The 16th Indian Plumbing Conference got inaugurated at Gokulam Convention Centre, Kochi, yesterday. Organised jointly by Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) and Akar InfoMedia Pvt. Ltd. (AIM), this sixteenth conference in a row, debated on the theme: Water Sustainability : Codes-Education-Implementation-Monitoring.
It was inaugurated at worthy the hands of Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Principal Secretary to Government of Kerala, Science & Technology Department and Executive Vice President, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, in the presence of luminaries of Indian plumbing fraternity, who came to Kochi to attend this two day congress. Dr. A Ramakrishna, Former Deputy MD, L & T and Director – International Infrastructure Consultants Pvt. Ltd., delivered the keynote address and also made an interesting presentation on water scenario in the country. Mr. Sudhakaran Nair, President of IPA & Dy. Chairman – World Plumbing Council shared with the audience, the multi-pronged approach of IPA, to create an awareness about this very crucial and yet very neglected aspect of building services – plumbing. Mr. P Ramachandran, Chairman of IPA’s Kerala Chapter shared with the audience that how inspite of various sources of water, God’s Own Country is still starving for water!
The second day of the conference debated on the topics like Mandate & Monitor and Renew & Reuse. Subject experts like Mr. Sharat Rao, Managing Director, Engineering Creations Public Health Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. - Mumbai, Mr. S. Haris, Executive Engineer, Kerala Water Authority - Thiruvananthapuram, Mr. John Joseph, MD & Principal Consultant, John Mech-El Technologies Pvt. Ltd. – Mumbai and Mr. V. Venugopal, Managing Partner, Modern Plumbing Systems & Services, Kochi made presentations on these topics. These topics focused mainly on the importance of uniform codes & the importance of a monitoring system and also that of re-use of available resources.
This two day conference also had a large exhibition of latest and innovative plumbing and allied products. Builders, consultants and high net-worth individuals attended this exhibition which was a big success.
With these high profile deliberations and dignitaries visiting the show over two days, this national convention on plumbing will definitely leave a big impact on Kochi in terms of water sustainability and conservation.
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