A meeting was organized by Siruthuli organization between the Siruthuli stakeholders and Aqua Hub, a water innovation hub on Wednesday at the Noyyal Life Centre in Coimbatore to discuss the Aqua hub's implementation of a water innovation hub here in Coimbatore.
Coimbatore:A meeting was organized by Siruthuli organization between the Siruthuli stakeholders and Aqua Hub, a water innovation hub on Wednesday at the Noyyal Life Centre in Coimbatore to discuss on the Aqua hub's implementation of water innovation hub here. A Hub will also be established in Solapur, Maharashtra.
An Initiative by Fraunhofer, a meeting was organized between Aqua Hub, a Water Innovation Hub and Siruthuli stake holdersby Siruthuli on Wednesday at Noyyal Life Centre, Coimbatore. Marc Beckett, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) interacted with Stakeholders.Dr. Stefan Liehr, Head of Research Unit “Water Resources and Land Use”, Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Germany was also present.
R S Krishnaswamy, Convenor, Water Watch at Siruthuli welcomed the gathering and Anandi Iyer, Director, Fraunhofer Office India set the context for the meeting.
India's cities face complicated tasks to meet the infrastructure needs of rapidly growing areas. Water scarcity, inadequate wastewater treatment and lack of access to and knowledge of technological solutions pose major challenges for India's water sector. At the same time, many German stakeholders have knowledge and specialised technologies that can contribute to solutions. However, the often specialised and decentralised stakeholders find it difficult to gain a foothold in the Indian market.
AQUA-Hub Water Innovation Hubs will be implemented in the two Indian Smart Cities, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) and Solapur (Maharashtra), and accompanied by pilot measures of German technology for water quality monitoring. AQUA-Hub addresses the needs of the local water sectors identified in previous projects, as well as the challenges of the German water industry to develop projects, relationships and business on the Indian market.
Siruthuli was instrumental in bringing together various stakeholders who were members from the Academia, Industry and Civil Society and CSR Partners. Presentations by the two speakers was followed by interactions aimed at eliciting the challenges faced in the sector and also the expectations from the hub. The stakeholders also spelt out the possibilities of their contribution to the Hub in the form of sharing of knowledge and facilities.
An Initiative by Fraunhofer, a meeting was organized between Aqua Hub, a Water Innovation Hub and Siruthuli stake holdersby Siruthuli on Wednesday at Noyyal Life Centre, Coimbatore. Marc Beckett, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) interacted with Stakeholders.Dr. Stefan Liehr, Head of Research Unit “Water Resources and Land Use”, Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Germany was also present.
R S Krishnaswamy, Convenor, Water Watch at Siruthuli welcomed the gathering and Anandi Iyer, Director, Fraunhofer Office India set the context for the meeting.
India's cities face complicated tasks to meet the infrastructure needs of rapidly growing areas. Water scarcity, inadequate wastewater treatment and lack of access to and knowledge of technological solutions pose major challenges for India's water sector. At the same time, many German stakeholders have knowledge and specialised technologies that can contribute to solutions. However, the often specialised and decentralised stakeholders find it difficult to gain a foothold in the Indian market.
AQUA-Hub Water Innovation Hubs will be implemented in the two Indian Smart Cities, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) and Solapur (Maharashtra), and accompanied by pilot measures of German technology for water quality monitoring. AQUA-Hub addresses the needs of the local water sectors identified in previous projects, as well as the challenges of the German water industry to develop projects, relationships and business on the Indian market.
Siruthuli was instrumental in bringing together various stakeholders who were members from the Academia, Industry and Civil Society and CSR Partners. Presentations by the two speakers was followed by interactions aimed at eliciting the challenges faced in the sector and also the expectations from the hub. The stakeholders also spelt out the possibilities of their contribution to the Hub in the form of sharing of knowledge and facilities.