One-Day Workshop on Krishna River Basin Management Studies held at NITK Surathkal

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Posted on July 23, 2025

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One-Day Workshop on Krishna River Basin Management Studies held at NITK Surathkal

Surathkal : The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal successfully hosted a One-Day Workshop on Krishna River Basin Management Studies at its campus on July 21, 2025. The event was organized under the aegis of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, through its National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD), and the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). The Centre for Krishna River Basin Management Studies (cKrishna), housed at NITK Surathkal, served as the organizing body.

The workshop brought together over 50 participants including academicians, government officials, PhD scholars, PG students, and key stakeholders engaged in water resource management across the Krishna River Basin. Discussions centered on interdisciplinary research areas such as hydrology, ecology, water quality, land use, geomorphology, socio-economic impacts, and stakeholder engagement. Technical sessions and interactive forums enabled the exchange of data-driven insights, GIS-based mapping methodologies, and modelling approaches aimed at evaluating the river’s ecological health and sustainability.

The establishment of cKrishna is part of a wider initiative involving a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, IIT Kanpur, and the consortium of NIT Warangal and NITK Surathkal. The Centre has been entrusted with implementing the “Conditional Assessment and Management Plan for Krishna River (CAMP)”, with a broader mandate to develop a dynamic and integrated river basin management plan.

Led by Principal Investigator Prof. Basavaraju Manu, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, NITK Surathkal, the cKrishna team includes esteemed members of the advisory committee—Prof. S. Shrihari, Prof. G.S. Dwarakish, and Prof. Lakshman Nandagiri—alongside Co-Principal Investigators and dedicated project staff of NITK Surathkal. Their collective expertise continues to drive strategic interventions for restoring the wholesomeness of the Krishna River and promoting sustainable water governance across its basin.