Honorary Members

India Water Partnership

Honorary Members

Mr. Debnath Shaw

Regional Council Member, GWP-South Asia and Retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer

Mr. Debnath Shaw is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of batch 1984. He is former Indian Ambassador to Azerbaijan from December 2008 to May, 2012 and High Commissioner, Tanzania from July 2012 to July 2015. After a stint…

Dr. Ravinder Kaur

Regional Council Member, GWP-South Asia and Principal Scientist, Water Technology Centre

Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Principal Scientist & Former Project Director, Water Technology Centre and Former Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute is a doctorate (Gold medalist & Jawahar Lal Nehru awardee) in Agricultural Physics with specialization in Soil Physics & Soil…

Dr. Alok K. Sikka

Honorary Member and India Representative at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Dr. Alok K. Sikka is presently working with International Water Management Institute, Delhi Office as IWMI Representative-India. Prior to joining IWMI, he served as Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Technical Expert…

Mr. Rajesh Jain

Honorary Member, IWP and Managing Director, LPS Bossard Pvt. Ltd. and UPS Lakshmi

Mr. Rajesh Jain is the Managing Director of LPS Bossard Pvt. Ltd. and UPS Lakshmi. He has done graduation in Mechanical Engineering and three years Executive Management Program from Harvard Business School, USA. He has been engaged in this…

Mr. Anupam Mishra

Honorary Member, IWP and Director (Commercial & HRD), WAPCOS Limited (a PSU under Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI)

Mr. Anupam Mishra is working with WAPCOS Limited as Director (Commercial & HRD). Mr. Mishra has done his Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Faculty of Management Studies, University of…

Ms. Preeti Madan

Honorary Member, IWP and Former Principal Economic Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, GoI

She is Former Principal Economic Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India. An alumnus of the Lady Shriram College (BA Eco Hons: 1975-78) and the Delhi School of Economics (Masters in Economics: 1978-80), Ms Preeti Madan joined…

Er. Ashwin B. Pandya

Honorary Member, IWP and General Secretary, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)

He is Secretary General, International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage & Former Chairman, Central Water Commission, Government of India. Er. Pandya has over 40 years of professional experience in water resources and irrigation planning, design, implementation, and financing. He…

Prof Santosh Kumar

Honorary Member, IWP and Head of G&IDRR Division, NIDM, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

He is the Head of G&IDRR Division, National Institute for Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He is a Ph.D. in Economics and has studied Gender & Development in IDS, Sussex, UK and received professional training…