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Members of the Forum

 

A. Joseph Thatheyus, The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Abhishek Kumar Sadhu, ECO-CARE AND AWARE, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India), Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Amita Baviskar, IEG, New Delhi

Amita Shah, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Atthma Rural Development Society, Ayothiapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Atul Chandrakant Phadtare, Gramin Samaj Vikas Kendra, Solapur, Maharashtra

B. Anjan Kumar Prusty, Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Baitarani River Basin Initiative, SHRISTI, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Balajee Sewa Sansthan, Dehradun, Utterakhad

Bamang Tago, Arunachal Citizens' Rights, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Barh Mukti Abhiyan, Patna, Bihar

Basanta Kumar Mallik, District Harijan Adivasi Development Organisation, Dist. Dhenkanal, Orissa

Bharat Patankar, Kasegaon, Pani Sangharsh Chalwal and Shramik Mukti Dal, Dist. Sangli, Maharashtra

Bhaskar Rao, Rashtriya Kisan Sanghatan, Shahapur, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka

Bhaskarjyoti Bora, Guwahati University, Assam

Bidyut Bikash Sharma, Guwahati, Assam

Biksham Gujja, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Switzerland

Binayak Swain, Breakthrough Appropriate Technology Transfer Network (Bat Net), Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Brune Poirson, Veolia Water India, New Delhi

C.J. George, Terre des hommes, Germany – India Programme, Pune, Maharashtra

Carla Corona, Roma, Italy

Centre for Community Awareness, Sulur, Tamil Nadu

Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Centre for Ecology & Rural Development, Pondicherry Science Forum, Puducherry

Centre for Environment, Development and Research, (CEDAR), New Delhi

Centre for Integrated Tribal and Rural Development, CITRD, Tentalaposhi, Orissa

Centre for World Solidarity (CWS), Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Chandan Mahanta, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam

Clean Energy and Water for All, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Darryl D’Monte, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India International Federation of Environmental Journalists, Mumbai, Maharashtra

David Groenfeldt, Water-Culture Institute, New Mexico, USA

DHAN Foundation, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Barh Mukti Abhiyan, Patna, Bihar

Dinesh Prasad, Nayee Disha Foundation, Belabagan, Jharkhand

Dulal Chandra Goswami, Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam

Eklavya Prasad, Megh Pyne Abhiyan, Patna, Bihar

Environmental Law Research and Guidance Foundation, Cochin, Kerala

Environmental Law Research Society (IELRC), New Delhi

Farhad Contractor, Sambhaav, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Focus on the Global South, India, New Delhi

Frank Vandervalk, IUCN, New Delhi

Gaja Nand Mallick, Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Noida, Utter Pradesh

Ganesh Keremanbe, Centre for Comparative Water Polices and Laws, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Geetanjoy Sahu, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Maharashtra

George Chackacherry, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Ghanashyam Sharma, The Mountain Institute – India, Gangtok, Sikkim

Gopal Chandra Sahu, ODISHA, AT-mahula palli, Dist-Ganjam, Orissa

Gorky Chakraborty, Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), Kolkata, West Bengal

Gram Vikas, Berhampur, Orissa

Hardeep Singh, Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi

Himanshu Kulkarni, ACWADAM, Pune, Maharashtra

Himanshu Thakkar, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (SANDRP), Delhi

HIMMOTTHAN, Dehradun, Uttarakahand

Indira Hirway, Centre for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Jayanta Bandopadhyay, IIM, Kolkata, West Bengal

Joe Madiath, GRAM VIKAS, Berhampur, Orissa

Joel Kolluri, Vishwashanthi Seva Society, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh

Josantony Joseph, Advisor (Maharashtra) to the Commissioner appointed by the Supreme Court of India on the issue of Food Security, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Jyotirmayee Acharya, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India), Ahmedabad, Gujarat

K. J. Joy, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, Maharashtra

Kapileswar Mishra, Department of Civil Engineering, O.P. Jindal Institute of Technology, Raigarh, Chhattishgarh

Kasam Vohra, Gujarat Sarvajanik Welfare Trust, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Kavindra Kumar Pandey, BRCCWS, Patna, Bihar

Latha A. River Research Centre and Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samithi, Thrissur, Kerala

Laura Caplins, Nature Link Institute, Missoula, MT, USA

Luisa Cortesi, Megh Pyne Abhiyan, Patna, Bihar

M Valliappan, We CAN Control Corrosion in India Network, Coimbatore

M. Iydroose, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

M. K. Prasad, KSSP, Cochin, Kerala

M. R. Krishnan, Concerttrust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

M.P. Vasimalai & R. Seenivasan, DHAN Foundation, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Madhav Sughosh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Utter Pradesh

Madhu Verma, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Mahendra Kumar Dash, SUJYA, Sambalpur, Orissa

Mahesh Shelar, Vikas sahyag Pratishthan, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Malavika Chauhan, HIMMOTTHAN, Dehradun, Uttarakahand

Manasi. S, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, Karnataka

Manindra Nath Thakur, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi

Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Badwani, Madhya Pradesh

Mark Langager, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

Matu Peoples’ Organisation, Delhi

Medha Patkar, NIPM, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Mihir Kumar Jena, RESEARCHERS, Puri, Odisha

Mineral Foundation of Goa, Panaji, Goa

Mohammed Irshad, Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Mukund Dharashivkar, Dhule, Maharashtra

N. C. Narayanan, SaciWATERs, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh

N. Selvaraj, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi

N. Yugandhar, Ex-Member, Planning Commission, Hyderabad

Nandini Sen, KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Narayanamoorthy, Centre for Rural Development, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu

