Summary
Overview
Work History
Skills
Nationality
Specialist Field
Country Experience
Affiliations
Positions Held
Accomplishments
Awards
Publications
References
Timeline
Anik Bhaduri

Anik Bhaduri

Brisbane,AUSTRALIA

Summary

Accomplished expert in water policy and governance with more than twenty years of research experience and skills to support forumating water related strategies, policies and implementation plans.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Director

Sustainable Water Future Programme of Future Earth
Brisbane, QLD
12.2015 - Current
  • Conducted research on local, state and national water policies.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify potential solutions for water management issues.
  • Provided technical advice and support to government agencies in the development of new policies or regulations.
  • Led strategic planning and implementation of long-range plans for environmental programs for UNESCO and FAO
  • Created comprehensive reports outlining current and proposed strategies for improving water management practices.
  • Advised senior staff on best practices for implementing effective programs to conserve water resources.
  • Developed policy briefs on key issues for government decision-makers.
  • Drafted reports that summarized findings from research projects, outlining implications of proposed policy changes.

Senior Expert Consultant

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Remote
03.2024 - Current
  • Conduct a comprehensive desk review of relevant literature related to National Water Assessment
  • Compile examples of water-related assessments conducted at the national scale with a clear identification of the main findings and challenges of the assessment process
  • Develop a guidelines for National Water Assessment

Associate Professor

Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
Brisbane, QLD
12.2015 - 12.2023
  • Taught courses in environmental economics, water agriculture and food security.
  • Participated in professional development activities related to teaching strategies, curriculum development.
  • Developed educational materials for instance, handbook on water security, about the importance of protecting natural resources and guiding water governance and management at different levels and in different regions.
  • Developed and implemented individualized education plans for students with special needs.
  • Lead research on the economics of water security and nature-based solutions focusing on environmental assessments and valuation, resource allocation, and assessing climate change impacts and adaptation strategies
  • Written scientific articles related to water security and environmental science.

Expert Consultant

Food and Agricultural Organization ( FAO) of the United Nations
Remote
12.2019 - 12.2021
  • Provided high-level strategic advice to clients on the methodology to assess the state of land and water for agriculture.
  • Conducted stakeholder consultation to understand the factors influencing the state of land and water
  • Created a comprehensive methodology to understand the effectiveness of different options that can address the sustainable use of land and water
  • Implemented and tested assessment methodology in different countries.

Senior Research Economist

University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
01.2008 - 11.2015
  • Developed models to forecast economic performance for both short-term and long-term planning purposes.
  • Contributed as a lead economist in multimillion dollar interdisciplinary project supporting sustainable water resource management in Africa and Central Asia
  • Explore ways to improve the economic efficiency and ecological sustainability of the agricultural sector
  • Contributed significantly to understanding the transformative role water science research could play in SDG implementation

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

International Water Management Institute, IWMI
New Delhi, India
08.2005 - 12.2007
  • Developed economic model on interstate water allocation and estimation of the economic value of large dams.
  • Understand the groundwater resource dependency.
  • Estimated the future projection of water demand

Project Associate

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
New Delhi, India
01.1999 - 04.2001
  • Developed comprehensive plans for the development of urban communities, incorporating economic, environmental, social, and transportation considerations.
  • Prepared reports and presentations on project objectives and progress to public officials, stakeholders, and other interested parties.
  • Analyzed data collected through surveys or other methods to inform decision-making processes.

Skills

  • Knowledge coordination and synthesis
  • Project Coordination
  • Policy Implementation
  • Policy Planning
  • Partnership development
  • Staff leadership
  • Financial management
  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Sound ability to lead and motivate staff

Nationality

Australian

Specialist Field

· Environmental assessment and resource allocation

· Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation policies

· Environmental and Resource Economics

· Water Policy and Governance

Country Experience

Australia, Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Uzbekistan,Tajikistan, Ghana, Bukina Faso, Brazil, Peru, Argentina Colombo

Affiliations

  • World Water Council
  • International Water Association
  • International Water Resource Association
  • Future Earth
  • Australasian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society

Positions Held

  • Since March 2024, Expert Consultant, UNESCO on National Water Assessments
  • Since January 2024, Adjunct Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
  • Since December 2023, Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Co-Chair Future Earth Asia Regional Committee 2023-
  • Executive Director of the Global Water System Project, a core project of the Global Environmental Change Programme and Earth System Science Partnership
  • Senior Fellow, Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany 2015-
  • Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2018-

