- Project Coordination and Leadership
- Research Team On Flood Affected Areas
- Research Team On Drought Affected Areas
- Cross Cutting Issues, Gender Perspectives
Institute for Social and Environmental
Transition (ISET)
ISET is leading the Adaptive Strategies project and coordinating all project
partners and activities. The final synthesis report will be a joint production
with the participation of all partners, under the guidance of Dr. Marcus
Moench, Director of ISET.
| Dr. Marcus Moench ISET 948 North St., Suite 7 Boulder, CO 80304 Tel: (1) 720 564 0650 Fax: (1) 720 564 0653 moenchm@i-s-e-t.org |
RESEARCH TEAM ON FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS
Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG)
Initiated in 2001, IORG is an academic network that aims to provide an
over-arching social science, policy-focused research umbrella for the
region. Founded at two locations – the Panjab University in Chandigarh
(India) and the University of Western Australia in Perth – the key
objective of IORG is to initiate a policy-oriented dialogue, in the true
spirit of partnership, among governments, industries, NGOs and communities,
towards realizing a shared, peaceful, stable and prosperous future for
the Indian Ocean region.
One area of focus for IORG is environmental security. The Adaptive Strategies project is the lead water security project for IORG. Furthermore, IORG provides a framework where Adaptive Strategies activities could be expanded to Indian Ocean region. One of the two Principal Coordinators of IORG is Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi, professor at the Centre for Study of Geopolitics at Panjab University. Eva Saroch is a PhD. candidate in political science at Panjab University. Sanjay and Eva are involved in fieldwork in the flood affected field sites for the Adaptive Strategies project and in reviewing secondary literature on government policies and laws for flood relief. This review will lead to an institutional landscape map. They are also synthesising the existing literature on floods in Bihar and Eastern U.P., and compiling a comprehensive bibliography and any maps available.
| Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi IORG Centre for the Study of Geopolitics Department of Political Science Arts block VI Panjab University Chandigarh – 160 014 Tel: (91) 172 78 4695 sanjay@pu.ac.in eva_1_1@yahoo.com |
ISET-Nepal
ISET-Nepal was created in 2000 as a sister organisation to ISET to create a Nepal and South Asia base for ISET’s activities. ISET-Nepal is legally its own NGO in Nepal; however, the two organisations collaborate closely on the development of joint programs and strategies for regional and global activities. By linking the two organisations, they bring together synergies that exist between resources and capabilities available to both, and the interests of leading individuals within each of them. Many core people within ISET-Nepal are also core people in Nepal Water Conservation Foundation (NWCF). Ajaya Dixit, is Secretary of ISET-Nepal and Director of NWCF; Madhukar Upadhya, is President of ISET-Nepal and Director of Research of NWCF. Ajaya and Madhukar are leading the fieldwork for the Adaptive Strategies project in the flood affected trans-boundary areas between the Nepal Terai and northern Bihar and Eastern U.P., along the Bagmati and Rohini Rivers. ISET-Nepal is preparing a report based on fieldwork and a review of secondary data, and collecting maps and photographs to illustrate their research.
| Mr. Ajaya Dixit, Mr. Madhukar Upadhya ISET-Nepal P.O. Box 2221 Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: (977-1) 552 8111 Fax: (977-1) 552 4816 iset@wlink.com.np |
Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)
GEAG was started in 1975 as an environmental awareness and education organisation expressing livelihood issues affecting communities of northern Bihar. GEAG is involved in various activities including environmental orientation in schools, rural development and ecological agriculture to popularise sustainable agriculture and orient farmers to adopt sustainable practices and make them cost effective. Dr. Shiraz Wajih is the Director of GEAG. For the Adaptive Strategies Project, GEAG is overseeing fieldwork research in the flood affected project sites in Easter U.P. and Bihar. GEAG will be analysing and synthesising data collected and is also studying the macro institutional landscape relating to floods.
Dr. Shiraz A. Wajih, Mr. Tariq Rehman |
RESEARCH TEAM ON DROUGHT AFFECTED AREAS
Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction
(VIKSAT)
VIKSAT is an activity of the Nehru Foundation for Development that focuses
on water and forestry resources. Through the interaction of Government
and Non-Government Organisations, and with the active participation of
men and women from all sections of communities, VIKSAT aims at strengthening
People’s Institutions for the equitable, gender sensitive and sustainable
development and management of natural resources. Established in 1977,
VIKSAT has been conducting extensive research on water and forestry resources
in Gujarat. Srinivas Mudrakartha, Director of VIKSAT, is leading the fieldwork
for the Adaptive Strategies project in the drought affected field sites
of Gujarat. VIKSAT is synthesising drought issues, policies and programs
for Gujarat, preparing a report based on fieldwork and a review of secondary
data, and collecting maps and photographs to illustrate their research.
Mr. Srinivas Mudrakartha |
Institute for Development Studies, Jaipur (IDS-Jaipur)
Established in 1981, IDS-Jaipur is a multi-disciplinary research organization concerned with regional issues relating to Rajasthan. The researchers at IDS-Jaipur are concerned with all manner of issues critical to livelihood, including sustainable use of natural resources, and improvements in irrigation and water management. A distinguishing feature of IDS-Jaipur is to help design interventions for grassroots organization that attempt to cope with the problems of deprivation. Dr. M. S. Rathore is a Senior Fellow at IDS-Jaipur and leads the Natural Resource management and Environment division of IDS-Jaipur. IDS-Jaipur is leading the fieldwork for the Adaptive Strategies project in the drought affected field sites of Rajasthan. IDS-Jaipur is synthesising drought issues, policies and programs for Rajasthan, preparing a report based on fieldwork and a review of secondary data, and collecting maps and photographs to illustrate their research.
Dr. M.S. Rathore |
CROSS CUTTING ISSUES, GENDER PERSPECTIVES
Dr. Sara Ahmed
Essential to the fieldwork of this project to ensure consistent methodology
and data collection is Dr. Ahmed’s work as a gender specialist.
Dr. Ahmed trained each field crew for every project site in India and
Nepal on a conceptual and methodological understanding of gender relations
in the contexts of floods and droughts and how the gender perspective
in development has evolved over the years to ensure that gender dimensions
are taken into consideration during interviews with communities affected
by floods and droughts.
Dr. Sara Ahmed |