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	'''Vishal Narain''' is an [[India]]n, inter-disciplinary water researcher.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=~~http~~://www.mdi.ac.in/faculty/detail/60-vishal-narain/ \| title=Sign in}}</ref> His work cuts across the frontiers of the natural and social sciences, with a specific interest in institutions, governance and policy. He is currently a professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the [[Management Development Institute]], [[Gurgaon]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Public Policy A View from the South \|last=Narain \|first=Vishal \|year=2018 \|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] \|isbn=978-1-108-42958-0}}</ref>		'''Vishal Narain''' is an [[India]]n, inter-disciplinary water researcher.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.mdi.ac.in/faculty/detail/60-vishal-narain/ \| title=Sign in}}</ref> His work cuts across the frontiers of the natural and social sciences, with a specific interest in institutions, governance and policy. He is currently a professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the [[Management Development Institute]], [[Gurgaon]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Public Policy A View from the South \|last=Narain \|first=Vishal \|year=2018 \|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] \|isbn=978-1-108-42958-0}}</ref>


	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
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	He started his schooling in [[New York City]], [[United States]], and later went on to study at Manav Sthali School in [[Delhi]]. He followed this up with a graduation in [[economics]] at [[Sri Ram College of Commerce]], [[University of Delhi]] and a postgraduate diploma in rural management at IRMA, [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand]], [[Gujarat]]. He earned a PhD from [[Wageningen University and Research Centre]], [[Netherlands]].		He started his schooling in [[New York City]], [[United States]], and later went on to study at Manav Sthali School in [[Delhi]]. He followed this up with a graduation in [[economics]] at [[Sri Ram College of Commerce]], [[University of Delhi]] and a postgraduate diploma in rural management at IRMA, [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand]], [[Gujarat]]. He earned a PhD from [[Wageningen University and Research Centre]], [[Netherlands]].

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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Narain comes from an academic family background. His mother taught economics in the [[University of Delhi]] for 41 years, and his father served [[Indian Airlines]] in various capacities throughout his career, retiring as a director at the headquarters in [[New Delhi]]. Narain has a thirteen-year-old son, Gautam. His wife, Shilpa, is a home-maker. Narain is fond of music, bird-watching and cooking. He is also a [[philatelist]] and often spends time with his collection.		{{BLP unreferenced section\|date=March 2022}}
			Narain comes from an academic family background. His mother taught economics in the [[University of Delhi]] for 41 years, and his father served [[Indian Airlines]] in various capacities throughout his career, retiring as a director at the headquarters in [[New Delhi]]. Narain has a thirteen-year-old son, Gautam. His wife, Shilpa, is a home-maker. Narain is fond of music, bird-watching and cooking.{{importance inline\|date=March 2022}} He is also a [[philatelist]] and often spends time with his collection.

	==Professional career==		==Professional career==
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	Prior to joining MDI, he was [[assistant professor]], Department of Policy Studies at TERI University. In his early career, he served TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, as a research associate and fellow in their Policy Analysis Division.		Prior to joining MDI, he was [[assistant professor]], Department of Policy Studies at TERI University. In his early career, he served TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, as a research associate and fellow in their Policy Analysis Division.
	He was a lead author for the chapter on human vulnerability to environmental change for GEO ([[Global Environment Outlook]])- 4, the flagship publication of [[UNEP]], [[the United Nations Environment Programme]]. He has completed consultancy assignments for a wide variety of international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the [[United Nations]], [[Bangkok]], The International Water Management Institute, IWMI, [[Colombo]], The STEPS Center, [[University of Sussex]], [[UK]], [[The Asia Foundation]], New Delhi and SaciWATERs, the South Asian Consortium for Inter-disciplinary Water Resources Studies, Secunderabad, India.		He was a lead author for the chapter on human vulnerability to environmental change for GEO ([[Global Environment Outlook]])- 4, the flagship publication of [[UNEP]], [[the United Nations Environment Programme]]. He has completed consultancy assignments for a wide variety of international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the [[United Nations]], [[Bangkok]], The International Water Management Institute, IWMI, [[Colombo]], The STEPS Center, [[University of Sussex]], [[UK]], [[The Asia Foundation]], New Delhi and SaciWATERs, the South Asian Consortium for Inter-disciplinary Water Resources Studies, Secunderabad, India.
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	==Awards and honours==		==Awards and honours==
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	He received the SR Sen Prize for the best book on Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (2002–03) conferred by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for his book ‘’[[Institutions]], technology and water control: water users associations and irrigation management reform in two large scale systems in India ([[Orient Longman]], 2003).” He also received the award for excellence in research conferred by [[Management Development Institute]] (MDI), Gurgaon for the year 2016 and 2018.		He received the SR Sen Prize for the best book on Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (2002–03) conferred by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for his book ