Sunday, 20 October 2019

''AMRUTHAVARSHINI' A Guide for Rainwater Harvesting By A R Shivakumar - Kannada

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Thursday, 17 October 2019

'AMRUTHAVARSHINI' A Guide for Rainwater Harvesting By A R Shivakumar - English

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Monday, 24 June 2019

A R Shivakumar Profile


Name                                                      :        A.R. Shivakumar

Occupation                                                                 :           Researcher and Technology Promoter
Service at KSCST, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Service 38 Years) 1981 to 2019
Project Assistant                                             26.11.1981 to 24.09.1983                   2 years
Fellow                                                             24.09.1983 to 01.10.1993                   10 years
Senior Fellow                                                  01.10.1993 to 01.01.2017                   24 years
Principal Scientific Officer                             01.01.2017 to 01.10.2018                   2 years
Chief Scientific Officer                                  01.10.2018 to 28.06.2019                   1 Year
International Energy Initiative (Asia office)
Programme Executive                                     01.07.1994 to 30.06.2000                   6 years
Indo Norwegian Environment Programme
Programme Manager                                       01.07.2000 to 29.02.2004                   4 years
KSCST
Executive Secretary                                        09.07.2007 to 05.05.2010                   3 years
Principal Investigator - RWH                         01.03.2004 to 28.06.2019                   15 years


Planned and provided support for Rainwater Harvesting policy framework for Government of Karnataka.
Developed Rainwater Harvesting Do it Yourself Mobile and web based
app in collaboration with UNICEF    http://rwh-advisor.info/

List of few magazines and news papers with articles on my contribution to the societal benefit - over 100
Inside Outside              Jul 2000

Society Interiors          Jan 2002
Current Science           Jan 2007
People                         Jun 2009
Time                            Oct 2011
Business Today           Jan 2013
Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, Times of India, DNA, Prajavani, Vijayakarnataka, Kannadaprabha, Sudha and others.

List of publications & reports - 37
  1. A training programme for small-scale manufacturers of renewable
            energy devices in India
            Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 1, No.6, March 1995.
            By: A.R. Shivakumar.
  1. State-of-the-Art Report on “Sustainable Rainwater Harvesting and Ground Water Recharge in Developing Countries” HRD and Technology
Published by Daya Publishing House for Center for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre)
By: Tanuja N. Ariyanda, A.R. Shivakumar, Vasant Takalkar

EQUIPMENTS / PROCESS DEVELOPED - 10
1.      Raspodar Machine
2.      Integrated Solar Water Heating System
3.      Low Wattage High Efficiency Electric Water Heater (Patent Regd. by NIF)
4.      Coconut Frond Shredder Patent No. IN 208703
5.      PopUp filter for Rainwater Harvesting Patent No. IN 248841
6.      Water Treatment for Bacteriological Contamination using Silver metal (Under consideration for Patent 409/che/2005)
7.      First Flush Lock and Diverter for Rainwater Harvesting
(Under consideration for Patent 2317/che/2007)
8.      Air-core Reinforced Soap (Under consideration for Patent 2000/che/2011)
9.      NewsPaperRole for Dining Table (Under consideration for Patent 2303/che/2013)
10.  Roof Water Filter (Under consideration for Patent 3211/che/2015)

LECTURES, PRESENTATION & PROGRAMMES    - Over 1000
(Outreach Activities, Training and Awareness programmes – TV, Radio etc.)

PAPERS PRESENTED ABROAD - 6

1.      International Symposium “Participatory Technology Development” Innovation through dialogue
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 10 – 17, 1993.
2.      International Workshop on the “Design, Performance and Marketability of Biogas Systems”
University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, May 10 – 14, 1999.
3.      International conference  “Water 2006” on water issues
Auckland, New Zealand, August 01 – 04, 2006.
4.      International Exposure Visit to Israel “Technion Institute of Technology” Haifa, Israel, November 01 – 06, 2009.
5.      International Workshop on the “Application of Science and Technology for Occupational Village Development”
Hanoi, Vietnam, August, 2-5 2010.
6.      International conference "Ideation and Innovation in Sustainable Science and Technologies"
      University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30th June - 2nd July 2017

AWARDS:

Recipient of
“NATIONAL AWARD FOR INVENTION OF THE HIGH EFFICIENCY LOW WATTAGE ELECTRIC WATER HEATER”
Awarded by the union government of India Department of science and technology, for the year 2001
           
“CITIZEN EXTRAORDINARY – VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE”    
Awarded by the Rotary International, for the year 2007

“INDEPENDENCE DAY AWARD FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT”
Awarded by His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka, for the year 2007

“KEMPEGOWDA AWARD”
Awarded by Bruhath Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for the year 2010

“INNOVATION AWARD AMMULYA 2012 FOR TWO PATENTS: IN 248841 and 2000/CHE/2011”
Awarded by the Governor of Karnataka Innovation Council

Designed and built “Sourabha” an “Eco friendly Home” in Bangalore – House having Rainwater Harvesting for all its needs, solar energy for water heating, lighting and thermal comforts inside the house, vermicompost of household organic waste etc.

