by WELL Labs Team | Nov 25, 2025 | Updates
Creating Space for Water Collaboration with Henk Ovink In this episode, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Henk Ovink who is often called the world’s first “Water Diplomat” for a deep and wide-ranging conversation on trust, global cooperation, imagined redundancy, and...
by Partik Kumar, Veena Srinivasan | Jan 29, 2025 | Technical Consulting / Research
Addressing Depletion in Alluvial Aquifers The River Betwa, a tributary of the Ganga, flows pasts the Chhatris of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: Sharvarism / Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA-4.0 Partik Kumar and Veena Srinivasan argue that participatory groundwater...
by Veena Srinivasan | Sep 25, 2024 | Technical Consulting / Research
Creating Kaveri Delta beneath our feet: An experiment in grounding socio-hydrology in Tamil Nadu, India Photo: A goods train moves on a bridge on the Kaveri river delta near Trichy in Tamil Nadu, India. Credit: Santosh Janardhanan / Flickr. CC-BY-SA-2.0 Research by...
by Vivek Grewal, Jacob John, Mukta Deodhar, Srushti Paranjpe, Ishita Jalan | Mar 25, 2024 | Technical Consulting / Research
Rural Water and Sanitation in India: Emerging Challenges and Livelihood Opportunities The team at Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs has carried out a review of secondary literature, including government reports and policies, and academic research;...
by Sharan Poovanna | Mar 10, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
What Led to Bengaluru Water Crisis? Unchecked Concretisation Coupled with Lack of Political Will As Bengaluru grows further outwards and faster than it can cope, water supply is one of the first casualties. Attempting to piece together the puzzle – where Bengaluru’s...
