The VIT University in collaboration with National Waterways Development Technology (NAWAD Tech) recently conducted a two-day conference on River linking by National Waterways in Chennai. The main highlight of the conference was the need to interlink rivers to reduce water shortage.
The conference was attended by academicians, policy makers, water resource professionals, corporate personnel, political dignitaries, agriculturists, and research scholars. G Viswanathan, chancellor, VIT University; AC Kamaraj, chairman, NAWAD Tech; Professor M.S. Swaminathan, founder and chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and Sankar Viswanathan, VP, VIT University addressed the session and threw light on how to reduce water waste.