Researched on various techniques of Rainwater Harvesting over a decade and successfully implemented Rainwater projects under various Government and Foreign assisted programmes.
Design, plan and execution of Rainwater Harvesting projects for the following landmark buildings in Karnataka:
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore International Airport, Jayadeva Cardiology Hospital, Vidhana Soudha, High Court, GPO, Rajajinagar Fire Station, Kidwai Memorial Hospital, Agricultural University Bangalore, Kengeri Beedi Workers Housing, Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Head Office, BWSSB Banashankari Office, Art of Living, JNCASR,  etc.

Established Countries first State of the art "Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park" in Jayanagar, Bangalore in collaboration with Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
Established Countries 2nd State of the art "RWH Theme Park" in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
Countries first Sustainable Water Management Theme Park being planned at Kanpur, In collaboration with Kanpur Development Authority (KDA), Uttar Pradesh.
Associated as planner and technology provider for the following major programmes in Karnataka :
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Government of Karnataka - Rainwater Harvesting Project.
Rajeev Gandhi Housing Corporation, Navagrama Projects.
Rainwater Harvesting Resource Centers at Mahathma Gandhi Regional Institute for Rural Energy and Development and Nirmithi Kendras at 27 districts of Karnataka.
Rainwater Harvesting in 23,000 Government Schools in rural Karnataka.


Advisor to United Nations Development Programme in northern states of India 

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Name              :           A. R. Shivakumar


Education       :           Bachelor of Engineering from Mysore University
                                    Post Graduate in Business Management from Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan
                                    Financial Management Proficiency Programme from
                                    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Featured in      :          Forbes India, Time, Business Today
                                    for his Innovations and contribution to the society on promotion of water conservation and Rainwater Harvesting (RWH).

Mr. A. R. Shivakumar  Formerly a Senior Scientist at KSCST, 
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, is a Researcher and Technology Promoter.
He joined KSCST in the year 1981 and served in the field of development of village industry equipments and implementation of environment and renewable energy programmes in Karnataka. He is known for his contribution to popularize Solar Water Heaters in the initial period of solar energy promotion between 1984 and 1994.
He served in the field of Decentralized, Sustainable Energy and Water supply utilities for rural villages at "International Energy Initiative - Asia office" as Programme Executive between 1994 and 2000.
Mr Shivakumar was associated with "Indo Norwegian Environment Programme" as Programme Manager and played a key role in implementation of over a dozen environment related major projects in Karnataka between 2000 and 2004.
Mr Shivakumar has initiated several projects and programmes at KSCST since 2004. One of the major contribution of Mr Shivakumar is in developing Rainwater Harvesting programmes both in urban and rural homes of Karnataka. He is instrumental in bringing in policy changes at Government of Karnataka to establish Rainwater Harvesting measures in Government and private buildings.
Mr Shivakumar has extensive field experience and strategic insights into technology development and deployment of cost effective Rainwater Harvesting solutions. His commitment to awareness creation and capacity building on water issues was instrumental in establishing the countries first "Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park" in Jayanagar, Bangalore. Subsequently he developed RWH Theme Parks in Jubilee hills, Hyderabad and in Kanpur, UP.
Mr Shivakumar has several publications and significant number of patents, which are under commercial exploitation to benefit the society. His research experience spans over several fields and areas in applied sciences. He has a "National Award" to his credit, awarded by the Union Government of India in the year 2001 for one of his innovations. He was awarded the "Citizen Extraordinary" by Rotary International in the year 2007. The First Innovation award "Ammulya 2012" for two of his patents was awarded by Government of Karnataka in addition to other state awards and recognitions.

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Friday, 5 April 2019

What you can do today to conserve WATER and be a part of Green living

What you can do today to conserve WATER and be a part of Green living

See it to believe and believe it to practice and show the  world it is possible
Conserve Water Harvest Rainwater
Be the change you want to be
Your contribution as an Ambassador of water conservation will change the way others attitude towards water use.

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