On Friday, November 18 – a day before the actual World Toilet Day on November 19 – FIN hosted an online event in collaboration with the United Nations University UNU-MERIT, where I am Professor. It is always nice to wear two hats – one as FIN director and…
We have 31 NITs or National Institutes of Technology in India. NIT Karaikal is one among them. It is situated in Thiruvettakudy, Puducherry with the best students from across India. Prof. Shyama V. Ramani visited NIT on Oct 7th with her FIN team. She started the workshop by asking them…
India generates 62 million tonnes of waste each year. About 43 million tonnes (70%) are collected, of which about 12 million tonnes are treated, and 31 million tonnes are dumped at landfill sites. With changing consumption patterns and rapid economic growth, it is estimated that urban municipal solid waste generation…
See FIN Webinar Since 2015, around 500 million low-cost toilets have been diffused around the world, but still about 2 billion people are responding to the call of nature in the open daily mainly due to lack of access to a functioning toilet, but sometimes simply by choice. This…
Water Source Security: Is desalination the way to go? A Multi-stakeholder Experience-Sharing Forum on desalination featuring academics, firms, public agencies and regulators Event Videos Full Conference Brochure Access to water is fundamental to human security. According to the United Nations, the human right to water can be defined as the…
Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Digitalisation for SDG 5.2 (End Violence): Exploring the Implications, Opportunities and Threats Register for this event now You can find the event brochure with details on the speakers’ profiles and the event programme here. Even today, statistics indicate that one in three…
The Sustainable Development Goals Report (2020) highlights that about 2 billion people still do not have access to a functioning toilet and about 4.2 billion people are using toilets that could contaminate water sources. Thus, not only are we are far from being an open-defecation free world, but the state…
The Sustainable Development Goals Report (2020) notes that we are far from being an open-defecation free world. Since 2015, around 500 million low cost toilets have been diffused, but still about 2 billion people do not have access to a functioning toilet and about 4.2 billion people are using toilets…
On the Role of Technology and Innovation and Governance to Eliminate Open Defecation A UNU-MERIT Web-Based Event in collaboration with Friend In Need India Sanitation feeds into nearly all the other Sustainable Development Goals through improving heath, reducing child mortality and school absenteeism and promoting gender empowerment. Ensuring access to…
The webinar series is a new initiative which is being conducted as during the COVID-19 lock-down period. Our Interns with FIN’s Center for Circular Economy are presenting a series of webinars on Waste Management challenges for the future. Join us in their journey to understand and explain some of the…