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Anamika Barua 

Anamika Barua 

Professor 
Education: PhD
Economics
abarua@iitg.ac.in
+91 361 2582563
Room No: 114
Personal Website

Research Interests: Climate Change and Water security, Ecological Footprint, Virtual Water flows through trade,Water governance including transboundary water governance

Journal Publications

1. Sumit Vij, Jeroen Warner, PhD; Anusha Mehta; Anamika Barua, "Status quo in transboundary waters: unpacking non-decision making and non-action", Global Environmental Change, vol.85 [2024], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102821

2. Arundhati Deka, Natasha Hazarika, Sumit Vij, Anamika Barua and Emanuele Fantini, "Media reporting on conflicts and cooperation: what does it mean for the Brahmaputra basin?", International Journal of Water Resources Development [2023], https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2022.2163478

3. Natasha Hazarika, Anamika Barua, Sumit Vij, Arundhati Deka, Lena Salame, "Collective deliberation or just the state (in)action: how do we change the hydrodiplomacy landscape in South Asia?", Water Policy, vol.25, Issue no.1, pp.15-22 [2023], https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2023.166

4. Juna Probha Devi, Chandan Mahanta, Anamika Barua, "Analysis of non-parametric trend and climatic parameter homogeneity tests in a data-scarce region: a spatio-temporal perspective in the Tawang River basin, Eastern Himalayas", Theoretical and Applied Climatology, pp.1-23 [2022]

5. Tanushree Baruah, Anamika Barua and Sumit Vij, "Hydropolitics intertwined with geopolitics in the Brahmaputra River Basin", WIRES Waters [2022], https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1626

6. Juna P Devi, Chandan Mahanta, Anamika Barua, "Understanding Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change", Sustainability of Water Resources: Impacts and Management, pp.359-374 [2022]

7. Mir Khursheed Alam, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Anamika Barua, N.H. Ravindranath, "Assessing Climate-relevant vulnerability of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR): a district-level analysis", Natural Hazards, vol.27, Issue no.NA, pp.1-27, ISBN.NA [2022], https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05233-x

8. Suparna Katyaini, Mimika Mukherjee, Anamika Barua, "Water–Food Nexus through the Lens of Virtual Water Flows The Case of India.", Water, vol.13, Issue no.6, pp.768 [2021]

9. Anamika Barua, Vishaka Gulati, Tapasya Changakakati, Rupam Bhaduri, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Surbhi Vyas, Alam Khursheed, Kritishnu Sanyal, Tashina Esteves, Indu K Murthy, N H Ravindranath, Jagamohan Sharma, "How Vulnerable are India’s Himalayan Region States to Climate Change?", Economic and Political Weekly, Engage, vol.57, Issue no.11 [2021], https://www.epw.in/engage/article/how-vulnerable-are-indias-himalayan-region-states.

10. Avash Pandey, Anjal Prakash, Anamika Barua, Md. Abu Syed and Santosh Nepal, "Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin: integrating hydro-social imperatives", Water Policy, vol.22, Issue no.6, pp.1082-1097 [2020]

11. Suparana Katyaini, Anamika Barua and Rosa Duarte, "Science-Policy Interface on Water Scarcity in India: Giving ‘Visibility’to Unsustainable Virtual Water Flows (1996-2014)", Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsivier [2020], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124059

12. Sumit Vij , Jeroen Warner & Anamika Barua, "Power in water diplomacy,", Water International, Routledge, vol.45, Issue no.4, pp.249-253, ISBN.NA [2020], https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2020.1778833

13. Anamika Barua, Arundhati Deka, Vishaka Gulati, Sumit Vij, Xiawei Liao and Halla Maher Qaddumi, "Re-Interpreting Cooperation in Transboundary Waters: Bringing Experiences from the Brahmaputra Basin", Water, MDPI, vol.11, Issue no.12, pp.NA-NA, ISBN.NA [2019], https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122589

