Technical presentations / discussions were held on June 15^th & 16^th 2004 at Nawan Shahar and Sangrur, respectively. About 400 nos. of clay flyash bricks with different proportions of flyash addition were made at these sites.

National Workshop of ENVIS Centres and Nodes

National Workshop of ENVIS Centres and Nodes was organised at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun during 25-27^th Jun. 2004. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Namo Narain Meena, Hon’ble Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Govt. of India. The Workshop was attended by the following dignitaries:

·        Shri Nav Prabhat, Minister of State (Uttranchal) for Forest & Urban Development

·        Ms. Meena Gupta, Addl. Secretary, MoEF, New Delhi

·        Shri Sudhir Mittal, Joint Secretary, MoEF, New Delhi

·        Shri R. P. S. Katwal, DG-ICFRE

·        Shri Vinod Rishi, Addl. DG, Wildlife, Dehradun

·        Shri S. Singsit. Director, Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun

More than 70 centres and nodes participated in the workshop. Members of ENVIS node of CBRI, Dr. J.M. Bhatnagar, Dr. L.P.Singh, Mr. Mayank Singhal & Mr. Aditya Chauhan participated in the workshop. Dr. Bhatnagar gave a presentation covering progress of the project and website designed and developed by CBRI on subject area Fly Ash.

In the concluding session invited lectures were delivered by:

·              Shri. V.K. Gupta, Director NISCAIR, New Delhi

·              Dr. A. Lahri, Advisor, DSIR, MoST, New Delhi

·              Dr. A.K. Jain, ARIS, IARI, New Delhi

·              Dr.(Ms) Suman Govil-  DBT & In-charge, BTIS, New Delhi

It was resolved to further strengthen the Environmental Information System by all the participating nodes and centres.

Forthcoming Events

National Seminar on "Fly Ash Utilisation in particular reference to Pit Head Power Station" will be organised at Anpara Thermal Power Station, Sonebhadra, (U.P.) during July 2004.

 For more details please contact:
Shri J. S. Mishra, Hon. Secretary,
The Institution of Engineers(India),
Anpara Local Centre, 2-Room field hostel, ATPS,Anpara,  Sonebhadra-231 225 (U.P.)