About the University of Dhaka

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1 About the University of Dhaka On the first day of July 1921 the University of Dhaka opened its doors to students. The University was set up in a picturesque part of the city known as Ramna on 600 acres of land. The main purpose of the University was to create new areas of knowledge and disseminate this knowledge to the society through its students. Since its inception the University has a distinct character of having distinguished scholars as faculties who have enriched the global pool of knowledge by making notable contributions in the fields of teaching and research. A new phase began in the history of the University with the emergence of the People s Republic of Bangladesh in This has been a phase of development, expansion and consolidation of earlier gains. The University has assumed a central role in the academic pursuits of the region including this new nation. The University of Dhaka has passed through tumultuous times at different periods of the national history and played vital, at times pioneering, roles in all critical junctures in the making of this great nation. The University played a central role in the Language Movement of 1952 that ultimately culminated in the recognition of Bangla as the State Language. Scores of students, teachers and employees of the University of Dhaka laid down their lives for the independence of the country. Just after the creation of Bangladesh, the government proclaimed the University of Dhaka Order 1973 whereby democratic norms and autonomy became integral features of the institution. The University of Dhaka is dedicated to the advancement of learning, and is committed to promoting research in all fields of knowledge. As there are plans for further expansion of facilities, plans for new avenues and opportunities, the course curricula are updated and new research projects are undertaken every year. As the pioneer and the largest seat of learning in the country, the University of Dhaka has taken the task to foster the transformation processes of the individual students and the country as a whole through its educational and research facilities keeping up Springer International Publishing AG 2018 I. Ahmed (ed.), South Asian Rivers, The Anthropocene: Politik Economics Society Science 21, 103

2 104 About the University of Dhaka with demands of the day. The University of Dhaka is at this moment one of the leading institutions of higher education in Asia. The University of Dhaka is well prepared to meet the challenges of the future days with its spirit of freedom, justice and truth as a foundation concomitant to the objectives envisaged by the founding fathers. For further details please visit website:

3 About the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bengali: ), or BELA ( ), is a non-profit legal organization established in 1992 to assist efforts to protect the environment. BELA started its mission as an advocacy group of young lawyers developing legal techniques and strategies to protect the environment and defend rights of communities dependent on nature and natural resources. Founded by Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque, the organization has paved the way for environmental legal activism in the country and has been the pioneer of public interest litigation in Bangladesh. BELA has adopted various means to create awareness amongst the major actors and the common people about their environmental rights and duties. BELA has published books and other awareness materials, all having relevance to the concept of environmental protection and justice. It is also active in promoting people s right to information and the concept of participatory law-making in the country. BELA is a member of Friends of the Earth International, IUCN-the World Conservation Union, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), the NGO Platform on Ship-breaking and the South Asian Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE). In 2003, BELA has received the Global 500 Role of Honors of the United Nations for its contribution to the promotion of environmental justice. In 2008, BELA was one of first four recipients of the Environment Award given by the Department of Environment of the Government of Bangladesh. The Chief Executive of BELA has received the Goldman Environment Award (2009), known as the Noble Prize in the environment sector for her successful legal battles in regulating deadly ship breaking industry in Bangladesh. She has also received the Ramon Magsaysay Award (2012) which is widely respected as the Noble Prize for Asia for her uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of Springer International Publishing AG 2018 I. Ahmed (ed.), South Asian Rivers, The Anthropocene: Politik Economics Society Science 21, 105

4 106 About the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people s right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life. Address: Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), House-15A (4th Floor), Road-3, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1205, Phone: , , Fax: bela@bangla.net Website: belabangla.org