14. Anamika Barua, Rozemarijn ter Horst, Jenniver Sehring, Christian Bréthaut, Lena Salamé, Aaron Wolf, Barbara Janusz Pawletta, Emmanuel Manzungu and Alan Nicol, "Universities’ partnership: the role of academic institutions in water cooperation and diplomacy", International journal of water resources development, Routledge [2019], https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2019.1657002

15. Sumit Vij, Anshika John and Anamika Barua, "Whose water? Whose profits? The role of informal water markets in groundwater depletion in peri-urban Hyderabad", Journal of Water Policy, International Water Association [2019], https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2019.129

16. Anamika Barua, "Water Diplomacy as an approach to regional cooperation in South Asia: A case from the Brahmaputra Basin", Journal of Hydrology, Science Direct, vol.NA, Issue no.NA, pp.NA-NA [2018], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.09.056

17. A Barua, S Vij, M Zulfiqur Rahman, "International journal of water resources development", Powering or sharing water in the Brahmaputra River basin, Routledge, vol.34, Issue no.5, pp.829-843 [2018]

18. Anamika Barua and Sumit Vij, "Treaties can be a non-starter: a multi-track and multilateral dialogue approach in Brahmaputra Basin", Journal of Water Policy, International Water Association, vol.NA, Issue no.NA, pp.NA-NA [2018], https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2018.140

19. Anamika Barua, "Talking with the Chinese on the Brahmaputra", The Third Pole, thethirdpole.net, vol.NA, Issue no.NA, pp.NA-NA [2018], https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/2018/04/19/talking

20. Sumit Vij and Anamika Barua, "It’s all about power: the Brahmaputras’ in South Asia", Flows, IHE Delft Institute for water education, The Netherlands, vol.NA, Issue no.NA, pp.NA-NA [2018], https://flows.hypotheses.org/?s=Sumit

21. Anamika Barua and Sumit Vij, "Brahmaputra Riparian Countries Should Look Beyond Political Interests To Realise Rivers Potential", Engage, Economic and Political Weekly, vol.53, Issue no.2, pp.NA-NA [2018], http://www.epw.in/engage/article/world-water-day-b

22. Anamika Barua, Sumit Vij and Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, "Powering or sharing water in the Brahmaputra River basin", International Journal of Water Resources Development, Routledge, vol.-, Issue no.-, pp.--- [2017]

23. Suparana Katyaini and Anamika Barua, "Assessment of interstate virtual water flows embedded in agriculture to mitigate water scarcity in India (1996–2014)", Water Resources research, AGU, vol.53, Issue no.8, pp.7382-7400 [2017]

24. Sumit Vij, Manoj Jatav, Anamika Barua and Madhusudhan Bhattarai, "Women in MGNREGS in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh", Economic and Political Weekly, vol.LII, Issue no.32, pp.67-73 [2017]

25. Anamika Barua, "Dialogue and Water Cooperation in the Brahmaputra River Basin", IPP Review, ISSN: 2424984X, vol.NA, Issue no.NA, pp.NA-NA [2016], http://ippreview.com/index.php/Blog/single/id/243.

26. Suparana Katyaini and Anamika Barua, "Water Policy at science-policy interface – challenges and opportunities in India”", Journal of Water Policy, IWA, vol.18, Issue no.2, pp.288-303 [2016]

27. Anamika Barua and Bandana Khatanair, "Strong or weak sustainability: a study of the Asia-Pacific region", Asia Pacific Development Journal, United Nations ESCAP, vol.22, Issue no.1, pp.1-32 [2015]

28. Anamika Barua, Suparana Katyaini, Bhupen Mili and Pernille Gooch, "Climate Change and Poverty-building resilience of rural mountain communities in South Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India", Regional Environmental Change, Springer, vol.14, Issue no.1, pp.267-280 [2014]

29. Anamika Barua, Suparana Katyaini and Bhupen Mili , "International Journal of Green Economics", Understanding the multifaceted attributes to rural poverty while assessing the water –poverty-climate change linkage in the Indian Eastern Himalaya, Inderscience, vol.6, Issue no.1, pp.73-94 [2012]

