IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program is a collaborative initiative between a research institution and a corporate body, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Sir Ratan TATA Trust (SRTT). This partnership emerged from a shared concern regarding the growing water stress in different parts of India.
Description:
IWMI-Tata Policy Research Program - Water, Energy, Climate, Agriculture, Livelihoods, Environment. Inviting Young Researchers, Development Professionals, Journalists to contribute previously unpublished field-based research papers and case studies for Annual Partners' meet 2012, March 13 - 15, 2012.
Topics:
Session | Themes | Theme Manager(s) |
| 1. | Infusing customer orientation in canal irrigation? | Meghna Brahmachari meghna.brahmachari@gmail.com |
| 2. | Hybrid irrigation systems? Demand-driven adaptations in India’s Public Irrigation Systems | Tushaar Shah t.shah@cgiar.org |
| 3. | MGNREGA and rural infrastructure: Is it delivering on village water security? | Shilp Verma shilpv@gmail.com |
| 4. | System of Rice Intensification: Does reality match the hype? 12 state study of 2600 SRI adopters | K. Palanisami k.palanisami@cgiar.org |
| 5. | Groundwater and agricultural Growth: Contrasting cases of Gujarat, Bihar and West Bengal | Aditi Mukherji a.mukherji@cgiar.org |
| 6. | Gujarat’s agricultural miracle: Exploring the drivers | Tushaar Shah t.shah@cgiar.org |
| 7. | Rural development stifled by tubewell irrigation? The other side of Energy-Irrigation Nexus | Tushaar Shah and Aditi Mukherji t.shah@cgiar.org; a.mukherji@cgiar.org |
| 8. | Water quality and public health: The ticking time bomb | Sunderrajan Krishnan and R. Indu sunderrajan@gmail.com;rajnarayan.indu@gmail.com |
| 9. | Micro-irrigation: Drivers of acceleration | K. Palanisami k.palanisami@cgiar.org |
| 10. | Decentralized groundwater recharge: Assessing Gujarat’s experience and its broader lessons | Shilp Verma and Sunderrajan Krishnan shilpv@gmail.com; sunderrajan@gmail.com |
| 11. | Gender and equity in agricultural water use | Seema Kulkarni seemakulkarni2@gmail.com |
| 12. | Experiments in Experimental Economics: Gaming simulations for learning and hypothesis testing | Shilp Verma and Tushaar Shah shilpv@gmail.com; t.shah@cgiar.org |
Researchers are invited to submit field-based research papers, case studies, thought pieces, review articles (not exceeding 4500 words) on any of these themes by January 15, 2012. For any clarifications, contributors may write to the respective theme managers.
Submission of a paper is no guarantee of selection for presentation in the Meet. IWMI-Tata Program will provide travel support to the lead author of each selected submission to participate in the Meet at Anand, Gujarat and present her/his paper. In addition, an honorarium of Rs. 25,000 will be provided for each selected entry.
Please mail your submission, mentioning the theme for which it is submitted to the email address mentioned below.
Contact details:
IWMI-Tata Policy Research Program
c/o INREM Foundation
Smruti Park, Opp. Mangalpura,
Anand 388001
Phone: +91-2692-263816/7 +91-9825931984
Email: itp.apm2012@gmail.com
Website: www.iwmi.cgiar.org/iwmi-tata/