IRC Associate
I am a research and policy advocacy professional specialising in water, sanitation and hygiene. I advise several industry organisations and social ventures on WASH. I led the national advocacy and research team at WaterAid India and worked as the water programme director with the Centre for Science and Environment. I have written books on India’s traditional water wisdom, rural governance, trends in rural development and an UN-sponsored publication Water Voices From Around The World. At the moment, I am Coordinator of the SuSanA India Chapter.
I have a master’s degree in mass communication and an advanced certificate in integrated water resources management.
An analysis of the issues and advocacy opportunities that could help achieve Agenda 2030. Which reform can have a direct effect on both national and... Read more...
Best practices, challenges and recommendations on the use of UNICEF's Value for Money (VFM) tool and other VFM metrics. Read more...
Que faut-il faire pour aller au-delà de la cartographie des installations WASH et utiliser réellement les données pour la prise de décision et la... Read more...
What does it take to successfully go beyond mapping WASH facilities to actually using data for national-level decision making and accountability? Why... Read more...
Sharing the progress towards the WASH masterplan targets and SDG 6 in Asutifi North district Read more...
Etude de cas du district d'Asutifi North, Ghana Read more...
Recommendations for hand hygiene in public places and institutions; hand hygiene in the local governance process; hand hygiene promotion strategy;... Read more...
Policy recommendations for the Indian union government and ministries for water, health, education, women and child development, and local government. Read more...
Policy recommendations for the Indian state government of Odisha and its departments for drinking water and local government, health, education, and... Read more...
Annual budget allocations for water and sanitation in Odisha and at gram panchayat level in Chhatrapur block of Ganjam district. Read more...
The assessment reveals that there is an urgent need for hygiene awareness and behaviour change communication initiatives in Ganjam district. Read more...
Multi-stakeholder engagement is critical for making progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 'Ensure access to water and sanitation for... Read more...
Using a multiround Delphi survey, a panel of WASH sector experts identify, characterise, and prioritise the necessary attributes of WASH systems... Read more...
Recommendations to address the funding challenges of India's flagship rural water and sanitation initiatives. Read more...
Sharing lessons and activating a network to endorse a Call for Action for COVID-19 appropriate behaviours (CABs). Read more...
Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems. Read more...
While there are linkages between the preventive and curative aspects of health and WASH there are constraints which prevent them from working... Read more...
Indian local government institutions responsible for rural water and sanitation services need long-term support. A summary of a thematic discussion... Read more...
Challenges and successes of a public private partnership between Kabarole District Local Government, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)... Read more...
This paper describes the development, structure, and functionality of the toolkit; provides guidance for its application; and identifies good... Read more...
