Dr. Poulomi Banerjee holds a PhD in watershed management from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She worked as a researcher in Water Resource and Policy Division (WRPM) of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. She has been working in the field of water supply and sanitation, natural resource management, climate change, agriculture, governance and policy issues for the past seven years. She has proficiency in handling both research and implementation related projects and is associated with various national forums and societies.

Dr. Vishal Narain is Professor, Public Policy and Governance at MDI, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He holds a PhD from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. His teaching and research interests are in the inter-disciplinary analyses of public policy processes and institutions, water governance, vulnerability and adaptation to environmental change and periurban issues.
His research has been published in several international peer-reviewed journals like Water Policy, Water International, Environment and Urbanization, Local Environment: the International Journal of Justice and Sustainability and Mountain Research and Development. He is the author of Public Policy, A view from the South (Cambridge University Press, 2018). He was lead author for a chapter on human vulnerability to environmental change for GEO- (Global Environment outlook)- 4, the flagship publication of UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme. He received the SR Sen Prize for the Best Book on Agricultural Economics and Rural Development conferred by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (2002-03) for his book ‘Institutions, technology and water control: water users’ associations and irrigation management reform in two large-scale systems in India (Orient ongman, 2003)'. He has been a consultant to several organizations such as IWMI, International Water Management Institute, Colombo; STEPS Center, University of Suusex, U.K; FAO, Bangkok and the Asia Foundation, New Delhi.

Email: vishalnarain@mdi.ac.in

Dr.Tanusree Paul is working as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Women’s Studies, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. A geographer by training, she completed her doctoral degree in Social and Cultural Geography from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has extensively worked on exploring the complex issues of spaces and places in the context of a globalizing world and how local place specificities are constituted through a gendered lens. Besides, her research interests also span gender questions in development, health, labour market and water resources. She has also published widely on these issues in reputed journals and edited volumes

Email: paul.tanusree@gmail.com

Prof. S. Janakarajan

Have been working in water and environment related issues in South India for over 20 years. Have carried out many research projects in several river basins with particular reference to surface and groundwater management, problems of water market, water rights and water laws, implications of rural –urban, and urban and peri-urban water markets, competing demand for water and water pollution and the issue of water governance, groundwater and electricity nexus. In recent times, I have worked extensively on issues relating to water conflict and conflict resolution through multi-stakeholders dialogues with practical interventions in three river basins in Tamil Nadu. I have also completed studies pertaining to solid and bio-medical waste and on urban sewage management. The research project on climate change and adaptation in South Asia was carried out in collaboration with five other institutions in India and Nepal. At the moment I am engaged in a two-year research project on Sustaining Ecology and Environment of Chennai funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Email: srinijanak@gmail.com

Prof. E. Haribabu

Prof. Haribabu Ejnavarzala obtained Masters degree in Social-Cultural Anthropology from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and PhD. degree in Sociology from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay in 1980. He taught at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur between September 1980 and June 1990. Later he moved to the University of Hyderabad in July 1990 and became a professor of Sociology in 1993 at the University of Hyderabad. He has been teaching courses in the area of science technology and society interface over the last two decades. In collaboration with faculty members of the department of philosophy at the University of Hyderabad he designed two interdisciplinary courses on: a) Science Culture and Society; and b) Technology Culture and Society for Master’s level students. He has been carrying out research on social and cultural implications of genomics for agriculture. He mentored of 24 students and 12 M. Phil students in the area of sociology of science and technology. He published research papers in peer reviewed journals such as Journal of Biosciences, International Journal of Biotechnology and Journal of Food Policy (on agricultural biotechnology and society interface), PLoS Biology and Current Science. He was appointed an adjunct professor to the International Programs of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA for a period of six years (July 2007 -June2013). He carried out a project supported by the Rockefeller Foundation New York, European Research Commission (7 th Programme on Science Ethics and Technological Responsibility for Development 2008-2011), IDRC, Canada on Socially Inclusive Innovations for Development with colleagues in India and China (2009-2012). He has been a consultant for some non-profit organizations in the area of social dynamics relating to technology adoption. He was Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Hyderabad (Sept.2011 – Feb 2015) and Vice Chancellor-in-Charge during Feb 15-May31, 2015. He is currently Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Research and Information System (RIS) for Developing Countries, New Delhi.

Email: hari.ejna@gmail.com

Dr. C.Ramachandraiah

Dr. C. Ramachandraiah is currently a Professor of Geography in the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He obtained a Masters Degree in Geography from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was a Visiting Fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, Institute of Human Sciences (MSH), Paris, University of Bordeaux-3, France, and Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

His research interests are urban transportation, urban environment, and drinking water. In addition to academic research, he is also a social activist and takes part in several advocacy activities on issues of public interest. He is a strong critique of the ongoing elevated metro rail project in Hyderabad.

