ISUW 2022 Speaker

Mr. Nitin Bassi is a Natural Resource Management specialist, having more than 15 years of experience undertaking research, consultancy, and training in the field of water resources. Before joining CEEW, he worked with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP). 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-induced Water Risk Assessment, and Wetland Management. He has been engaged as a specialist in projects, research studies, and assignments supported by various national and international organizations. Some of these organizations include European Commission, World Bank, GIZ, DFID, WRG 2030/IFC, UNICEF, WWF, IWMI, Fresh-Thoughts Consulting, DBT, SRTT, and SDTT. He played a key role in the establishment of the India-EU Water Partnership (IEWP) and its work priority areas. He was a Member of the Water Quality Task Force (River Ganga), set up by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD & GR), Government of India (2017). He was also a Member of the Thematic Sub-group on Water Management for Climate-Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0, set up by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India (2020-21). He has about 80 publications to his credit. He has co-edited four books, two of which were published by Routledge UK, and two by Springer Nature, Switzerland. He regularly reviews manuscripts for Water Policy, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Journal of Hydrology, and book proposals for Routledge, Sage, Springer, and Wiley.