A few visitors from Goa involved in water projects visited the Rain Centre during Feb 2003. Sekar Raghavan made a trip to Goa to offer a seminar on RWH.
Ford Foundation had a 50th year celebration in Chennai. As part of their seminar, they brought their participants, mostly NGO's to see the RWH in action at the Rain Centre. This and the next picture shows the event.
Ford Foundation had a 50th year celebration in Chennai. As part of their seminar, they brought their participants, mostly NGO's to see the RWH in action at the Rain Centre. This and the previous picture shows the event.
Charles Haviland, a reporter for BBC Radio visited the Rain Centre and interviewed Sekar Raghavan. Later, he visited many houses in the Padmanabha Nagar to see the installations.
Property World 2003 is a Chennai event to bring builders together. Akash Ganga Trust put up a booth to educate builders about RWH. This was made possible with assistance from Rotary Club of Madras and ICICI Bank.
Sri Lanka Minister for Irrigation and Water Management, Mr Gamini Jayavikrema Perara, visited the Rain Centre. Sri Lanka has made significant strides in RWH.
Rain Centre introduced a program to show films on RWH on a weekly basis. The introductory event was graced by Tamil movie actress Kushboo. Picture shows Actress Kushboo and Sekar Raghavan.
Rain Centre introduced a program to show films on RWH on a weekly basis. The introductory event was graced by Tamil movie actress Kushboo. Picture shows Benjamin Cherian (Rotary) Bhupal (Chief Engineer, City of Chennai) and Actress Kushboo.
Prof P.V.Indiresan and his wife Prof Jaya Indiresan visited the Rain Centre on Feb 23, 2003. Picture shows 2 of his students - K.R.Gopinath and Ram Krishnan describing the RC features to Prof Indiresan.
The members of the Akash Ganga Chennai group met on Feb 23, 2003 to discuss progress todate and future tasks. The members include- K.R.Gopinath, M.V.Sathyanarayana, M.N.Mitra, N.Sudarsan, V.Varadarajan, K.Venkataraman, R.Ramani, Indukanth Ragade, Sekar Raghavan, Jaikumar, Saravanan, Benjamin Cherian. (only some are visible in this picture)