Accomplishments

  • Written more than 70 publications in international journals and as book chapters (H-index 31: source Google Scholar citations 4100) on water, resource allocation, and climate change adaptation, Water Security.
  • Played a key role in the formulation of the Bonn Declaration on Global Water Security (2013)
  • Played a significant role in the construction of indicators for SDG 6(2015) with key UN agencies, organized key events and activities to identify the role of science in SDG implementation (2016) as part of the drafting committee of the Budapest Water Summit
  • Contribution in the Design of Water Quality Guidelines for Aquatic Ecosystems for UN-Environment (2016)
  • Played a key role in the formulation of the Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)
  • One of the main architects in developing the Bengaluru Budapest Science Action Plan towards Sustainable Water Futures that calls for the development of an evidence-informed and value-based digital operating framework for water across scales to identify, predict and adjust responsible production and consumption behaviors under varying risk conditions based on evidence-based science (2019)
  • Contribution to the methodology of FAO’s Flagship report on the state of land and water for Agriculture (2021)
  • Contributed to the UNESCO -Water Future-led initiative in designing the proposed Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Water Sustainability (ISPWAS) as one of the potentially game-changing ways to transform towards sustainable water management (2022-2023).

Awards

  • 2011 June Honorary Research Fellow University of Manchester School of Social Science
  • 2004 Outstanding PhD Student Award, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming
  • 2002 Outstanding First-Year PhD Student Award, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming
  • 2002 – 2005 Plummer Scholarship for Environment and Natural Resource Conservation and Management (annually)

Publications

• Teixeira, A.L.D.F., Bhaduri, A., Siefert, C.A.C., Iftekhar, M.S., Bunn, S.E., de Souza, S.A., Gonçalves, M.V.C. and da Costa, L.C., 2024. Water security threats and solutions in the Grande River basin–One of the Brazilian agricultural frontiers. Science of The Total Environment, 906, p.167351.

Bhaduri, A., Teixeira, A. and Kaushik, A., 2023. Strategies Towards SDG 6 Implementation. In Routledge Handbook of Water and Development (pp. 194-206). Routledge.

Bhaduri, A., Iftekhar, S., Estifanos, T., Stewart-Koster B, Yu, S, Hunt, D, Kennard, M, Hauw, J, Shobeirinejad, A, Salus A, Teixeira, A, McMahon, J and Nimje, V 2022: "Development of a cost-benefit assessment framework in support of the State of Land and Water (SOLAW) report 2021" ACIAR Report ISBN 978-1-922787-48-4 PDF URL: https://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/SLAM-2020-138-final-report

Bhaduri, A., Iftekhar, S., Teixeira, A., McMahon, J., 2022: "Testing and refining the Comprehensive Framework of Response Assessment in the Philippines - Final Report" ACIAR Report ISBN 978-1- 922787-37-8 PDF URL: https://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/slam-2021-104-final-report

Bhaduri, A., Iftekhar, S. and Estifanos, T. 2022. Development of a methodological framework for the State of Land and Water Resources 2021 – Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response Framework for land, soil and water resources for agriculture. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0904en

• Varady RG, Houdret A, Buytaert W, Mishra A, Amani A, Bhaduri A, Unver O, Kay M, 2023 A game-changer for the UN 2023 Water Conference: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Water Sustainability, UNESCO

Bhaduri, A., Iftekhar, S. and Estifanos, T. 2022. Development of a methodological framework for the State of Land and Water Resources 2021 – Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response Framework for land, soil and water resources for agriculture. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0904en

• Maheshwari B, Atkins D, Hagare D, Spencer R, Bhaduri A, Dillon P, Jain S, Rollason R, Reynolds J, Dollin J, Batelaan O, Packham R. Mentoring in the young water professionals' training program: Lessons for effective capacity development. World Water Policy. 2023 Aug;9(3):334-48.

• Teixeira, Alexandre Lima de F., Bhaduri A, Stuart E. Bunn, and Sérgio R. Ayrimoraes (2021) "Operationalising Water Security Concept in Water Investment Planning: Case Study of São Francisco River Basin." Water 13, no. 24 3658.

• Banerjee, C, Bhaduri A, and Saraswat C.(2022) "Digitalization in Urban Water Governance: Case Study of Bengaluru and Singapore." Frontiers in Environmental Science : 266.