30. Anamika Barua and Klaus Hubacek , "International Journal of Global Environmental Issues", An empirical analysis of Environmental Kuznets curve for water pollution in India, Inderscience, vol.9, Issue no.2, pp.NA-NA [2009]

31. Anamika Barua and Klaus Hubacek , "International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics ", Water pollution and economic growth in India: An Environmental Kuznets Curve Analysis on the watershed and state level, CESER, vol.10, Issue no.8, pp.NA-NA [2008]

32. Klaus Hubacek, Dabo Guan and Anamika Barua, "Future", Changing lifestyles and consumption patterns in developing countries: A scenario analysis for China and India, Elsevier, vol.39, Issue no.9, pp.1084-1096 [2007]

Book Chapter

1. Arundhati Deka, Vishaka Gulati, Anamika Barua, "Water Governance and Management in India" , Transboundary Water Sharing Issues in International and National Perspective , Springer , vol.1 , pp.99-114, [2019]

2. Vishaka Gulati,Arundhuti Deka,Safa Fanain,Sumit Vij and Anamika Barua, "China and Transboundary Water Politics In Asia" , Building Bridges through dialogue for the Brahmaputra River Basin , Routledge , vol.NA , pp.NA-NA, [2018] https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1403892

3. Kitriphar Tongper and Anamika Barua , "Water Resources: An Integrated Approach" , Water Conflict, Law and Governance , Routledge , vol.NA , pp.NA-NA, [2013]

Books

1. Anamika Barua, Vishal Narain and Sumit Vij, "CRC press ", Climate Change Governance and Adaptation : case studies from South Asia , Taylor and Francis group , vol.NA, Issue no.NA, pp.NA-NA [2018], https://www.crcpress.com/Climate-Change-Governance

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LODESTAR - Low-cost Disaster & Emergency Services for Communities At Risk
Funding Agency : The Netherlands Research Council and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Jeroen Warner
Duration/Starting Year: 2024-06-03 to 2027-11-30
Status: New
2

Peri-urban water regimes and nature (PeriNature)
Funding Agency : FORMAS, Sweden
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Timos Karpouzoglou
Duration/Starting Year: 2024-04-29 to 2027-04-29
Status: New
3

TransPath
Funding Agency : DUPC, The Netherlands
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Leon Herman
Duration/Starting Year: 2022-12-01 to 2025-12-01
Status: Ongoing
4

Climate Risk Assessment for India
Funding Agency : SDC
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Shyamashree Dasgupta
Duration/Starting Year: 2022-11-15 to 2024-11-15
Status: Ongoing
5

Development of Resilient Program of six states of NE India and Himachal Pradesh
Funding Agency : Ernst & Young
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 2022-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Status: Ongoing
6

Brahmaputra Dialogue Phase II
Funding Agency : The World Bank
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 01-10-2016 to 15-12-2017
Status: Completed
7

Climate Change Vulnerability mapping in the Indian Himalayan States
Funding Agency : Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Dr. Shayamasree Dasgupta, IIT Mandi
Duration/Starting Year: 17-01-2018 to 30-07-2019
Status: Completed
8

Water and livelihood – assessing climate vulnerability and potential adaptive strategies for eastern himalayan region of India
Funding Agency : Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Dr. Pernille Gooch, University of Lund, Sweden
Duration/Starting Year: 12-09-2011 to 30-07-2014
Status: Completed
9

Ecosystems for Life
Funding Agency : International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 02-02-2010 to 08-09-2010
Status: Completed
10

Linnaeus Palme International Exchange Programme (Planning grant)
Funding Agency : SASNET – Swedish South Asian Studies Network
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Dr. Pernille Gooch, University of Lund, Sweden
Duration/Starting Year: 2013-00-00 to 2014-00-00
Status: Completed
11

Brahmaputra Dialogue Phase III
Funding Agency : The World Bank
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 22-06-2018 to 30-04-2020
Status: Completed
12

