India’s interstate river water governance is dominated and determined by disputes and their often long road to resolutions. Its history is driven by exigencies and contingencies of the emergence and recurrence of disputes.
Our work engages with transboundary waters policy and governance issues along three axes of interest: scale, institutions, and networks.
The Constitution of India lists water as a state subject, and the executive power over water resources development and management is concentrated with the states.
Our research interests also lie in the politics of infrastructure development such as dams, roads, smart cities, etc .