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Programme title

Institution/organization

Preventive maintenance and diagnosis of maintenance problem in irrigation system

Contact person
Mr R. Bose - Director

Contact person's address
Tamilnadu Irrigation Management Training Institute
PO Box No. 16 V. V. Kottai
Thuvakudy, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015
Tamilnadu State
India

Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +91-431 500088 Fax +91-431 500603

Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]

Type of programme
Course

Certificate
Certificate of participation

Frequency of programme
Scheduled several times a year, may be repeated on request.

Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the capabilities of water professionals.

Programme prospectus
Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to identify maintenance problems in irrigation system and their causes, suggest suitable remedial measures and use Interactive Video Disc to identify maintenance problems in irrigation systems and their causes.

The training course includes: overview of Water Resources Consolidation Project (WRCP), maintenance learning process, concepts of diagnostic analysis, identification of maintenance problems, development of preventive maintenance, prioritization, flow measurements, reconnaissance and diagnostic walk through survey, estimation of water losses in channels, physical and social phenomenon causing maintenance problems, introduction to computer and IVD, collection of maintenance information from farmers and solutions to phenomenon causing maintenance problems.

Target group
Junior and middle level officers

Programme www
http://www.tamilnaduimti.org/sch_pmdmpis.htm

Dates/duration
Five days, scheduled several times a year, may change as per requirement.

Language
Tamil, English

Tamilnadu Irrigation Management Training Institute

Acronym
Tamilnadu IMTI

Country
India

Address
Irrigation Management Training Institute
PO Box No. 16 V. V. Kottai
Thuvakudy, Tiruchirappalli - 620 015
Tamilnadu State
India

Tel +91-431 500088

Fax +91-431 500603

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.tamilnaduimti.org

Brief description of institution/organization
The Tamilnadu Irrigation Management Training Institute (IMTI) is one of 11 institutions set up in the country with financial assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Water Resources Management and Training Project, which was established in April 1984.

The objectives of the Institute are to:

- Training the in-service personnel serving in the Department of Public Works, Agricultural Engineering and Agriculture.
- Increase agricultural productivity, rural income, development of the human resources and their efficiency in managing system with farmers participation.
- Conduct Action Research in a live irrigation system with farmers participation.
- Motivate farmers to form water users associations (WUA).

IMTI is a society governed by a Governing Council comprising a chairperson, vice chairperson, member secretary and other members.


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