A Bhaduri, Rey D, Kaushik A, Pérez-Blanco C and Sayed Iftekhar (2021) "Economic dimensions of water resources management" in Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples, Springer Nature

• Vörösmarty, C.J., Stewart-Koster, B., Green, P.A., Boone, E.L., Flörke, M., Fischer, G., Wiberg, D.A., Bunn, S.E., Bhaduri, A., McIntyre, P.B. and Sadoff, C.( 2021). A green-gray path to global water security and sustainable infrastructure. Global Environmental Change, 70, p.102344.

• Lebel, L., Haefner, A., Pahl-Wostl, C., & Bhaduri, A. (2020). "Governance of the water-energy-food nexus: insights from four infrastructure projects in the Lower Mekong Basin". Sustainability Science, 1-16.

• Arthington, A.H., Bhaduri, A., Bunn, S.E., Jackson, S.E., Tharme, R.E., Tickner, D., Young, B., Acreman, M., Baker, N., Capon, S. and Horne, A.C., (2018). "The Brisbane Declaration and global action agenda on environmental flows." Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6.

• Vörösmarty, C.J., Osuna, V.R., Cak, A.D., Bhaduri, A., Bunn, S.E., Corsi, F., Gastelumendi, J., Green, P., Harrison, I., Lawford, R. and Marcotullio, P.J.,( 2018). "Ecosystem-based water security and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)". Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 18(4), pp.317-333.

• Bekchanov, M, Claudia R, and Bhaduri A. "A Water Rights Trading Approach to Increasing Inflows to the Aral Sea. (2018)" Land Degradation & Development 29, no. 4: 952-961.

• Pahl-Wostl, C, Bhaduri A, and Bruns A (2018). "Editorial special issue: The Nexus of water, energy and food–An environmental governance perspective." Environmental science & policy 90:

• Vlek, P., Khamzina, A., Azadi, H., Bhaduri, A., Bharati, L., Braimoh, A., Martius, C., Sunderland, T. and Taheri, F., (2017). "Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation". Sustainability, 9(12), p.2196.61-163.

• Nicholas Gerber and Anik Bhaduri (2017) "Producers' well-being and natural resource extraction the Eaglewood trade in Papua New Guinea" Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.

• Motlagh M, Bhaduri A, Bogardi  J and Ribbe L (2017) "The Role of Trust-building in Fostering Cooperation in the Eastern Nile Basin: A Case of Experimental Game Application" Journal of Natural Resources and Development 2017; 07: 73- 83

• Unver, O, Bhaduri A, and Hoogeveen J (2017). "Water-use efficiency and productivity improvements towards a sustainable pathway for meeting future water demand." Water Security 1: 21-27.

Bhaduri A and Beckchanov M ( 2016) "Exploring benefits and scope of cooperation in transboundary water sharing in Amu Darya River Basin." In Management Of Transboundary Water Resources Under Scarcity: A Multidisciplinary Approach Edited by Ariel Dinar and Yacov Tsur World Scientific Publishing, Imperial College Press.

Bhaduri A, Bogardi J, Siddiqi A, Voigt H, Vörösmarty C, Pahl-Wostl C, Stuart E. Bunn (2016)"Achieving Sustainable Development Goals from a Water Perspective." Frontiers in Environmental Science 4: 64.

Bhaduri A, (2016). How trade policies can help to achieve water security in a transboundary setting. Handbook on Water Security, p.105.

• Pahl-Wostl, C., Bhaduri, A., & Gupta, J. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook on water security. Edward Elgar Publishing.

•  Barbier E and Bhaduri A (2016) "Transboundary Management with Issue Linkage" in Handbook of Natural Resource Economics edited by Robert Halvorsen and David F. Layton, Publisher Edward Elgar.

• Pahl-Wostl, C., Gupta, J., & Bhaduri, A. (2016). "Water security: a popular but contested concept". Handbook on Water Security, 1-18.

• Bekchanov, M., Ringler, C., Bhaduri, A., & Jeuland, M. (2016). "Optimising irrigation efficiency improvements in the Aral Sea Basin". Water Resources and Economics, 13, 30-45.

• Iskandar, D. D., Bhaduri, A., & Wünscher, T. (2016). "The determinants of compliance with environmental tax: Behavioural study motivated by the case of Indonesia". African Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics, 11(1), 33-46.