5 About the Editor Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor of International Relations and Director, Centre for Genocide Studies at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Professor Ahmed was educated at the University of Dhaka, Carleton University, Ottawa, and the Australian National University, Canberra. He is also currently Visiting Professor at the Sagesse University, Beirut, Lebanon. His research interests include South Asian politics, religion and culture, tolerance and terrorism, the politics of development, refugees and migration, and women and the environment. Professor Ahmed is the recipient of various awards and honours. He has been a fellow in the following institutions: Ford Foundation Fellow at the University of Oxford; Asia Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi; Rockefeller Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation; Japan Foundation Fellow at the Yokohama City University; Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore; and Foreign Policy Fellow at the University of Maryland and College Park. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 18 books and 6 monographs. More than 110 research papers and scholarly articles have been published in leading journals and chapters in edited volumes. His publications include Contemporarising Tagore & the World (2013), Women & Militancy: South Asian Complexities (2011), and Terrorism in the 21st Century: Perspectives from Bangladesh (2009) and his recent publication is an edited volume titled: Human Rights in Bangladesh: Past, Present & Futures (Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2014). His forthcoming publication is People of Many Rivers: Tales from the Riverbanks (Dhaka: University Press Limited, i.p.). His CV can be viewed here at: /01/Prof-Imtiaz-Ahmed-CV.pdf. Springer International Publishing AG 2018 I. Ahmed (ed.), South Asian Rivers, The Anthropocene: Politik Economics Society Science 21, 107

6 108 About the Editor Address: Prof. Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Department of International Relations, 6th Floor, Social Science Faculty Building, University of Dhaka, Ramna, Dhaka PO 1000, Bangladesh. Website:

7 About the Contributors Ajaya Dixit (Nepal) is the editor of Water Nepal, a journal addressing Himalayan water and development; and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH), a Nepali NGO that has built water supply schemes serving over 350,000 people in Nepal. Mr. Dixit taught hydraulics at Tribhuvan University s Institute of Engineering until 1989 and recently authored the current leading textbook in hydraulics, published in 2002, Basic Water Science. He has worked extensively as a consultant on water resources and environment for bilateral and multilateral organizations in Nepal. Mr. Dixit served as a member of the National Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio Conference (1992). He also represented the private sector in His Majesty s Government of Nepal Water and Energy Commission from 1994 to Address: Mr. Ajaya Dixit, 48 North Street St. 7, Katmundu, CO 80304, Nepal. adbaluwatar@ntc.net.np Website: Dr. V.G. Hegde (India) is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (SAU). Before joining SAU he was an Associate Professor at the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Dr. Hegde previously held the position of Legal Officer at the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC), now Asian African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). He was part of the Indian negotiating team on several bilateral investment and Trade Agreements. He was a member of the Working Group on Arbitration and E-Commerce constituted under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNICTRAL). Address: Dr. Venkatachala G. Hegde, Associate Professor, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri New Delhi , India. vghegde@sau.ac.in Website: Springer International Publishing AG 2018 I. Ahmed (ed.), South Asian Rivers, The Anthropocene: Politik Economics Society Science 21, 109

8 110 About the Contributors Shafqat Kakakhel (Pakistan) has been a member of the SDPI Board of Governors since He is a former member of Pakistan s Diplomatic Service and also served as Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme for nearly a decade. During his tenure in Delhi, Shafqat Kakakhel represented Pakistan as Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Programme and the UN Centre for Human Settlements-HABITAT from September 1994 to August He was elected President of the UNEP Governing Council in May 1995 and was the Chief Negotiator for the G-77 in the preparatory meetings of the second World Summit on Human Settlements in and was elected chair of the main negotiations committee at the Summit held in Istanbul in June Address: Amb. Shafqat Kakakhel, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Taimur Chambers Plot # 10-D (WEST), Fazl-ul-haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan; and House # 15, Street # 83, G6/4, Islamabad, Pakistan. shafqatkakakhel@gmail.com Website: Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma (India) is currently working as the Director, The Ecological Foundation, New Delhi, India. Sharma has a doctorate in environmental science from Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has experience of designing and implementing rural development projects at the grassroots; has been senior journalist with leading publications like India Today (weekly) and The Pioneer (daily newspaper); and has worked at the World Bank. Address: Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma, 7 Triveni, A6 Paschim Vihar, New Delhi , India. sudhirendarsharma@gmail.com Website: DE and

