Hi All,

We are offering a 14 day certificate course on Swachh Bharat and beyond at CEPT University,Ahmedabad, INDIA. Following is the link cept.ac.in/file_manager/sw_programs/pdf/...hbharatandbeyond.pdf


Course Description :

In recent months, Sanitation agenda has been at the forefront of development agenda in India. The Government of India has launched Swachh Bharat Mission with an aim to make the whole country Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2019. On similar lines Government of Maharashtra has launched Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan, which focuses on eradicating open defecation and also provide proper sanitation infrastructure in cities. Recently, Government of Maharashtra has declared 19 cities Open Defecation Free on 2nd October, 2015 under its mission of SMM. Government of Maharashtra has recently developed a new concept of ODF + and ODF ++ which aims to achieve a sanitized city by not only providing access to toilets but also improve wastewater management through septage management or conventional sewer systems.

The course would provide hands-on training to students on latest developments on Swachh Bharat Mission and PAS Project, CEPT University support to government of Maharashtra for Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan. It would guide the students on sanitation technology choices and developing plans to make cities open defecation free and develop septage management plans for the cities. The course would involve a field visit to Sinnar city in Maharashtra, where PAS Project (CEPT University) is supporting implementation of open defecation free plan and septage management plan. This city is located 30 Km from Nashik and 60 km from Shirdi. Students will be assigned specific wards of the city, for which they will have to prepare plans for ODF and septage management. Students will visit Nashik and Shirde to review wastewater treatment facilities in these cities. The students will get a chance to have a one-on-one interaction with city officials and disucss with them on how they are planning to implement this projects. There will also be field visits in and around Nashik to see at innovative waste to energy treatment plants.

The course registration is open for all professionals interested in Sanitation sector, registrations are open from 9th Feb to 25th Feb, 2016.

In case of any queries, please do write to us.

Thanks

Regards,
Aasim