Email: crchandraiah@gmail.com

Dr. N.H.Ravindranath

Professor N.H. Ravindranath’s contribution includes firstly, research into various areas of climate change, forests, renewable energy and ecosystem services; secondly, participation in various international and national efforts to address climate change (IPCC, Global Environment Facility, Committees of the Ministries of Environment and Science and Technology, World Bank and UN Agencies); thirdly, creating awareness on the science, impacts, mitigation and adaptation aspects of climate change - nationally and internationally; fourthly, designing climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, and; fifthly, building capacity in institutions to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Email: nh.ravi@gmail.com

Dr. N. Hanumantha Rao

Dr. N. Hanumantha Rao served as a Scientist in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for forty years, first at IARI Delhi and later at NAARM Hyderabad in various capacities, including as Joint Director and Dean of NAARM. His research, teaching, and training activities and interests cover: Agricultural hydrology and water resources management; Climate change impacts on agriculture and water resources; Geospatial and information technology applications; Agribusiness management; and Institutional governance, strategy and leadership. His integrative research in water management at IARI has led to quantitative decision aids for sustainable irrigation planning, management and policy so that the overall productivity of water in the system can be improved. His research at NAARM in agricultural research and information management, has led to institutional policy frameworks and spatial databases and decision support systems for sustainable agriculture policies. He has initiated and launched post graduate education programmes in Water Science and Technology at IARI and in Agribusiness Management and Technology Management at NAARM. He has been a Principal Investigator of several research projects sponsored by DST, ICAR and World Bank. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. (More details are available http://nhrao.onlinewebshop.net/)

Email: nhrao1954@gmail.com

Dr. Shyamashree Dasgupta

Dr. Shyamasree Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor in IIT, Mandi. Her research and teaching interests are applied microeconomics, econometrics, energy and environmental economics.

Email: shyamasree@iitmandi.ac.in

Dr. Geethalakshmi V

Dr. V. Geethalakshmi is a "Director, Crop Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University" has a PhD in Agronomy and her areas of interest are climate change and its impact on Agriculture, crop weather modeling and seasonal rainfall prediction.

Email: geetha@tnau.ac.in

Dr. Indu K Murthy

Dr. Indu K Murthy is the Principal Research Scientist leading Adaptation and Risk Analysis vertical at Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP). She was formerly a Consultant Scientist at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science for more than 2 decades. She specializes in forestry and climate change related issues – Inventory, Mitigation, Vulnerability Profiling and Adaptation.

She is the Land Use Change and Forestry expert involved in the National Communications of India to the UNFCCC. She has developed CDM and REDD+ projects in India and has been involved in formulation of climate proofing and green growth strategies for ongoing and proposed developmental projects.

She is a forestry and climate change consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank and other multilateral agencies.

She has published many journal articles and is one of the Contributing Authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) and GEO-6 Asia Pacific Report. She is also the Coordinating Lead Author for the Global Environment Outlook-6 of UNEP.

Email: indukmurthy@cstep.in

Avinash Kumar has a background in urban and regional planning with a decade of consulting and research experience working mainly on advising central, state and urban local governments for sanitation investment planning and related policy development. He has worked extensively across cities of India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to understand institutional processes, sectoral policies and service delivery intricacies to improve urban wastewater, solid waste management and water supply systems. Apart from consulting, Avinash has also supported in creating and delivering numerous capacity building projects in the sanitation space in these countries. He also has worked on land use planning initiatives like metropolitan master planning (while working on the Master Plan for the Hyderabad Metropolitan region) and planning for historic areas (while working on a Heritage Demonstration Project led by the World Bank in the Old City of Hyderabad).

Outside consulting, Avinash has contributed as a visiting faculty at the School of Planning & Architecture at Hyderabad, where he has delivered three courses on 'Planning Legislation', 'Urban Economics' and 'Sociology for Planners'. He has also delivered a seminar course on 'Sustainable Cities' for the National Law School of India University at Bangalore. His broad areas of interest include:

- Human Decision Making in Planning & Policy (Behavioral Public Policy)
- International Development,
- Regional Development,
- Institutional Economics,
- Infrastructure Planning (focused on Water and Sanitation),
- Urban Sustainability,
- Public Finance.

Email: avinash@saciwaters.org

You may find the CV: Curriculum Vitae-Avinash Y. Kumar.pdf

Jayati holds a PhD degree in Ecosystem based & Integrated Water Resources Management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal (Research Centre), Forest Research Institute (FRI) University, Dehradun, India. Her M.Sc. degree is in Limnology; Aquatic Environmental Sciences. Water is a subject which remains close to her heart, and the core of her professional life. She has cumulative professional and research experience of 16 years in sustainable natural resources management with environmental consultancies, international developmental organisations, academic & policy research institutions and rural community-based organisations. Geographically, her professional assignments are spread across the South Asia and Africa regions. Her professional experience has been diverse, and She is adept at interdisciplinary action research, Stakeholder participation; capacity building & training; networking; project implementation & management; sustainability studies & impact assessments; and monitoring & evaluation.

