India Development Service
India Development Service (IDS)Seminar is a nonprofit, non-political, and secular organization supporting economic and social development in India .
Seminars
Over the years IDS has established a seminar series where cutting edge development ideas are shared and explored. These seminars not only serve as a conduit for knowledge but also provide a mechanism to network with activists both here in the US and in India. Every year we choose a different focus area.
2011:
Water: Sacred, Scarce and Sustainable
Date: April 9th, 2011
Location:
Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine
2160 S 1st Ave
Maywood, Il 60153
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Moderated by NPR's Jerome McDonnell
Speakers:
Dr. Rajesh Shah - Founder, Peer Water Exchange
Dr. Gourishankar Ghosh - Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitiation,
WHO
Dr. Cecil Lue Hing - Past Director of R&D for Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago
Dr. Ann Feldman - Director of Artistic Circles: Documentary Showing: "Water
Pressures"
Lisa Ballantine - Filterpure - Provider of environmentally friendly water
for the under-served
F. Bailey Green - President, GO2Water, Inc - Partnering with the Govt
of India for clean Ganga campaign
Claus Dunkelberg - Milwaukee Water Council
2010:
“INDIA’S CHILDREN: PRESERVING THEIR RIGHTS, PROTECTING THEIR FUTURE”
Moderator: Jerome McDonnel (Chicago WBEZ, Worldview)
“Empowering Street
Children” - Rita Panicker, Director of Butterflies, India
Former consultant to UNICEF, Ms. Rita Panicker is the Founder-Director
of Butterflies, an organization working with street and working children
and on issues of children's rights.
“Protecting Children From Violence and
Abuse” - Nicole Menezes, CHILDLINE, India
In 1996, Mumbai launched CHILDLINE, the country's first toll-free helpline
for street children in distress, and has grown into a national child protection
service that operates in 83 cities.
“Nutrition as Foundation for Education”
- Madhu Sridhar, CEO, Akshaya Patra Foundation, USA
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is the world's largest non-government midday
meal program and feeds more than 966,000 underprivileged children daily
in 5,600 schools in six states in India.
“Juvenile Justice in India” - Diane Geraghty, J.D., Director, CIVITAS
Child Law Center, Loyola University Chicago
Diane Geraghty has served as a consultant to UNICEF in Thailand, Vietnam
and West and Central Africa, and is an international expert at the UN
Office of Drugs and Crime on the topic of access to justice for children
and adults in the criminal justice system.
“Advancing Child
Rights in India through Youth Development and Education” - Julia Pryce,
Ph.D, Loyola University Chicago.
Dr. Pryce’s research primarily focuses on youth development and mentorship,
including her work with LIFT ("Leading India's Future Today"),
a non-profit youth development and educational organization.
2009 “RURAL INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES”
Moderator: Jerome McDonnel (Chicago WBEZ, Worldview)
"Water Pressures" Documentary Screening
The key to the global water crisis is collaboration. The Water Pressures
documentary highlights community water management projects in the deserts
of India and a major U.S. university on Lake Michigan. Collaborations
in each of these communities initiate real change, enabling participants
to conserve water in response to the global water crisis.
In March 2010, a group of university students traveled to Rajasthan, India and experienced first-hand life in the most water-distressed region of the world. While there, they were immersed in village life and observed day-to-day water management practices applied to agriculture and rural health.
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