Sulabh is a social service organization working in the sanitation sector. Here, they view ‘toilet’ not just as a ‘toilet’. It has aesthetic, commercial, and social values behind it. I had the opportunity to interview
Global WaSH SC collaborated with faculty cluster at NC State, Duke WaSH- AID, and Triangle Environmental to organize World Toilet Day in Durham. We enjoyed the fun trivia events there!
The student chapter was founded this year. We had registered it as a ‘non-profit’ institute and had taken all set-up activities. We had the following events involving students from multiple disciplines: Kick-Off Event Networking over
Our first meeting! We gathered in Mann Hall to finally all meet in person, set the tone for the year, and get to know one another. Gracie Hornsby, the Vice President gave a short presentation
Er. Ramesh Bamble (Ex. Deputy Municipal Commissioner, MCGM) is the chairman of the Indian Water Works Association’s Mumbai center and is working on a World Bank-funded project under the government of Maharashtra for providing water
Mr. Anand Jagtap (Ex. Officer on Special Duty, MCGM) is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. He has worked with more than 850 community-based organizations that run the community toilet
WaSH Wednesdays connected students at NC State with practitioners, industry professionals, and researchers internationally over WaSH issues through webinars. We had two amazing speakers this year and their talks focused on the sanitation system and
On March 2nd, 2020, we hosted Dr. Lena Trotochaud, a Research Scientist from Duke Center for WaSH-AID. Over lunch, she spoke to students about her work which included physico/electro or chemical methods for remediation of
In collaboration with the Global WasH Faculty Cluster, the Global WasH Student Chapter got the opportunity to host Dr. Evan Thomas, Director of the Mortenson Center at UC Boulder for a lunch, on February 14th,
This event provides a great networking opportunity for students on-campus to meet WaSH professionals over lunch. They discuss research ideas, interests, and new developments with these experts. This year we conducted two such events with