local Governments. For this we need to frame the modalities of interweaving River Conservation with the Energy and Tourism sectors What have been the developmental trends and how have they faltered in coordinated management of rivers and waterbodies with energy and tourism development? Identifying alternative developmental options and their linkages to river conservation. Identifying policies and measures to integrate energy and tourism development with river conservation.

Getting technology from lab to commercial environment requires crossing the biggest chasm – commonly referred to as the “valley of death” in the technology world. This problem is even more acute in the infra-tech sector where the capital spends are larger than digital/software world. R&D grants/funds do not fund this phase since technology is beyond the research phase, and commercial investors do not fund this phase since technology has not been commercially proven as yet. Creating financing structures and solutions for this phase will have the greatest impact to make the world a more sustainable place. The topics of discussion will be: Blended finance structures for technology commercialisation. Specialist impact fund structures. Building global consortium and alliances to support technology transfer.

This track will give opportunities to companies from around the world to showcase their cutting-edge technologies and innovations that have the potential of making a significant positive impact in the river basin. The 2020 Summit will focus on technologies in three areas: Decentralised wastewater treatment (low energy footprint nature based to high energy compact highly electro-mechanical systems). Data, Information and Analytics. Other important services – solid waste management, hydropower, sustainable agriculture, etc.

The perceived dichotomy between river conservation and agricultural development in India needs to be resolved to ensure steady and consolidated progress in all spheres of our national life. This approach needs to be adopted from Local and State levels upwards for lasting progress. What are the views of concerned governments and political leadership at State Level on this?

The apparent dichotomy between river conservation and agricultural development in India can be resolved by embedding Arth Ganga in the agriculture development policies and programmes of Central, State and Local Governments. For this we need to frame the modalities of interweaving River Conservation with Agricultural Development. What have been the developmental trends and how have they faltered in coordinated management of rivers and waterbodies with agricultural? Identifying alternative developmental options and their linkages to river conservation. Identifying policies and measures to integrate agricultural development with river conservation.

Norway will be a key partner to India’s growth particularly bringing in the circular economy principles. As a world leader in energy systems, Norway can help India usher in advanced energy and resource recovery solutions and commercial models into India. A crucial alliance has already formed with Norway on how India will manage sludge from its wastewater treatment plants and many others are in play.

This track will give opportunities to companies from around the world to showcase their cutting-edge technologies and innovations that have the potential of making a significant positive impact in the river basin. The 2020 Summit will focus on technologies in three areas: Decentralised wastewater treatment (low energy footprint nature based to high energy compact highly electro-mechanical systems). Data, Information and Analytics. Other important services – solid waste management, hydropower, sustainable agriculture, etc.

India needs billions of dollars to finance the water infrastructure. Global investors at the moment are hunting for greater yield, which many of the underlying assets can provide particularly since they score very highly on the ESG framework. Capital markets offer the right platform for channelling investments and finance into the underlying projects. The topics of discussion shall be: Government and private sector bond issuances can offer long term sustainable green project finance. YieldCos + InvITs are a powerful pair to create liquidity for asset developers and managers. Tokenisation and listing on capital markets for SME financing.

From developing hydrogen from waste to satellite remote sensing, European companies are already partnered with India in its sustainable development agenda. Nations from across Europe will present new innovations and discuss with Indian counterparts approaches to partner up and develop impact projects particularly at the intersection of energy, water and land.

The perceived dichotomy between river conservation and inland waterway (navigation) development as well as flood management in India needs to be resolved to ensure steady and consolidated progress in all spheres of our national life. This approach needs to be adopted from Local and State levels upwards for lasting progress. What are the views of concerned governments and political leadership at State Level on this?

The apparent dichotomy between river conservation and commercial inland-water navigation as well as with flood management in India can be resolved by embedding Arth Ganga in the inland-water navigation and flood management policies and programmes of Central, State and Local Governments. For this we need to frame the modalities of interweaving River Conservation with Inland-water Navigation and Flood Management initiatives. What have been the developmental trends and how have they faltered in coordinated management of rivers and waterbodies with inland waterways and flood management? Identifying alternative developmental options and their linkages to river conservation. Identifying policies and measures to integrate inland-water navigation development and flood management with river conservation.

This track will give opportunities to companies from around the world to showcase their cutting-edge technologies and innovations that have the potential of making a significant positive impact in the river basin. The 2020 Summit will focus on technologies in three areas: Decentralised wastewater treatment (low energy footprint nature based to high energy compact highly electro-mechanical systems). Data, Information and Analytics. Other important services – solid waste management, hydropower, sustainable agriculture, etc.

India needs billions of dollars to finance the water infrastructure. Global investors at the moment are hunting for greater yield, which many of the underlying assets can provide particularly since they score very highly on the ESG framework. Capital markets offer the right platform for channelling investments and finance into the underlying projects. The topics of discussion shall be: Government and private sector bond issuances can offer long term sustainable green project finance. YieldCos + InvITs are a powerful pair to create liquidity for asset developers and managers. Tokenisation and listing on capital markets for SME financing.

The Ganga Mekong partnership has already established a base for India’s support for the growth of Lower Mekong nations – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Throughout this new partnership India will share its experiences and expertise of managing river Basin with its peers in the Lower Mekong.