This Newsletter is published quarterly for the WFEO Committee on Engineering and Environment (CEE) at 
The Institution of Engineers (India), 8, Gokhale Road, Calcutta 700 020, 
Phone: 223-8311/14/15/16, 223-8333/34, 223-3155, Fax: 91 33 223-8345, 91 61532911, 
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Secretary & Director General : Cdr. A K Poothia, IN (Retd.)

Vol. 27 No. 1 March 2006  Editor: Mr. B. J. Vasoya

Chairman’s Desk    ..1                

Invitation to World Congress on Urban Infrastructure in
Developing Countries ... 2

Combating Global Warming by Harnessing Water and Energy Inter- Linkages – The Case of  Sardar Sarovar Project, India  ..........3-6

India Hosts - 2007 WFEO General Assembly and World Congress......6

We look forward to WEC 2008           ........... 7

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WEC 2008      

Eng. G O Fasina, Nigeria Eng. Mounir Ghiribi, Italy Dr. Jorge Spitalink, Brazil Dr. Robert J. Yang, Hongkong Eng. Donald F Schutz Ph D, USA Eng. Hisham Azim Matar, Gaza Corresponding Member Prof. Terence Jeyaretnam, Australia Eng. Darrel Danyluk, Canada Eng. K. Safo Debrah, Ghana Executive Director The next World Engineers’ Convention will be hosted by the WFEO Brazilian National Member, Brazilian Federation of Engineering Societies (FEBRAE) and the Federal Council of Engineering and Architecture (CONFEA), in Brasilia from 3 to 5 December 2008.

A supervisory board has already been set up to organize the event. It is cochaired by the CONFEA and FEBRAE Presidents and includes external members belonging to WFEO, IAB, CAST and UNESCO. Apart from the supervisory board, it has decided to set up an International Advisory Board [IAB], chaired by WFEO past president Prof. Medem.