Anjal Prakash

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Anjal Prakash
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NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
EducationRural Development and Management
Alma materTata Institute of Social Science
Occupation
  • Climate scientist
  • Academician

Dr. Anjal Prakash is an Indian climate scientist and academician whose research interests are primarily focused on climate change adaptation, water, environmental sustainability, urban resilience, gender and social inclusion issues covering South Asia..[1]. He is currently in the role of Research Director at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business[2]. His research work focusses on the intersection of climate change adaptation[3] with water resource management, gender and social inclusion in an inter-disciplinary way[4][5][6].

Education

Dr. Prakash did his post graduate diploma in Rural Development and Management (RDM) from Center for Research on New International Economic Order (CReNIEO), Chennai followed by a master of arts in Social Work with specialization in Urban and Rural Community Development from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. He earned a PhD from Water Resources Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands.

Career

Prakash started his career in July 1997 with VIKSAT, Nehru Foundation for Development, Ahmedabad, India as program associate in its Water Management program. From May 2008 he started working with SaciWATERs as a Senior Research Fellow on the project – crossing boundaries (CB). In 2010 he became the director of the Periurban Water Security project[7]. In 2012, he became the executive director of SaciWATERs[8][9].

Dr. Prakash had been selected as Author in the working group 2 of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was the Coordinating Lead Author of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate[10] and a lead author in IPCC’s present assessment report - AR 6 Climate Change 2021; Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability[11] . He is part of Working Group 2’s research focusing on Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure and Cross chapter Paper – Mountains[12]. He is also leading the cross chapter paper on gender in AR6-WG2.

He has co-edited special journal issues - Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Gendered Vulnerabilities to Climate Variability in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region for the journal- Environmental Development and the issue – Water in Himalayan Towns: lessons for adaptive water management for the journal - Water Policy. Dr. Prakash is also on the editorial board of the Journal Environment and Urbanization ASIA|Environment and Urbanization Asia published by Sage publication, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences (Routledge) and Associate Editor of the journal Current Research in Environmental Sustainability published by Elsevier[13]. In 2021, he has been nominated as policy and governance section editor of PLOS-Climate[14]

Prior to joining Indian School of Business, Dr Prakash worked as a visiting faculty in Nepal Engineering College and also as an Associate Professor and Associate Dean in TERI School of Advanced Studies from 2018-19.

Prakash regularly writes in popular media on the issues of climate change adaptation, gender and water resources[15][16][17] He has written two books: The Dark Zone: Groundwater Irrigation, Politics and Social Power in North Gujarat(2005)[18] and Water in India: Situation and Prospects (2013)

References

  1. "How women adapt as climate comes unhinged". Mongabay-India. 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. "People | Bharti Institute of Public Policy". www.isb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ONLINE, ORF. "Anjal Prakash". ORF. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. Prakash, Anjal (2021). Engendering Climate Change: Case studies from South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge.
  5. Prakash, Anjal (2014). Informing Water Policies in South Asia. New Delhi: Rutledge.
  6. "Anjal Prakash // FARM-D". Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  7. Prakash, Anjal. "Water Security in Peri-urban South Asia" (PDF).
  8. "Prakash, Anjal". SAGE Publications Inc. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  9. "Anjal Prakash". IGC. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  10. "New IPCC report warns of dire threat to oceans". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2019-09-25. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-02-12.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Sep 25, PTI /; 2019; Ist, 20:25. "Andaman, Nicobar Islands may not be inhabitable in future due to rise in sea level: IPCC | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-02-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "Need for Feminism in Climate Decision-Making – Dr Anjal Prakash". IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  13. "Anjal Prakash, PhD - Editorial Board - Current Research in Environmental Sustainability - Journal - Elsevier". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  14. "PLOS Climate: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal". journals.plos.org. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  15. India, Press Trust of (2019-12-15). "Experts want India's emission-cut pledge in Paris backed by stringent law". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  16. Ramesh&, M. "The oceans are set to boil". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  17. "As glaciers disappear, can we be far behind?". The Third Pole. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  18. Prakash, Anjal (2005). The Dark Zone: Groundwater Irrigation, Politics and Social Power in North Gujarat. Orient Longman. ISBN 978-81-250-2824-6.

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