Jayati has certifications in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Framework and Metrics; GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards; Life Cycle Assessment; Carbon and Water Footprints; ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System (Lead Auditor); and ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System (Lead Auditor).

Email: jayati@saciwaters.org

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Judith Christiana holds a PG Diploma in Management (Human Resources) from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi. She has 20+ years of experience in the administrative field. Has last worked for 12 years with the International Water Management Institute, ICRISAT, Patancheru as Senior Administrative Officer. As HR Head, she would be responsible for providing support in the various human resource functions, which include recruitment, staffing, training and development and performance monitoring, apart from a wide range of administrative support to researchers and staff.

Email: judith@saciwaters.org

You may find the CV: Resume_Judith.pdf

Kanna K. Siripurapu, is an M.Phil and Double Masters graduate in Geographical Sciences & Environmental Sciences, with eight years of professional experience in academics, two years in research and over nine and half years of experience in the development sector. He has a masters in geographical sciences from the University of Maryland at College Park, USA and a Masters and an M.Phil in Environmental Sciences from Andhra University, India. He has a strong inclination towards qualitative research and he is very passionate about biocultural diversity and strengthening of community-based natural resource governance. His focus areas include indigenous agro-ecological systems, enhancement of rural livelihoods, (agro) biodiversity conservation, pastoralism, traditional knowledge, indigenous cultures and traditions, sustainable development, and development of cooperatives & social enterprises through action research, academics and multiple stakeholder partnerships and networking.

Email: kanna@saciwaters.org

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P.HariBabuholds an M.Com degree from Sri Krishnadeveraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradeshand has over nine years of experience in Finance and Accounting in NGO sector. He has earlier worked in the Rural Development Trust (R.D.T), Anantapur, as an Accountant; in Forum for Integrated Development (Chetna-OCIP), Hyderabad, as an Accountant. He has. As an Accounts Officer at SaciWATERs and is responsible for maintaining accounts, budget reports, fund flows, compliances, etc.

Email: hari@saciwaters.org

You may find the CV: Resume_Hari Babu.pdf

Anuradha is SaciWATERs support staff since 2017 and helps in maintaining the office clean and tidy.

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Sai Kiran is currently working as a field assistant for "Citizen First Water Supply and Sanitation Accountability" Project funded by Water Aid. He is responsible for all the field activities which includes collecting field data on violation points & encroachments of lakes within HMDA through GPS. His past experience includes working as a market supervisor for a private firm.

Email: sai@saciwaters.org

You may find the CV: Resume_Sai Kiran.pdf

Sreenita holds PhD degree in Regional Development from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Before joining SaciWATERs, she worked as an Assistant Professor of Geography at Raniganj Girls' College affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal. She has also worked with Centre de Science Humaines (CSH), New Delhi and has assisted on research project entitled 'India Milk'. She is trained in GIS softwares like- Arc GIS, Erdas Imagine and statistical softwares like- SPSS, EXCEL, etc. Her specific research interest lies in areas of rural development, dispossession and displacement, livelihoods, labour, gender and agriculture using both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. At SaciWATERs, she is presently working in the project entitled "Understanding Women's Role in Agriculture in the Eastern Gangetic Plains: The Macro and Micro Connections".

Email: sreenita@saciwaters.org

You may find the CV: Resume_Sreenita Mondal.pdf

Suchita Jain completed her M. Tech. in Applied Geology from Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar (Madhya Pradesh). She is having more than 8 years research experience in the field of Hydrology, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System. In past, she has worked as a Researcher at Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad, where she was engaged with the Coastal Vulnerability Mapping project along for the parts of Indian Coast.

She was also associated with SOPPECOM, Pune for more than six years and has been involved in RS/GIS and hydrological aspects of the major studies done by SOPPECOM like post facto study of watershed development programs in Maharashtra, Characterization of wastelands for parts of Maharashtra, Multilayer Planning and Management of Water Resources in Bharar River Sub basin, Chattarpur District, Madhya Pradesh, and LiveDiverse- Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity in Developing Countries.

At SaciWATERs she is presently involved with the second phase of Brahmaputra Dialogue Project.

Email: suchita@saciwaters.org

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Sushma Rani Tappita has done Masters in Human Resource Management (MHRM) from Andhra University and Bachelor of Science (BSC) in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science from AV Degree College, Hyderabad. She is having four years of experience in HR and Admin support Operations for an MNC. She also worked for development organisations as Freelance Consultant in Data Management i.e., Compilation, Analysis, Verification, Validation of Web based MIS etc. She is working with SaciWaters since 4th September as Admin Assistant and providing Admin support to the organization.

Email: sushma@saciwaters.org

You may find the CV: Resume_Sushma.pdf

Narayan Gowala holds Post Graduation from Bosco Institute of Social work (Dibrugarh university), He worked in different organisations in the sector like education, health & DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) since 2011. At present working in SaciWATERs as a district coordinator of Jorhat district since April 2019

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You may find the CV: Resume_Narayan Gowala.pdf