Bhaduri A, Ringler C, Dombrowski I, Mohtar  R and Scheumann  W( 2015) "Sustainability in the Water Energy Food Nexus "Water International volume-4-5 pages 723-732

• Lenzen, M., Moran, D., Bhaduri, A., Kanemoto, K., Bekchanov, M., Geschke, A., & Foran, B. (2013). International trade of scarce water. Ecological Economics, 94, 78-85.

• Bekchanov, Maksud, Bhaduri A, Manfred Lenzen, and John PA Lamers(2014). "Integrating input-output modeling with multi-criteria analysis to assess options for sustainable economic transformation: The case of Uzbekistan." In the Global Water System in the Anthropocene, pp. 229-245. Springer, Cham.

Bhaduri, A., & Manna, U. (2014). "Impacts of water supply uncertainty and storage on efficient irrigation technology adoption". Natural Resource Modeling, 27(1), 1-24.

• Ringler, Claudia, Bhaduri A, and Richard Lawford.(2013) "The nexus across water, energy, land and food (WELF): potential for improved resource use efficiency?." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5, no. 6 : 617-62

• S Marx and Bhaduri A (2013)" Understanding the Global Water System for Water Cooperation" in Free Flow, Reaching Water security through cooperation, published by UNESCO. Pg 288-290.

Bhaduri A and Julia Kloos (2013)" Getting the Water Prices Right Using an Incentive-based Approach: An Application of Choice Experiment in Khorezm, Uzbekistan", European Journal of Development Research 25, 680-694.

• Djanibekov, U., Djanibekov, N., Khamzina, A., Bhaduri, A., Lamers, J., & Berg, E. (2013)." Impacts of innovative forestry land use on rural livelihood in a bimodal agricultural system in irrigated drylands". Land Use Policy, 35, 95-106.

• B. Tischbein, A. M. Manschadi, C. Conrad, A.-K. Hornidge, Bhaduri A, M. Ul Hassan, J. P. A. Lamers, U. K. Awan and P. L. G. Vlek 2013 "Adapting to water scarcity: constraints and opportunities" for improving irrigation management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan," Water Science and Technology, 13(2).

• H Yang, S Pfister, Bhaduri A (2013) "Accounting for a scarce resource: virtual water and water footprint in the global water system" Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 599-606.

• Pahl-Wostl, C, Vörösmarty C, Bhaduri A, Bogardi J, Rockström J, and Alcamo J (2013). "Towards a sustainable water future: shaping the next decade of global water research." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5, no. 6 : 708-714.

• Djanibekov, U, Djanibekov N, Khamzina A, Bhaduri A, Lamers J, and Berg E.(2013) "Impacts of innovative forestry land use on rural livelihood in a bimodal agricultural system in irrigated drylands." Land Use Policy 35 (2013): 95-106.

• Mori-Clement, Y., Bhaduri, A., & Djanibekov, N. (2014). "The Role of Institutions and Water Variability in Food Security in Uzbekistan: The Case of Rice Markets in the Khorezm Region" In The Global Water System in the Anthropocene (pp. 91-104). Springer International Publishing.

Bhaduri A and N Djanibekov (2014) "Potential Water Price Flexibility, Tenure Uncertainty and Cotton Restrictions on Adoption of Efficient Irrigation Technology" in Uzbekistan In Restructuring Land and Water Use: Technologies, Policies and Practices in the Lower Amy Darya Region, Central Asia Bonn University press .

• Mori-Clement, Y., Bhaduri, A., & Djanibekov, N. (2014)." Food price fluctuations in Uzbekistan: Evidences from local markets In Restructuring Land and Water Use: Technologies, Policies and Practices in the Lower Amy Darya Region", Central Asia Bonn University press.

• Bekchanov, M., Bhaduri, A., Lenzen, M., & Lamers, J. P. (2014). "Integrating Input-Output Modeling with Multi-criteria Analysis to Assess Options for Sustainable Economic Transformation: The Case of Uzbekistan" In The Global Water System in the Anthropocene (pp. 229-245). Springer International Publishing.

Bhaduri A, U Amarasinghe and T Shah. (2012) "An Analysis of Groundwater Irrigation Expansion in India" International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. Vol. 9, Nos. 3/4

Bhaduri A and Barbier E(2011) "Water Allocation between States in Inter Basin Water Transfer in India" International Journal of River Basin Management, 9(2) 117-127.

