Visa Information

Download the Ministry of Human Resource Development's approval letter to conduct the conference.
This may help participants get a Visa.

Please note: it generally takes a longer amount of time to get a valid Indian visa. Please make sure you have plenty of time allotted for the visa process. Registered participants will receive an invitation letter in support of the visa application process.

Foreign Nationals desirous of coming into India are required to possess a valid passport of their country and a valid Indian Visa.

Visa Application Form

Visa application form is available at the office of Indian Embassy in the country where you reside. Visa form for nationals of Pakistan and Bangladesh are generally different.

There is no provision of 'Visa on Arrival' in India and no fee is charged for immigration facilities at the airports. Foreign passengers should ensure that they are in possession of valid Indian Visa before they start their journey to India except nationals of Nepal and Bhutan who do not require visa to enter India and nationals of Maldives who do not require visa for entry in India for a period up to 90 days (a separate Visa regime exists for diplomatic/official passport holders).

The Consular Passport and Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs is responsible for issuance of Indian visas to the foreign nationals for their visit for various purposes. This facility is granted through various Indian missions abroad.

Visa fees are non-refundable and subject to change without notice. The High Commission reserves the right on granting and deciding type/duration of visa irrespective of the fees tendered at the time of making application. Granting of Visa does not confer the right of entry to India and is subject to the discretion of the Immigration Authorities.

Specific Visas are granted for a variety of purposes. Listed below in a tabular form are the types of visa; categorized on the basis of purpose of staying in India.

Types of Visa

Visa Type	Period	Documents Required
Tourist Visa	6 months	Docs supporting the applicant's financial standing
Business Visa	One or more years	Letter from the sponsoring organization
Student Visa	For the duration of the academic course of study or for a period of five years whichever is less	Proof of admission to recognized Universities/Institutions in India
Transit Visa	Maximum For 15 Days	Evidence of onward travel to a destination outside India
Conference Visa	For the duration of the conference or seminar	Letter of invitation from the organiser of the conference

Requirements for Visa

Generally the following documents are required for obtaining Indian Visa. However, the requirement may vary from country to country.

• Original passport valid for at least 6 months
• Visa fee
• Two passport size photographs
• Supporting documents, where necessary
• Duly completed application form

Background & Conference Topics

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a public domain model jointly developed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Texas AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System.

SWAT is a river basin-scale model to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land management practices on different soil patterns and land use patterns.

SWAT is widely used in assessing soil erosion prevention and control, non-point source pollution control and regional management in watersheds.

Conference topics include:

• Large Scale Applications
• Climate Change Applications
• Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty
• Biofuel & Plant Growth
• Environmental Applications
• BMPs
• Hydrology
• Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon
• Pesticides, Bacteria, Metals, and Pharmaceuticals
• Model Development
• Database and GIS Application and Development
• Urban Processes and Management
• Landscape Processes and Landscape / River Continuum
• InStream Sediment and Pollutant Transport
• Ganga River Basin Management
• SWAT applications and development in India

Conference

The conference is located at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi.

-	Regular	Student
Conference	$300 USD (10,000 Indian Rupees)	$200 USD (5,000 Indian Rupees)

Conference registration fee includes conference materials, welcome reception, social dinner, morning and afternoon breaks.

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Pay online with USD or download registration form for Indian Rupees payment.

Cancellation Policy: Participants who cancel by May 1, 2012 will receive 70% of registration fee.
Participants who cancel after May 1, 2012 will only receive 25% of registration fee.
No refunds for cancellations after June 15, 2012.

Workshops

Introductory and Advanced SWAT workshops will be offered concurrently with limited seats available.
Workshops are located at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Workshop	Regular	Student
Introductory SWAT	$300 USD (10,000 Indian Rupees)	$200 USD (5,000 Indian Rupees)
Advanced SWAT	$300 USD (10,000 Indian Rupees)	$200 USD (5,000 Indian Rupees)

Workshop registration fee includes workshop manual and morning and afternoon break.

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Pay online with USD or download registration form for Indian Rupees payment.

Cancellation Policy: there will be no refunds for cancellations

Call for Papers

Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2012 - Submit an abstract
Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2012 - Read the paper guidelines

You must submit your abstract to receive an invitation letter.

Conference proceedings will be published after the conference. In addition, there may be an opportunity for selected papers to be published in a special journal edition.

Papers covering the following three topics at the regional or large river basin scale:

• regional issues of integrated environmental and social problems (e.g. SWAT modelling related to water resources management, water quality management, or agriculture/biofuel implications in a region),
• vulnerability of regions and sectors to global change, consideringclimate change, demographic and economic development (e.g. impact assessment using SWAT and considering climate and/or socio-economic scenarios), and
• regional manifestation of global change and adaptation options (e.g. impact assessment in a region using SWAT and analysing adaptation options)

are especially invited. Papers of good quality related to one of these topics will be considered for publication in the Special Issue of the Regional Environmental Change.

