November 5, 2026
Women need to be at the forefront of India’s water governance
Women carry India’s water and know its sources best, yet they are excluded from planning and decision making. What would real inclusion look like?
Deepanjana Saha
Deepanjana Saha is a doctoral researcher at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, where she works on ecosystem services valuation, community forest rights, and land use in the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Karnataka. Trained as an agricultural economist at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, she has also researched coastal fisheries governance in the Gulf of Mannar. She is a SAGE Fellow (2024) and a member of the Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) Executive Team.
Areas of expertise
Ecosystem services valuation (monetary and non-monetary), Soil biodiversity and agroecology, Community forest rights and forest governance in India, Ecological fiscal transfers and environmental policy, Water governance and coastal fisheries
Currently working at
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru — Doctoral Scholar (PhD Candidate)
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