Navin, Save Water India Org

Navroz Dubhash, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

Neha Khandekar, TERI, New Delhi

Nimmi Kurian, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

Nurul Hasan, UP Water Sector Restructuring Project, Irrigation department, Lucknow, Utter Pradesh

P. Sakthivel, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Paradeep Drivers' Association, Paradeep Garh, Orissa

Partha J. Das, Aaranyak, Guwahati, Assam

Parvathy Binoy, Department of Geography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

Philippe Cullet, Environmental Law Research Society (IELRC), New Delhi

Prabakar, Commonwealth Science & Technology Academy for Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Prabhakar Adhikari, PRAGATI, Koraput, Orissa

Pradip K. Patnaik, Independent Consultant, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Pranab Ranjan Choudhury, Baitarani River Basin Initiative, SHRISTI, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Pratap Chandra Behera, Jain Vishva Bharati Institute Deemed University, Rajasthan

Priya Pillai, Greenpeace, New Delhi

Project Well, Oakland, CA, USA

Puran Barthwal, Sambandh Network, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

R. Jagadiswara Rao, Rayalaseema Vikas Parishad, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

R. Parthasarathy, CEPT, Gujarat

R. V. Rama Mohan, Centre for World Solidarity (CWS), Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Rahul Banerjee, Dhas Gramin Vikas Kendra, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Rajat Kumar Kujur, Sambalpur University, Odisha

Rajesh Jha, SETU, Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan

Rajesh Thadani, Centre for Environment, Development and Research, (CEDAR), New Delhi

Rajeswari S. Raina, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi

Ramlal Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Rammohan Potturi, S. S. Solutions, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Ranjan K. Panda, Water Initiatives Orissa, C/o MASS, Sambalpur, Orissa

Rashtriya Kisan Sanghatan

Ravi Nitesh Srivastav, Mission Bhartiyam, Lucknow , Utter Pradesh

Resources and Livelihoods Group, Prayas, Pune, Maharashtra

Rohini Nilekani, Arghyam, Bangalore, Karnataka

Ruchi Shree, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi

S. Janakarajan, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu

S. N. Misra, UTKAL University, Department of Political Science, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

S. Parasuraman, Director, TISS, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sachin Warghade, Resources and Livelihoods Group, Prayas, Pune, Maharashtra

SaciWATERs, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh

SAHAYOGA, Bangalore, Karnataka

Sahebrao B Kashid, The Institute of Science, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sambandh Network, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Samuel Thomas, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, Karnataka

Sangeeta Deogawanka, Journalist and Social Activist, Kolkata, West Bengal

Sanjukta Das, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Orissa

Sara Ahmed, Ahemedabad, Gujarat

Satya Prakash Mehra, Rajputana Society of Natural History, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Satya Prakash Mehra, WWF, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

Satyanarayan Pattanayak, Dist. Kalahandi, Orissa

Satyendra Tripathi, Bharatiyam Science Society, Deroia, Utter Pradesh

Saurabh Pandey, State Urban Development Agency, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Shishira Kant Behra, Department of Water Resources, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Shrinivas Badiger, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, Karnataka

Shripad Dharmadhikary, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Badwani, Madhya Pradesh

Shruti Vispute, Society For Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, Maharashtra

Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi

Soma K. P. Gender and livelihood expert, New Delhi

SOPPECOM, Pune, Maharashtra

South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (SANDRP), Delhi

Srikanta, Arghyam, Bangalore, Karnataka

Srinivas Mudrakartha, Institute of Rural Management Anand-IRMA, Anand, Gujarat

Subhra Rajat Balabantaray, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Subodh M. Wagle, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sudarshan Chhoudhray, Focus Orissa, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa

Sudarshan Iyengar, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Sudhir Chandran, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Suhas Paranjape, Society For Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, Maharashtra

Sulagna Maitra, Centre for Humanitarian Action, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland

Sumita Sen, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal

Sundargarh Education Society, Mahesdihi, Orissa

Sunita Nadhamuni, Arghyam, Bangalore, Karnataka

Surendranath C., URAVU Indigenous Science & Technology Study Center, Wayanad, Kerala

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Swati Dabral, TERI, New Delhi

T. P. Raghunath, Centre for Ecology & Rural Development, Puducherry

T. S. Harikumar, Environmental Law Research and Guidance Foundation, Cochin, Kerala

T. Shivaji Rao, Center for Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Terre des hommes Germany – India Programme, Pune, Maharashtra

Thirumalai, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Trust for Research and Social Development, Simanta Palli, West Bengal

Tushar Shah, IWMI, Anand, Gujarat

Umesh Varma Pakalapati, Independent Activist, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

URAVU Indigenous Science & Technology Study Center, Wayanad Dt., Kerala

Vaidyanathan A., former member Planning Commission, headed the Irrigation Pricing Committee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Varsha Mehta, New Delhi

Veeresha A. M., CISED, Bangalore, Karnataka

Vijay Chinnasamy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Vimalbhai, Matu Peoples’ Organisation, Delhi

Vinay Auluck, Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi

Vinod Goud, WWF International-ICRISAT Project, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Vinodkumar Damodar, Conservation of Nature Society, Calicut, Kerala

Vishwanath S., Rainwater Club, Bangalore, Karnataka

Viva Kermani, Centre for Social Markets, Bangalore, Karnataka

Water Initiatives Orissa, Sambalpur, Orissa

WWF, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh

Y. K. Alagh, Chairman IRMA, and former Union Minister, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Y. S. Patel, Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar, Gujarat