The lecture drew attention to the water policy and governance challenges in the backdrop of the unfinished effort to draft a new National Water Policy and India’s aspirational Vision 2047 for Viksit Bharat, a developed India. This Vision is not possible without a water-secure India. Redrafting India’s National Water Policy is imperative to pursue these aspirational goals of water secure India, including the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the emerging risks of water quality, dam safety and those associated with climate change.
Prof. Asit K. Biswas
He is a distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, UK, and Gujarat University, India; Director, Water Management International, Singapore; and Chief Executive, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico.
Prof. Asit K. Biswas is universally acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on water, food, environment and development-related issues. He has a very distinguished career as an academic; senior public official in Canada; advisor and confidant to Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers in 23 countries, six Heads of United Nations Agencies, two Secretary-Generals of OECD, several Heads of bilateral aid agencies, and four CEOs or Chairmen of MNCs in Fortune 500 list.