Scientific Committee

(View committee by country of representation)

Large Scale Applications
Karim Abbaspour, EAWAG, Switzerland (karim.abbaspour@eawag.ch)
A. K. Gosain, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (gosain@civil.iitd.ac.in)
R. Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, USA (r-srinivasan@tamu.edu)
Eldho Iype, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (eldho@civil.iitb.ac.in)

Climate Change Applications
Valentina Krysanova, PIK, Germany (Valentina.Krysanova@pik-potsdam.de)
Sue White, Cranfield University, United Kingdom (sue.white@cranfield.ac.uk)
Sandhya Rao, INRM Consultants, India (sandhya.delhi@gmail.com)
Fred F. Hattermann, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany (hattermann@pik-potsdam.de)
Xuesong Zhang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA (xuesongzhang2004@gmail.com)
P. P. Mujumdar, Indian Institute of Science (ppmujumdar@gmail.com)
N. H. Ravindranath, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (ravi@ces.iisc.ernet.in)

Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty
Karim Abbaspour, EAWAG, Switzerland (karim.abbaspour@eawag.ch)
Ann van Griensven, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands (a.vangriensven@unesco-ihe.org)
Indrajeet Chaubey, Purdue University, USA (ichaubey@purdue.edu)
Xuesong Zhang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA (xuesongzhang2004@gmail.com)
K. P. Sudheer, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (sudheer@iitm.ac.in)

Biofuel & Plant Growth
Jeff Arnold, USDA-ARS, USA (Jeff.Arnold@ars.usda.gov)
Pramod Aggarwal, International Water Management Institute, Delhi, India (p.k.aggarwal@cgiar.org)
Philip Gassman, Iowa State University, USA (pwgassma@iastate.edu)

Environmental Applications
Nicola Fohrer, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany (nfohrer@hydrology.uni-kiel.de)
José M. Sánchez-Pérez, ECOLAB, France (sanchez@cict.fr )
Martin Volk, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany (martin.volk@ufz.de)
Mike White, USDA-ARS, USA (mike.white@ars.usda.gov)
Arvind K. Nema, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (aknema@gmail.com)

BMPs
C. Allan Jones, Texas AgriLife Research, USA (cajones@tamu.edu)
Antonio Lo Porto, IRSA, Italy (antonio.loporto@ba.irsa.cnr.it)
Mike White, USDA-ARS, USA (mike.white@ars.usda.gov)
Pushpa Tuppad
Amit Garg, Public Systems Group (amitgarg@iimahd.ernet.in)
Narendra Signh Raghuwanshi, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (nsr@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in)

Hydrology
Muthiah Perumal, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (p_erumal@yahoo.com)
Antonio Lo Porto, IRSA, Italy (antonio.loporto@ba.irsa.cnr.it)
Jose Maria Bodoque Del Pozo, UCLM, Spain (JoseMaria.Bodoque@uclm.es)
D. Nagesh Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (nagesh@civil.iisc.ernet.in)
Kapil Dev Sharma, Government of India (drkdsharma@gmail.com)
Dhrubajyoti Sen, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (djsen@civil.iitkgp.ernet.in)

Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon
Nicola Fohrer, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany (nfohrer@hydrology.uni-kiel.de)
Ann van Griensven, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands (a.vangriensven@unesco-ihe.org)
Balaji Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (nbalaji@iitm.ac.in)
P. Rajendra Prasad, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India (rpatury@yahoo.com)
Subashisa Dutta, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (subashisa@iitg.ernet.in)

Pesticides, Bacteria, Metals, and Pharmaceuticals
Jeff Arnold, USDA-ARS, USA (Jeff.Arnold@ars.usda.gov)
R. Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, USA (r-srinivasan@tamu.edu)
José M. Sánchez-Pérez, ECOLAB, France (sanchez@cict.fr )
Virginia Jin, USDA-ARS, USA (Virginia.Jin@ars.usda.gov)
A. K. Mittal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (akmittal@civil.iitd.ac.in)

Model Development
Nicola Fohrer, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany (nfohrer@hydrology.uni-kiel.de)
Ann van Griensven, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands (a.vangriensven@unesco-ihe.org)
Jaehak Jeong, Texas AgriLife Research, USA (jjeong@brc.tamus.edu)
Arup Kumar Sarma, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (aks@iitg.ernet.in)