Climate change and Manipur: Input to State Action Plan on Climate Change
Funding Agency : Govt. of Manipur
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 27-02-2019 to 30-11-2019
Status: Completed
13

Open Water Lab Diplomacy
Funding Agency : DUPC, IHE Delft, The Netherlands
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Dr. Emanuele Fantini
Duration/Starting Year: 2020-03-03 to 2021-12-29
Status: Completed
14

Climate Vulnerability Profiles for India: State and District Level
Funding Agency : DST and SDC
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Shyamashree Dasgupta
Duration/Starting Year: 2019-03-15 to 2021-03-30
Status: Completed
15

Science communication in the Brahmaputra
Funding Agency : IHE Delft, The Netherlands
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Dr. Emanuele Fantini
Duration/Starting Year: 2020-05-05 to 2021-12-30
Status: Completed
16

Support for Transboundary hydro diplomacy course
Funding Agency : The Asia Foundation
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 2021-09-09 to 2022-08-31
Status: Completed
17

Examining nature-society relations through urban infrastructure (Project-NATURE)
Funding Agency : KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator: Dr. Timos Karpouzoglou
Duration/Starting Year: 2021-06-01 to 2022-05-22
Status: Completed
18

Support for Economic Analysis of the Assam Integrated River Basin Planning and Management Project
Funding Agency : The World Bank
Principal Investigator: Anamika Barua
Co-investigator:
Duration/Starting Year: 2022-03-15 to 2023-01-01
Status: Completed
Sl.No Name Thesis Title PhD Status
1 Tanushree Baruah Brahmaputra River Basin Cooperation Through Benefit Sharing: A Game Theoretic Approach Completed
2 Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman Waters of conflict or waters of cooperation?: Geopolitics of Sino-Indian transboundary water management in the Yarlung Tsangpo and the Brahmaputra Completed
3 Rachna Yadav Entropy and the development process Completed
4 Bhupen Mili A huma development approace to vulnerability assessment: A study based on East Sikkim Completed
5 Suparana Katyaini Science-policy interface to mitigate water scarcity in India: an assessment of virtual water flows Completed
6 Bandana Khataniar An empirical analysis of environmental consequences of economic growth in Asia Completed
7 Mimika Mukherjee Virtual Water Trade in GBM Basin SOAS
8 Shankar Ghosh Climate Resilient Infrastructure for the city of Guwahati APR1
Sl.No Name Year Dissertation Title
1 Mimika Mukherjee 2020
2 Merlyn Maria Anthony 2019 Climate Vulnerability assessment for the state of Manipur: A District Level Analysis
3 Debayan hazra 2019 Efficiency of water Pricing-a case study of guwahati city
4 Abhinav Sharma 2018 Benefit Sharing of Trans-Boundary Water Resources: Case Study Analysis of Senegal and Mekong River Basin
5 Bidyut Bikash Changmai 2018 Water diplomacy as a tool for transboundary cooperation: The Brahmaputra Basin
6 Lopamudra Boruah 2018 Brahmaputra River Basin: Understanding the Role of Institutions
7 Khurshid Alam Ahmad 2014 Corporate social responsibility: A case study of CSR implementation in Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Assam
8 Parishmita Saikia 2014 Socio-economic conditions of tea labourers of Assam: A case study from Jorhat
9 Bankerlang Kharmylliem 2013 The Sustainable City-A Case Study of Domestic Water in Shillong
10 Navin Kumar 2013 Evolution of the concept & classification of vulnerability in Climate Change research
11 Tanmoy Das 2013 Resilience to Climate Change-Role of Rural Non Farm Sector (A case study of Pamphok Rural Village, Sikkim)
12 Abhishek Mazumdar 2012 A Case study of Tata?s CSR Implementation through Golden Eavers? Project in South Kamrup, Assam
13 Anjan Chamua 2012 Climate Change and Tourism: A case study in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
14 Nilutpal Kashyap 2012 A study on Park-People Relationship of Manas National Park in Assam, India
15 Rintu Chandra Boro 2012 Pricing of Urban Water Supply-A Literature Review
16 Bhupen Mili 2011 Impact of Climate Change on Livelihood-A Case Study in Majuli, Jorhat, Assam
17 Manzil Gogoi 2011 Trend Analysis of Climate Change Parameters-A Case Study of North East India (Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim)
18 Pronoy Rai 2011 Access to Drinking Water in Urban India- A Case Study of Guwahati City

