India, like other developing nations, faces the environmental and natural resource challenges often associated with a rapidly developing economy. At the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology we have worked with partners in India for more than 40 years, with historical activities primarily focused on hydro-climatic science. In more recent years we have expanded our activities to include work on air and water pollution, and the ecology of pathogens and their vectors.
Partners
We have Memoranda of Understanding with four institutes in India:
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
- National Institute of Hydrology
- Indian Institute of Science
- Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE)
Projects
Additionally we work collaboratively with more than 40 institutes. Our projects include:
- South Asian Nitrogen Hub (UKRI)
- Impact scenario modelling for risk-based flood warning in India (Met Office)
- Convective scale regional coupled environmental prediction model evaluation and development (Met Office)
- Developing statistical downscaling to improve water quality understanding and management in the Ramganga sub-basin (EPSRC)
- Sustainable Use of Natural Resources to Improve Human Health and Support Economic Development (SUNRISE) (NERC)
- International Nitrogen Management System (INMS) (UNEP)
- Newton-Bhabha Virtual Centre on Nitrogen Efficiency of Whole-cropping Systems for Improved Performance and Resilience in Agriculture (NEWS-India) (BBSRC)
- Megacity Delhi Atmospheric Emission Quantification, Assessment and Impacts (DelhiFlux) (NERC)
- Optimising Forest Benefits Whilst Minimising Impacts of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: Co-developing an Interdisciplinary Tool for Forests in India (MRC)
- Integrating participatory approaches and models to strengthen One Health responses to zoonotic diseases in India (MRC)
- MonkeyFeverRisk - systems approaches to tick-borne zoonotic diseases affecting forest communities in India (MRC)
- Upscaling Catchment Processes for Sustainable Water Management in Peninsular India (UPSCAPE) (NERC)
- India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC) (NERC)
- Water Climate Services to Inform Food and Water Security (NERC)
- India Zoo Risk - Zoonotic diseases affecting India’s forest dependent communities (UKRI)
Contact us
For general enquiries, please see our Contacts page. To discuss our work in India, contact:
Associate Director of International Research and Development: Prof Harry Dixon
International Relations Coordinator: Maria Jarquin