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There is within the activities of Harvest ample
opportunities of voluntary service or meaningful experiences for
students within their academia.
Since 1997, the regular contribution of students and volunteers brings
to Harvest a focused and efficient intervention in specific fields of
investigation. To date, Harvest has welcomed the participation of over
30 students and young professionals mainly from France, India, The
Netherlands, Germany, and USA.
Some example of the works carried out:
Student works within academia
- "Water management and bioregional development", M.Sc.
Agri. thesis, 6 months.
- "The classification of the forest plantations of Auroville
using remote sensing", B.Sc. Tropical Forestry, 2 months.
- "Watershed development on the Auroville Plateau", B.Sc.
Agri. thesis, 4 months.
- "Socio-economic study of the casuarina sector in the Vanur
Taluk", 6 months.
- "The choice of sugarcane in the Vanur Taluk", M.Sc. Agri.
thesis, 6 months.
- "Casuarina, soil fertility and water use", M.Sc. Agri.
thesis, 6 months.
- "Organic farming and fair trade", M.Sc. Agri. thesis, 6
months.
- "Soil fertility and animals in organic farming", M.Sc.
Agri. thesis, 6 months.
- "History of irrigation tank management in South India",
M.Sc. Agri. thesis, 6 months
- "Sources of soil toxicity and their impact on cashew
cultivation", B.Sc. Environmental Technology thesis, 4 months.
- "Xeriscape, a plant catalogue for dry landscaping",
B.Sc. Landscaping thesis, 4 months.
- "Spatial socio-economic influence of the Sedarapet industrial
estate", M.A. Geography thesis, 4 months.
- "Farm practice in Organic Farming", B.Sc. Agri practical
training, 1 month.
Volunteers' works
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Auroville water survey: Aurovilians’
relation to water, 1 month.
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Auroville water survey: baseline data
collection in all communities, 3 months
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Micro-watershed development planning on the
Kottakarai/Irumbai areas, 3 months.
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Graphic design of presentation materials, 3
weeks.
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Auroville water survey: database design, 2
months.
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Inventory of retailers of bio-fertilisers in
the Vanur and Tindivanam taluks, 1 month.
To contact us
e-mail: harvest@auroville.org.in
Harvest
Centre for Water Resources Management
Naidu House
Kottakarai
Auroville - 605101
Tamil Nadu
India
tel: +91 (0)413 622333 / 622687
fax: +91 (0)413 622690 / 622274
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