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Sl.No Name Year
Sl.No Program Name Email Year Thesis/Project Title Affiliation
1 PhD Rupam Bhaduri rupam.bhaduri 5 Climate Change in Brahmaputra Basin and Hydropower Decision Making Centre for Environment. IIT Guwahati
2 PhD Gitima Das 1 Centre for Environment
3 PhD Surbhi Vyas 1.5 Assessing loss and damage to climate change : case study from Assam CDMR
4 PhD Juna Probha Devi Completed Assessing the Impact of Climate Change in Tawang River Basin, Eastern Himalayas Centre for Environment

Awards and Achievements

Award Title : Visiting Faculty to Asian Institute of Technology
International

Patents

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Organised

Title: The World Bank

Name of Conference: The Brahmaputra River Symposium

Sep 25, 2017 - Sep 26, 2017 No.of Partcipants: Conve International

Attended

Title: Transboundary cooperation in Brahmaputra River Basin: where do we stand?

Name of Invited Lecture: Water and Peace Seminar

UNECO IHE , The Hague Jan 18, 2018 - Jan 18, 2019 International
Title: Transboundary cooperation and water diplomacy

Name of Invited Lecture: World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

University of Geneva, Davos, Switzerland Jan 24, 2018 - Jan 25, 2018 International
Title: Asia’s Demand on Nature: Approaching Critical Limits

Name of Invited Lecture: Mainstreaming ecosystem services into countrys sectoral and macroeconomic policies and programmes

UNEP, Geneva Feb 23, 2016 - Feb 24, 2016 International
Title: Tranboundary Water Cooperation in Brahmaputra River Basin

Name of Invited Lecture: International River Symposium

IRS, New Delhi Sep 12, 2016 - Sep 6, 2016 International
Title: Transnational Policy Dialogue on Improved Water Governance of Yarlong Zangpo – Brahmaputra – Jam

Name of Invited Lecture: South Asia : Water Diplomacy, Security and Justice

Planetary Security Conference, The Netherlands Jun 20, 2016 - Jun 21, 2016 International

Organised

Name of Workshop: Workshop on Climate Change Risk Assessment and Mapping at District and State Level in India Organised

IIT Guwahati, IIT Mandi and CSTEP, Bengaluru, Bengaluru, India. Mar 24, 2023 - Mar 26, 2023 No.of Partcipants: 35 National
Title: SDC

Name of Workshop: National Workshop on climate change vulnerability assessment using a common framework

Mar 14, 2019 - Mar 15, 2019 No.of Partcipants: 100 National
Title: The World Bank

Name of Workshop: CSO meet for the Brahmaputra River Basin

Nov 26, 2018 - Nov 26, 2018 No.of Partcipants: 20 International
Title: SDC

Name of Workshop: Methodology Workshop on Climate Change vulnerability assessment for states of IHR

Sep 10, 2018 - Sep 14, 2018 No.of Partcipants: 100 National
Title: The World Bank

Name of Workshop: Consultation cum Inception Meeting

May 18, 2018 - May 18, 2018 No.of Partcipants: 24 National
Title: SDC

Name of Workshop: Need Assessment Workshop on Climate Change vulnerability assessment for states of IHR

Mar 12, 2018 - Mar 16, 2018 No.of Partcipants: 30 National

Invited

Name of Opinion Pieces: Transboundary climate issues challenge: Media can assist stakeholder interactions

The Peace Journal Apr 4, 2023 International View
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