Leveraging Digital Tools and Shared Digital Assets to Address Rural Water Security in India
We conducted a series of interviews with Civil Society Organisations and philanthropic organisations to understand the role of data, maps, and digital tools in rural water security programmes. This report summarises our insights and suggested solutions.
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Credits
Srushti Paranjpe led the use-case interviews with NGOs, and wrote some of the context and insights.
Shilpa Swaraj wrote the sections on the insights and did the sketches on pages 17 and 20.
Craig D Souza, Ganesh Shinde and Lakshmi Pranuti reviewed the sections around data, maps and digital tools.
Aparna Nambiar did the visualisations for the research brief.
Anjali Neelakantan also added to the sections on the insights, wrote out the recommendations, and coordinated the work.
Anu Sridharan conducted the interviews with philanthropic organisations and reviewed the brief.
Dr Veena Srinivasan guided the overall research and reviewed the brief.
The authors conducted this work when they were with the Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (CSEI-ATREE). WELL Labs is now taking it forward in collaboration with ATREE.
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