Centre for Sustainability and Environmental Management, IIM Sirmaur will commemorate World Water Day i.e., 22nd March 2022. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. This year’s theme for World Water Day is “Groundwater: making the invisible visible”. World Water Day on groundwater would put a spotlight on this invisible resource, enhance knowledge exchange and collaboration and thereby increase the awareness of the importance of taking care of our groundwater.
As part of this, IIM Sirmaur announces an essay writing competition open for all the full-time graduate and post-graduate students of institutions/universities based in India. Interested participants can write an essay in their own words on any one of the topics mentioned below:
a) “The significance of groundwater for Sustainable Development”
b) “Jal Jeevan Mission” (https://jaljeevanmission.gov.in/)
c) “Importance of water conservation in tackling water crisis”