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Organization : India Water Foundation
Acronym: : IWF
Nationality of the organisation of establishment : India Year of establishment : 2008
college to which your organisation belongs to :
College 4:Civil society organisations
Scope of your organisation : Regional: sub-national
 Are you organiation's activities focused primarily on water and sanitation ? : Yes No
Please indicate your organisation's field(s) of expertise and activities :
  • Water resources management
  • Basic Human needs or health
  • Development or infrastructure
  • Climate or natural hazards
  • Environment or ecosystems
  • Water supply or sanitation
  • Agriculture or food production
  • Human rights or social issues
  • Education or capacity building
  • Human settlements or habitats
  • Regulation and governance
  • Economics or finance
  • Research or development
  • Energy or industry
  • Media awareness
  • International cooperation or humanitarian relief
You may specify your activities by providing a list of more precise keywords:
Water Conservation, Judicious Use of Water, rainwater harvesting, Keeping water resources pollution-free, Water Quality Monitoring, recycling wastewater for reuse, capacity building of stakeholders, Water-energy nexus, water-food nexus, Water & Climate Change
Description of your Organisation's activities : India Water Foundation (IWF) has played pre-eminent role in stimulating policy dialogue in water sector, inputs by IWF have spurred especially with provincial government of Meghalaya and Sikkim in India to adopt water-energy-food nexus approach as an integral part of sustainable development, recently launched “Sikkim Comprehensive Water Resources Plan” Gangtok. Some of the activities undertaken by IWF are –Organising International Conference on Water Use Efficiency in Industrial Sector organized by IWF on 9 November 2011 at Jaipur (Rajasthan, India) spurred the provincial government to frame water laws for the first time and led the Central Government to announce to frame industrial water policy, hosted Regional Workshop on Water Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific Region in collaboration with UNEP-GEMS Water at New Delhi on 5-8 November 2012, which resulted in forging of bilateral synergy between various institutions in water quality monitoring mechanism and networking at regional level. IWF in collaboration with UN-ESCAP’s New Delhi office hosted a Special Session on “Regional Cooperation, Human Development and Water” at New Delhi, India on 29 November 2013 and has made efforts in synergizing trans-boundary basin management cooperation in the Himalayan region of South Asia. IWF regards water as not merely a sector, but a connector that provides holistic solutions for effectively tackling climate change and in this regard, has been espousing for adoption of Ecosystem-based adaptation (Eba) approach to mitigate climate change related adverse impact and its presentation in this regard on August 23-28, 2015, at SIWI World Water Week 2014, 2015 and 2017 Stockholm, was highly appreciated and evoked very positive response. IWF also carried out social development and Public Awareness and Public Participation (PAPP) activities under the Ganga Action Plan project for a period of three years in Varanasi which focused on how Ganga could be restored to its pristine glory and endeavors for Namami Gange to become a mass movement. IWF conducted 20 training programmes and workshops during November 2015 to March 2017 on “Application and Uses of Hydro-geo-morphological Maps for Groundwater Prospection ” across 20 states of the Indian Union. The overall outcome of this training programme was enthusiastic response from the state governments in harnessing satellite imagery for water prospection. IWF works amongst the people at the grassroots level, in cooperation with CSOs, state and government to help them develop water, sanitation, hygiene and climate change adaptation services and its involvement through training programme in Eco WASH for integrated approach to empower the local community for sustainable development outcomes in the state of Uttar Pradesh. IWF sensitized and galvanized people to become JAL Mitras (Water Friends) a volunteer group now numbering over 50,000 all over India to percolate information at grassroot level.

