ahmedabad indian plumbing association ipa gujarat will host the 17th indian plumbing conference from friday with the focus on importance of plumbing as an indivisible part of the growing real estate sector the central theme of this annual conference will be dos and donts for efficient plumbing while it will also deal with installation of pipelines for safe drinking water organisers are also aiming to explore level of safety and excellence in the emerging areas of natural gas transmission and distribution ipa has more than 1800 members associated with 12 chapters across the country from consultancy manufacturing contracting trading academics and architecture it is closely working with stakeholders including the government to promote better standards and codes of plumbing close to 20 speakers personalities from parts of the country will address participants during the national conference read a statement from ipa speakers including adani gas senior vice president shridhar tambraparni cept university president bimal patel and gujarat vidyapith vice chancellor sudarshan iyengar will interact with 500 plus delegates other experts will discuss topics like plumbing codes plumbing education modern materials and plumbing design during twoday conference and exhibition the plumbing sector is at core for health of the nation as better sanitization ensures better health and protected environment the promotion of plumbing among masses through interaction with high profile plumbing consultants and professionals is the other radius that the conference aims to cover water sustainability factor is an important arena of public life and the collective participation of delegates representing contractors architects interior designers real estate developers builders hoteliers bureaucrats project managers students and academicians will provide an insight into the better plumbing practices said ipagujarat chapter chairman sandeep engineer plumbing industry was lagging in its importance but stakeholders decided to celebrate march 11 as the world plumbing day in 2010 to accelerate its acceptance and significance worldwide the involvement of juvenile sections of society in the plumbing industry is slowly replacing the dirty job mark with a clean job label also city gas distribution is opening new avenues for plumbing that will demand high level of precision the conference will facilitate knowledgesharing and meaningful interaction with enlightened speakers as well as with fellow professionals from all over india added conference convener dipen mehta