Database and GIS Application and Development
Ann van Griensven, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands (a.vangriensven@unesco-ihe.org)
R. Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, USA (r-srinivasan@tamu.edu)
Pedro Chambel Leitão, IST-MARETEC, Portugal (pedrochambelleitao@gmail.com)
Dharmendra Saraswat, University of Arkansas, USA (dsaraswat@uaex.edu)

Urban Processes and Management
C. Allan Jones, Texas AgriLife Research, USA (cajones@tamu.edu)
Jaehak Jeong, Texas AgriLife Research, USA (jjeong@brc.tamus.edu)
Amit Garg, Public Systems Group (amitgarg@iimahd.ernet.in)
Kapil Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (kgupta@civil.iitb.ac.in)

Landscape Processes and Landscape / River Continuum
Valentina Krysanova, PIK, Germany (Valentina.Krysanova@pik-potsdam.de)
Martin Volk, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany (martin.volk@ufz.de)

InStream Sediment and Pollutant Transport
Pedro Chambel Leitão, IST-MARETEC, Portugal (pedrochambelleitao@gmail.com)
Jaehak Jeong, Texas AgriLife Research, USA (jjeong@brc.tamus.edu)
José M. Sánchez-Pérez, ECOLAB, France (sanchez@cict.fr )
D. R. Kaushal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (kaushal@civil.iitd.ac.in)
Pranab Mohapatra, University of South Carolina (pranab@cec.sc.edu)

Ganga River Basin Management
Balaji Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (nbalaji@iitm.ac.in)
A. K. Gosain, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (gosain@civil.iitd.ac.in)
Sandhya Rao, INRM Consultants, India (sandhya.delhi@gmail.com)
B. S. Murty, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (bsm@iitm.ac.in)
B. R. Chahar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (chahar@civil.iitd.ac.inz)
Subashisa Dutta, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (subashisa@iitg.ernet.in)

SWAT applications and development in India
Dharmendra Saraswat, University of Arkansas, USA (dsaraswat@uaex.edu)
Indrajeet Chaubey, Purdue University, USA (ichaubey@purdue.edu)
Balaji Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (nbalaji@iitm.ac.in)
A. K. Gosain, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (gosain@civil.iitd.ac.in)
D. Nagesh Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (nagesh@civil.iisc.ernet.in)
Sharad Jain, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (s_k_jain@yahoo.com)

Non-SWAT Category
Kapil Dev Sharma, Government of India (drkdsharma@gmail.com)
Balaji Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (nbalaji@iitm.ac.in)
D. Nagesh Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (nagesh@civil.iisc.ernet.in)
Rakesh Khosa, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khaz, New (rakesh.khosa@gmail.com)

Scientific Committee by Country of Representation

Indian Representatives	International Representatives
Subashisa Dutta	José M. Sánchez-Pérez	France
Amit Garg	Nicola Fohrer	Germany
A. K. Gosain	Fred F. Hattermann	Germany
Kapil Gupta	Valentina Krysanova	Germany
Eldho Iype	Martin Volk	Germany
Sharad Jain	Antonio Lo Porto	Italy
D. Nagesh Kumar	Pedro Chambel Leitão	Portugal
P. P. Mujumdar	Jose Maria Bodoque Del Pozo	Spain
Balaji Narasimhan	Karim Abbaspour	Switzerland
Arvind K. Nema	Ann van Griensven	The Netherlands
Muthiah Perumal	Sue White	United Kingdom
Narendra Signh Raghuwanshi	Jeff Arnold	USA
Sandhya Rao	Indrajeet Chaubey	USA
N. H. Ravindranath	Philip Gassman	USA
Arup Kumar Sarma	Jaehak Jeong	USA
Dhrubajyoti Sen	Virginia Jin	USA
Kapil Dev Sharma	C. Allan Jones	USA
K. P. Sudheer	Pranab Mohapatra	USA
Pramod Aggarwal	Dharmendra Saraswat	USA
B. R. Chahar	R. Srinivasan	USA
D. R. Kaushal	Mike White	USA
Rakesh Khosa	Xuesong Zhang	USA
A. K. Mittal
B. S. Murty
P. Rajendra Prasad

Organizing Committee

• Dr. A.K. Gosain, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Dr. Balaji Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• Dr. Jeff Arnold, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, USA
• Dr. R. Srinivasan, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, USA
• Courtney Smith, Texas AgriLife Research, USA

Additional Information (local accommodations, sightseeing, etc)

List of hotels
The Estate Bed and Breakfast

For any local and logistical support or general conference questions, please email: swat.2012.iitd@gmail.com.

For any questions about the conference or workshops, please contact:

India participants contact: Uttam Aswal, FITT, IIT, Delhi (uttamaswal@hotmail.com)
International participants contact: Courtney Smith, Texas AgriLife Research (courtneysmith@tamu.edu)