Governor representative :
First Name : Arvind Last Name : Kumar
Title : Dr. Position : President
Nationality : India Gender : Male Female
Email : drarvindsv1@gmail.com
background : Dr Arvind Kumar is a renowned water activist and environmentalist, having provided new impetus to the water & environment movements in India.He is the President, India Water Foundation (IWF) that enjoys Special Consultative Status with UN-ECOSOC, and has Observer with Status Governing Body of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). IWF is a non-profit civil society engaged in generating heightened public awareness in India and sub-regional level in the Asia-Pacific region, regarding water and its impact on human health, economic growth and environmental sustainability. He is the Member Technical Advisory Committee for India's Third National Communication and Biennial Update Reports to UNFCCC; member of the ‘National Wetlands Committee, Government of India; Member of Meghalaya State Water Resources Council& Member of the State Council for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Government of Meghalaya (India); Member, Working Group on Water Resources Development, Management and Efficient utilization to seek inputs for development agenda for New India @75 under NITI Aayog, Government of India; Member of the General Body of CAPART (Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology),under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India; Direct-member with ICID, Member of the World Water Council and Member with Global Compact Network India. He is also the member of Delhi State Water Mission, and part of the core group drafting the water policy of Government of Delhi.Holding PhD in Defense Studies, Dr Kumar has published over 350 plus research articles on socio-economic, environmental and water related issues in prominent journals. He is the editor of online e-Magazine Focus Global Reporter published from New Delhi, India. He is the lead author of publication with SAC Dhaka titled “SAARC Outlook on Water-Energy-Food Nexus in SAARC Region” published in December 2015. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards.

Alternate representative :
First Name : Shweta Last Name : Tyagi
Title : Mrs. Postion : Chief Functionary
Nationality : India Gender :
Email : sshweta.tyagi@gmail.com
background : Shweta tyagi is a sustainable development graduate, she looks after administration, communication, Programmes, planning for research projects, seminars and conferences, Copywriting, Event Planning, Strategic Planning, and Event Management. Dissemination of awareness and understanding of water and environmental issues, also interface with media, publicity etc. She has over 10 years of work experience in organising national and international conferences, project Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation of projects on Water, Sanitation, livelihood and food security, rural & urban sanitation, water & natural resource management, climate change etc) with international and national organizations. Also associate editor focusglobalreporter a monthly emagazine.

Organisation statement:
Please describe the involvement of your organisation within the World Water Council and state how long it has been involved in World Water Council activities : IWF works at the regional and sub-regional level to encourages the use of Integrated Water Resources Management and Integrated Water & Environment Management and water-energy-food nexus approaches to sustainable development into national policy at national and regional levels by assimilation and dissemination of wit and wisdom from local to global level and vice versa, promotion of inter-sectoral convergence equal emphasis on Soft and Hard Solutions to water and environment, capacity-building to change the mind-set of the stakeholders to perceive water as sustainable development goal. India Water Foundation (IWF) is keen to be involved into the activities of the World Water Council in order to imbibe the work culture and qualitative approach in tackling water-related issues as currently being done by the WWC. Being an international multi-stakeholder platform organization, the WWC has accumulated tremendous knowledge, expertise and experience along with good practices in generating awareness, building political commitment and spurring action on crucial water issues at multiple levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life on earth. All this makes WWC as a role model for the IWF and being within WWC, it would be able to emulate all these traits and good practices of WWC to facilitate realization of SDG-6 along with its declared targets in this part of the globe.
For what reasons do you wish your organisation to have a seat on the Board of Governors ? The IWF has been one of the first civil societies in India to emphasize on the urgency for water-energy-food nexus approach as well as pioneering the cause of non-engineering solutions to water related problems on par with engineering and technological solutions through capacity building of all the stakeholders in water sector. We fostered synergy between the activities carried out at the national level and those at the regional level both technically and socially. It is a subject that incorporates vital issues such as food security, sustainable economic growth and livelihoods, political sensitivities and involvement of the civil society. Also, we have endeavored to employ the lessons learnt at both these levels to bring the countries together at the regional level. The wish of the India Water Foundation (IWF) to serve on the Board of Governors of World Water Council is dictated by the penchant to make its humble contribution in working as a catalyst for effective and efficient implementation of the WWC and decisions undertaken by World Water Forum from time to time depending on the contemporary expediency. Since the Board of Governors of the WWC holds responsibility for major decisions in implementing the strategy of the World Water Council, the IWF would also like to make it humble contribution by being on the Board.