Anjal Prakash


Anjal Prakash is an academic, researcher, and science writer, currently working as a Clinical Associate Professor and Research Director at Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India. His research explores sustainability, urban resilience, water and climate challenges, and gender and social inclusion in South Asia.
Recently, Anjal was selected as the lead author for the prestigious special report, a part of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's seventh assessment cycle. He is one of the four Indians in the 150 global climate experts group as a lead author for the special report on climate change and cities.
He previously reported on gender bias in the IPCC.

Education and work

He completed his master's degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, and PhD in Social/Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Previously, he served as an Associate Professor and Associate Dean at TERI School of Advanced Studies, and as a Programme Coordinator, Himalayan Water Adaptation and Resilience Research, River Basin Programmes, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. He also served as the Director of SaciWATERs.
His contributions focus on water and climate issues in South Asia. He led research on glaciated rivers in the Himalayan region.
He is an elected member of Global Water Partnership,Gender and Water Alliance, and a member of Global Community of Practice for Sanitation and Hygiene promoted by Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland.
As a professor and researcher, he spoke on climate science, climate justice, climate change, global warming, social policy, global sustainability initiatives and other similar topics in seminars, events, and conferences organized by reputed academic institutions. His columns on climate change, global warming, water crisis, and sustainable development appear in national newspapers and magazines such as Forbes India, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Tribune, and others.
He is on Editorial Board of leading scientific journal publications, serving as guest editor, associate editor for various reputed journals such as Environment and Urbanization Asia, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, PLOS, and other journals. Together with Prof Ashwini Chhatre and Dr Aarushi Jain, he is also a series editor of Indian School of Business's Bharti Institute of Public Policy-Routledge Book Series titled - Innovations, Practice and Future of Public Policy in India.

Publications

Prakash has published more than 34 research papers and has co-edited nine books and 29 book chapters.

Books

He has authored and edited the following books:
  • The Dark Zone: Groundwater, Irrigation, Politics and Social Power in North Gujarat
  • Informing Water Policies in South Asia
  • Water Resource Management in South Asia
  • Water in Himalayan Towns: Lessons for Adaptive Water Governance
  • Engendering Climate Change: Learning from South Asia
  • Narain, Vishal, "Introduction: urbanization, Climate Change, and Peri-urban Water Security in South Asia - A framework for Analysis", in Narain, Vishal; Prakash, Anjal, WATER SECURITY in PERI-URBAN SOUTH ASIA, India: Oxford University Press,
  • Narain, Vishal, "Urbanization and water: A conundrum and source of conflict?", in Narain, Vishal; Goodrich, Chanda Gurung; Chourey, Jayati; Prakash, Anjal, Globalization of Water governance in South Asia, India: Routledge,
  • Hans, Asha; Rao, Nitya; Prakash, Anjal; Patel, Amrita. Engendering Climate Change: Learnings from South Asia. Taylor & Francis.
  • Prakash, Anjal; Vs, Saravanan; Chourey, Jayati. Interlacing Water and Human Health: Case Studies from South Asia. SAGE Publishing India.