M. Dinesh Kumar completed his B-Tech in Civil Engineering, M.E. in Water Resources Management, and Ph.D. in Water Management. He has 30 years of professional experience in the field of water resources. He is the executive director of Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, a water policy think-tank which he established in 2008. His research works of global relevance are: IWRM in river basins; agriculture water productivity; global virtual water trade; integrated urban water management; methodology for assessing global water and food security challenges; climate risk in WASH; and socio-economic impacts of large water systems.Nitin Bassi holds an M. Phil in Natural Resource Management, having 15 years of experience undertaking research, consultancy and s in the field of water resource. Presently, he works as a principal researcher with the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy. His areas of work include: River basin water accounting, agriculture water management, institutional and policy analysis in irrigation and water supply management, water quality analysis, climate variability and climate induced water risk analysis, and wetland management. He has been engaged as a specialist in projects, research studies, and assignments supported by various national and international organizations.Saurabh Kumar is Ph.D. in Forestry (Wetland Ecology) from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. He has eight years of experience in the field of forest and wetland ecology. His research interest includes groundwater analysis, soil and water quality assessment, biodiversity assessment, and RS&GIS. He has worked extensively in swamp forests and wetlands of Western Himalayas. At present, he is a researcher at the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, and engaged in an action research project financially supported by the European Commission and Department of Bio-technology, Government of India.

• Rural Domestic Water Supply in India: Progress and Issues.- Factors Influencing Groundwater Behaviour During Monsoon: Analysis from Maharashtra.- Factors Influencing the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes: Analysis from Maharashtra.- Studying the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Different Geological Settings.- Locating Water for Augmenting Rural Water Supply Schemes.- Strategies for Improving Rural Domestic Water Supply in Maharashtra.- Managing Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water Security in India: Emerging Challenge.- Improving Institutional Responses to Groundwater Pollution: Use of a Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index.- Managing Rural Drinking Water Supply across Hydro-Climatic Zones of India.- Rural Drinking Water Security in India: The Challenge of Piping Water to Every Household by 2024.

M. Dinesh Kumar completed his B-Tech in Civil Engineering, M.E. in Water Resources Management, and Ph.D. in Water Management. He has 30 years of professional experience in the field of water resources. He is the executive director of Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, a water policy think-tank which he established in 2008. His research works of global relevance are: IWRM in river basins; agriculture water productivity; global virtual water trade; integrated urban water management; methodology for assessing global water and food security challenges; climate risk in WASH; and socio-economic impacts of large water systems.Nitin Bassi holds an M. Phil in Natural Resource Management, having 15 years of experience undertaking research, consultancy and s in the field of water resource. Presently, he works as a principal researcher with the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy. His areas of work include: River basin water accounting, agriculture water management, institutional and policy analysis in irrigation and water supply management, water quality analysis, climate variability and climate induced water risk analysis, and wetland management. He has been engaged as a specialist in projects, research studies, and assignments supported by various national and international organizations.Saurabh Kumar is Ph.D. in Forestry (Wetland Ecology) from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. He has eight years of experience in the field of forest and wetland ecology. His research interest includes groundwater analysis, soil and water quality assessment, biodiversity assessment, and RS&GIS. He has worked extensively in swamp forests and wetlands of Western Himalayas. At present, he is a researcher at the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, and engaged in an action research project financially supported by the European Commission and Department of Bio-technology, Government of India.

• Rural Domestic Water Supply in India: Progress and Issues.- Factors Influencing Groundwater Behaviour During Monsoon: Analysis from Maharashtra.- Factors Influencing the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes: Analysis from Maharashtra.- Studying the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Different Geological Settings.- Locating Water for Augmenting Rural Water Supply Schemes.- Strategies for Improving Rural Domestic Water Supply in Maharashtra.- Managing Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water Security in India: Emerging Challenge.- Improving Institutional Responses to Groundwater Pollution: Use of a Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index.- Managing Rural Drinking Water Supply across Hydro-Climatic Zones of India.- Rural Drinking Water Security in India: The Challenge of Piping Water to Every Household by 2024.

M. Dinesh Kumar completed his B-Tech in Civil Engineering, M.E. in Water Resources Management, and Ph.D. in Water Management. He has 30 years of professional experience in the field of water resources. He is the executive director of Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, a water policy think-tank which he established in 2008. His research works of global relevance are: IWRM in river basins; agriculture water productivity; global virtual water trade; integrated urban water management; methodology for assessing global water and food security challenges; climate risk in WASH; and socio-economic impacts of large water systems.Nitin Bassi holds an M. Phil in Natural Resource Management, having 15 years of experience undertaking research, consultancy and s in the field of water resource. Presently, he works as a principal researcher with the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy. His areas of work include: River basin water accounting, agriculture water management, institutional and policy analysis in irrigation and water supply management, water quality analysis, climate variability and climate induced water risk analysis, and wetland management. He has been engaged as a specialist in projects, research studies, and assignments supported by various national and international organizations.Saurabh Kumar is Ph.D. in Forestry (Wetland Ecology) from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. He has eight years of experience in the field of forest and wetland ecology. His research interest includes groundwater analysis, soil and water quality assessment, biodiversity assessment, and RS&GIS. He has worked extensively in swamp forests and wetlands of Western Himalayas. At present, he is a researcher at the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, and engaged in an action research project financially supported by the European Commission and Department of Bio-technology, Government of India.

• Rural Domestic Water Supply in India: Progress and Issues.- Factors Influencing Groundwater Behaviour During Monsoon: Analysis from Maharashtra.- Factors Influencing the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes: Analysis from Maharashtra.- Studying the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Different Geological Settings.- Locating Water for Augmenting Rural Water Supply Schemes.- Strategies for Improving Rural Domestic Water Supply in Maharashtra.- Managing Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water Security in India: Emerging Challenge.- Improving Institutional Responses to Groundwater Pollution: Use of a Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index.- Managing Rural Drinking Water Supply across Hydro-Climatic Zones of India.- Rural Drinking Water Security in India: The Challenge of Piping Water to Every Household by 2024.