Bhaduri, A, Manna U, Barbier E, and Liebe J(2011). "Climate change and cooperation in transboundary water sharing: an application of stochastic Stackelberg differential games in Volta river basin." Natural Resource Modeling 24, no. 4 (2011): 409-444.

Bhaduri, A, and Barbier E.(2008) "Political altruism of transboundary water sharing." The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 8, no. 1 (2008).

Bhaduri, A, and Liebe J (2012) "Cooperation in transboundary water sharing with issue linkage: Game-theoretical case study in the Volta Basin." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 139, no. 3 (2012): 235-245.

• Katharina Hornidge A, L. Oberkircher, B. Tischbein, G. Schorcht, A. Bhaduri and A M. Manschadi (2011) “Reconceptualizing water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan” Natural resources Forum 35: 4, pp. 251-268.

• Beckanov M, Bhaduri A, Lenzen M and Lamers J(2012) "The role of virtual water for sustainable economic restructuring: evidence from Uzbekistan", Central Asia. ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 167, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn

• Sharma A and Bhaduri A (2009) "THE TIPPING POINT IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE: Understanding the Withdrawal of Indian Rural Youth" Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development. Pages 83-97. Volume 6 No. 1.

Bhaduri A, Amarasinghe U and Shah T. (2012) "An Analysis of Groundwater Irrigation Expansion in India. International" Journal of Environment and Waste Management. Vol. 9, Nos. ¾

• Amarasinghe Upali, Bhaduri A, O. P Singh and Ojha A and B. K Anand. 2008. "Cost and Benefits of Intermediate Water Storage Structures: Case Study of Diggies in Rajasthan, India" in Proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3, 79-82.

Bhaduri A, Manna U, Edward Barbier and Jens Liebe. (2009) "Cooperation in transboundary water sharing under Climate Change". ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 132.

Bhaduri A., Amarasinghe U and Shah T (2008) "Benefits of Irrigation Water Transfers in the National River Linking Project: A Case Study of Godavari (Polavaram)-Krishna Link in Andhra Pradesh" in Amarasinghe, U.A.; Sharma, B.R., eds. Strategic analyses of the National River Linking Project. Of India, series 2. International Water Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka. 173-193 p.

Bhaduri A and Barbier E(2008) "Linking Rivers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin Exploring the Transboundary Effects" in Amarasinghe, U.A.; Sharma, B.R., eds. 2008. Strategic analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, series 2. International Water Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka. 373-395 p.

Bhaduri A, Perez  N and Liebe J (2008) "Scope and Sustainability of Cooperation in Transboundary Water Sharing of the Volta River", ZEF – Discussion Papers On Development Policy No. 124, Center for Development Research, Bonn, September 2008, pp. 28.

• Mathur, O, Sengupta P and Bhaduri A, (2000), "Option for Closing the Revenue Gap of Municipalities-2000-01 to 2004-05", National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

Bhaduri A., & Barbier, E. B. (2008).” International water transfer and sharing: the case of the Ganges River" Environment and Development Economics, 13(1), 29-

Journal Special Issues and Books

Water in the Anthropocene: New perspectives for global sustainability, 2013, Special Issue in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 535-714 Edited with Charles Vörösmarty and Claudia Pahl –Wostl

Sustainability in the Water Energy Food Nexus 2014 Special issue in Water International, Edited with Ines Dombrowsky, Rabi Mohtar, Claudia Ringler and Waltina Scheumann

The Nexus of Water, energy, and Food–An environmental governance perspective, 2018, Special Issue In the Journal of Environmental Science & Policy with Claudia Pahl Wostl

Global Water System in the Anthropocene, Challenges for Science and Governance, 2014, Edited Janos Bogardi, Jan Leentvaar, and Sina Marx, Springer Publisher

Handbook of Water Security,2015, Edited with Claudia Pahl–Wostl and Joyeeta Gupta, Publisher Edward Elgar.

Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples, Springer Nature Edited with Janos Bogardi

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Expert Consultant - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
03.2024 - Current
Expert Consultant - Food and Agricultural Organization ( FAO) of the United Nations
12.2019 - 12.2021
Director - Sustainable Water Future Programme of Future Earth
12.2015 - Current
Associate Professor - Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
12.2015 - 12.2023
Senior Research Economist - University of Bonn
01.2008 - 11.2015
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - International Water Management Institute, IWMI
08.2005 - 12.2007
Project Associate - National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
01.1999 - 04.2001
Anik Bhaduri