1. Assessing the Importance of Water Infrastructure and Institutions for Water Security2. Why India Needs Large Water Resource Projects Involving Inter-basin Water Transfers3. Recent Droughts in India: Nature’s Fury or Poor Statecraft?4. A Critique of Mihir Shah Committee (2016) Report on Water Reforms in India5. Does Hard Evidence Matter in Policy Making? The Case of Climate Change and Changing Land Use6. Mission Kakatiya for Rejuvenating Tanks in Telangana: Making it a Mission Possible7. Irrigation Miracle in Madhya Pradesh: What has worked?8. Thanking 'Rainwater Harvesting' and Blaming the Rain God: The Case of Chennai Floods9. Adapting to Climate Variability and Reducing Carbon Emissions: Strategies that Work for India10. Canal Irrigation vs Well Irrigation: Comparing the Un-comparable11. Green Revolution vs ‘Dream Revolution’: Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Eastern India12. Deciding the Types of Interventions for Agricultural Development in different agro ecologies13. Impacts of Micro Irrigation Systems: Perception vs Reality14. Implications of Rising Demand for Dairy Products on Agricultural Water Use in India15. How Do We Promote Adoption of Improved Latrines in India? Findings of a Study from Rural Andhra Pradesh

Challenges the linear and conventional approaches to water management and water policymaking in India that are also applicable in developing countries across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Presents best practice ideas and methods that help science and politics work together Highlights a key gap of communication between science and policy in water research, with solutions on how this can be addressed