9 Index A Accountability, 77, 99 Actors, 4, 93, 99, 101, 105 Afghanistan, 45, 46, 58, 74 Agriculture, 6, 27, 35, 46, 55, 58, 61, 64, 84, 85, 87, 89, 91 Amazon, 65 Anthropocene, 7 Antonio Gramsci, 7 B Baglihar, 61, 76 Bagmati, 84 Baluchistan, 21 Banerjee, Mamata, 56, 57 Bangladesh, 4, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 33, 46, 51 55, 57, 65, 69, 74, 79, 83, 84, 90, 91, 101, 103, 105, 107 Barrage, 21, 47 49, 52, 53, 76, 88 Basin, 7, 9, 13, 25, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 45 47, 51, 52, 57, 58, 62, 64, 66, 69, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 84, 96 Bhutan, 16, 45, 74 Bihar, 48, 49, 76, 84, 91, 97 Brahma, 1, 2 Brahmakunda, 1 Brahmaputra, 1, 9, 12, 13, 18, 45, 53, 54, 56, 69, 75, 83, 87 C Cambodia, 64 Canada, 31, 32, 35, 60, 63, 65 Central Government, 22 Chatham house, 46, 73 Chhatisgarh, 89 Chief Minister, 56 China, 13, 38, 45, 52, 58, 64, 66, 95 Chipko, 92 Civilization, 9, 87 Colonial, 4, 5, 24, 87, 88, 92 Columbia basin, 96 Columbia river, 31, 32, 96 Communal, 101 Conflicts, 8, 11, 17, 21, 32, 37, 77, 78 Congress, 3, 53 Conservation, 11, 18, 96, 105 Constitution, 5, 14 16, 21, 25, 34, 42, 84, 95 Convention, 2, 8, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 37 39, 41, 42, 61, 63, 66, 81, 92, 96, 98, 100 Cyclones, 6, 89 D Dams, 3, 4, 6, 20, 39, 41, 59, 64, 66, 77, 82, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99 Danube, 37, 41 Database, 18 Democracy, 6, 72, 92 Development, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 24, 25, 32, 38, 42, 45, 47, 50, 51, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 73, 74, 87, 90, 93, 95, 96, 99, 103, 109 Developmentality, 6 Dharla, 56, 57 Discourse, 3, 10, 46, 76, 94 Disputes, 12, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24, 32, 41, 52, 60, 62, 63, 65, 79, 98 Dudh Kumar, 56 E Earthquakes, 6 Ecological, 11, 39, 63, 70, 72, 77, 100 Electricity, 3, 6, 48 50, 60, 91, 92, 95 Equitable, 3, 5, 11, 18, 22, 23, 26 28, 31, 36, 37, 39, 42, 46, 61, 63, 75, 77, 96 Equity, 36, 55, 77, 94, 95, 98, 99 F Farakka, 14, 33, 52 55, 74, 81, 84, 89 Feni, 52, 57 Springer International Publishing AG 2018 I. Ahmed (ed.), South Asian Rivers, The Anthropocene: Politik Economics Society Science 21, 111

