Dear Colleagues

Placed below is an announcement of a course on DSS.
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Training Course



On



Decision Support System for

Water Resources Planning and Management



(September 19-23, 2005)



Introduction
A DSS is a computer-based interactive tool to aid the decision-making
activities, to better understand the problem, to explore alternative courses of
actions, and to predict impacts of a decision. DSSs have great potential for a
large variety of problems related to management of water resources, such as
optimal planning of water resources in a basin, integrated management of
reservoirs, drought assessment and mitigation, conjunctive use of surface and
groundwater resources, flood management, etc.



Typical components of a DSS are: Database management system, Analytical tools
(rainfall runoff modeling, flood routing, groundwater modeling, water quality
modeling, optimization, simulation, etc.), Module for retrieval and display of
output, User interface, and Utility modules.



A DSS is of particular use for decision-makers where problems are poorly
structured and a significant effort is made/required to collect and generate
information, leaving little time to consider "big picture". It helps a manager
to cope up with the complexity in model application, assists in interpretation
of model results, and provides timely information that supports decisions. With
the widespread availability of computers and related technology, it is but
natural that the same is gainfully employed in water resources management.



In view of the above, it is high time for the water resources professional to be
aware and motivated to take advantages of the use of the DSS tools in
decision-making in respect of efficient water resources planning, development
and management. This short-term course is intended to focus on the fundamentals
of DSSs, their applicability/utility of DSSs in decision making related to
floods, droughts, reservoir operation, conjunctive use of water and water
quality.



Objectives
To interact with personnel engaged in water resources planning, development and
management in the country, regarding the utility of DSS in decision making and
the various methodologies that should form part of the DSS.



This course is being planned as two-way interaction with the participants so
that the requirement of the field organizations are also clearly identified and
the experiences are shared.



Course Structure

The Course will consist of lectures by experts in their respective fields.
Faculty will comprise of Scientists from NIH, Roorkee, IIT Roorkee and other
institutions in India. The lectures will be supported by tutorials and computer
sessions.



Course Contents

The course will include the following:

Ø Fundamentals of DSS for water resources planning and management

Ø Human decision making process

Ø Analytical tools and techniques useful in



o DSS for surface water planning

o DSS for Reservoir operation

o DSS for Drought mitigation

o DSS for Conjunctive use

o DSS for Water quality



Participants
The course is intended for middle/senior level engineers and officers working in
water resources/irrigation and other related departments of Central/State Govt
and those who are in teaching profession. The number of seats is limited to 25
participants. The registration shall be done on the first come first served
basis.



Registration
The registration fee per participant shall be Rs. 7000/- which includes the
registration fees, course material, stay at NIH guest house and working lunch.
However, the participants have to arrange for TA/DA from their own organisation.
Each registered participant will be provided detailed lecture notes and other
materials.



The participants are requested to register themselves by filling and mailing the
attached registration form latest by 22nd August 2005, along with a demand draft
in favour of 'National Institute of Hydrology, payable at Roorkee.



Venue

The venue of the course shall be National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee- 247
667. Roorkee is a medium size town of Uttranachal State and it is well connected
by road & rail from Delhi, Dehradun, Saharanpur. NIH is situated at about 1 km
from Bus stand and 3 km from Railway Station.



National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)

NIH is the premier research institute of India in the field of hydrology. It is
an autonomous society under the Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India. NIH
has six scientific divisions: Surface Water Hydrology, Ground Water Hydrology,
Water Resoures Systems, Agricultural Hydrology, Environmental Hydrology, and
Hydrological Investigations. The institute has oragnised a number of training
courses in a wide range of topics dealing with all aspects of hydrology at
Roorkee, Patna, Calcutta, Guwahati, Kakinada, Belgaum and Chennai etc. NIH has
well equipped laboratories dealing with Water Quality, Remote Sensing, Soil and
Ground water, Hydrological Investigations, and Isotope Hydrology. For more
details please visit NIH web site www.nih.ernet.in.



Address for Correspondence:

Dr. Sharad K. Jain

Scientist F and Head, WRS Division

National Institute of Hydrology

Roorkee 247 667, India

Tel. : (01332) 276417

Fax: (01332) 272123

E-Mail : skj@...



Registration Form

Training Course On

Decision Support System for Water Resources Planning

(September 19-23, 2005)



Name :................

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Qualifications :................

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(Signature of Candidate)





SPONSORSHIP CERTIFICATE


Certified that Mr./Ms./Dr. ............ has been officially deputed for the
above mentioned training course to be conducted by NIH, Roorkee.





Signature of Sponsoring Authority

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