10 112 Index Floods, 6, 18, 48 50, 77, 83, 85, 97 Freedom fighter, 3 Freshwater, 6, 14, 15, 36, 46, 62, 63, 65, 93 G Gabcikovo-Nagymaros, 41 Gandaki, 47, 52, 84 Ganga, 2, 3, 5, 7, 33, 45, 53 55, 69, 70, 73, 75, 81, 83, 84, 87, 88 Ganges bridge, 57 Glaciers, 6, 46, 62, 81, 84, 90 Godavari, 22 Groundwater, 39, 46, 84, 86, 91, 94 Gumti, 52, 56, 57 H Harmon doctrine, 8, 27, 30 Hasina, Sheikh, 54, 57 Helsinki rules, 26, 29, 36 38, 42, 63 Himalaya region, 88 Hindutva, 4 Human, 1, 2, 6, 7, 29, 40, 62, 76, 77, 92, 96, 101, 110 Hungary, 41 Hydro-hegemon, 46 Hydrological, 6, 11, 36, 66, 87, 90, 96, 97 Hydrology, 6, 37, 60, 62, 73, 74, 84, 99 I India, 4 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 33, 37, 42, 45 49, 51, 53 56, 58 62, 65, 69, 71, 73, 79, 83, 84, 87 90, 92, 95, 97 Indian-Sub continent, 82 Indus River System Authority, 20 Information, 18, 33, 39, 40, 60, 63, 66, 73, 99, 100, 105 International drainage, 36, 38, 39 International river, 3, 24, 25, 30, 38, 63 Inter-State, 24 26, 28 Irrigation, 3, 6, 15, 29, 31, 45, 46, 49, 52, 56, 59, 63, 64, 83, 85, 87, 90, 92, 95 J Jammu and Kashmir, 58, 61, 62, 75 Jharkhand, 84 Jhelum, 20, 58 60, 62 Joint commissions, 31 Joint Consultative Commission, 57 Jurisprudence, 31 K Kalabagh dam, 21 Kamala, 84 Kankai, 84 Karnali, 47, 52, 84, 93 Karnataka, 23 Khowai, 56, 57 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 20 Koshi, 48, 84, 88, 97 Kosi, 45, 48, 49, 52, 75 L Laos, 64 Law, 2, 11, 19, 21 23, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 42, 61, 63, 98, 105 Legal, 13 16, 18, 22, 28 30, 33, 38, 41, 42, 51, 105, 109 M Madrid resolution, 35 Mahakali, 13, 33, 45 47, 50 52, 88, 89, 92 Management, 9, 16, 18, 40, 46, 57, 58, 62, 64, 66, 71, 72, 74 77, 80, 82, 84, 90, 91, 93, 95, 98, 100 Manu, 56, 57 Meghna, 18, 73, 83 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), 49, 54 Mexico, 25, Migration, 11, 55 Modi, Narendra, 4, 51, 57 Muhuri, 56, 57 N Narmada, 22 National council, 18 National policy, 18, 95 Navigational right, 49 Nepal, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 33, 38, 45 50, 52, 53, 65, 69, 73, 75, 81, 83 86, 88 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 101, 109 New Delhi, 53, 54, 84, 109 Nile, 64 Norm, 87 O Organic intellectuals, 7 P Padma river, 57 Pakistan, 5 7, 13, 18 21, 33, 38, 42, 45, 46, 52, 58 60, 62, 65, 69, 73, 88, 92, 97, 110 Panchayat, 92 Parashurama, 1 Parliament, 21, 50, 57 Population, 6, 11, 13, 17, 26, 30, 46, 58, 63, 81, 82, 85, 89, 92, 94, 97, 98

11 Index 113 Power, 3 5, 7, 29, 48 50, 63, 65, 71, 75, 79, 85, 88, 98 President Pranab Mukerjee, 57 Prime Minister, 3, 18, 19, 51, 54, 56 59, 73, 88 Private sector, 99, 101 Provinces, 15, 19, 21, 47, 58, 89 Punjab, 20, 58, 96 R Ramganga, 84 Regulatory framework, 14 Religion, 75, 79, 87 Revisit, 8, 66 Rio Grande River, 30, 31 Riparian, 4, 9, 13, 18, 23, 25, 27, 30, 36, 38, 42, 45, 46, 55, 61, 63, 64, 71, 73, 74, 78, 86, 99 River, 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 56 59, 61, 62, 64, 69, 73, 76, 78, 81, 84, 85, 87, 95, 98 Riverine, 3, 9, 79 S SAARC, 66 Sharada barrage, 97 Sindh, 20 Slovakia, 41 South Asia, 1 10, 12 15, 18, 19, 22, 38, 41 43, 45 47, 62, 66, 70 72, 76, 79, 82, 86 89, 91 95, 97, 98, 100, 101, 105 Statism, 72 Sub-continent, 13, 58, 69, 73, 87 Survey, 16, 46, 76, 96 Sustainability, 62, 77, 92, 94, 100 Teesta, 13, 14, 45, 56, 57, 69, 75 Thailand, 64 The Mekong commission, 64 The United States, 12, 15, 17, Tipaimukh dam, 72 Transboundary, 13, 17, 18, 29, 35, 58, 66, 70, 72, 73, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 88, 95, 100, 101 Transboundary water, 73, 83 Transparency, 69, 77 Tribunal, 17, 22 25, 27, 28, 34, 70 Tsunamis, 6 Turkey, 38, 39 U UN Convention on International Watercourses, 8 UN General Assembly, 36, 38, 42, 53, 63 Uttarakhanda, 84, 89 Uttar Pradesh, 47, 49, 75, 83, 84, 87, 88, 91 V Violation, 46, 61 W Watercourse, 8, 29, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 63 Water Manifesto, 2, 3, 71 Water resources, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 32, 37, 41, 45 47, 50 53, 58, 59, 63 66, 71, 72, 74, 79, 96 West Bengal, 45, 56, 57, 75, 83, 84, 91 Westphalian, 3 5 Y Yamuna, 84 T Tanakpur, 49, 50, 89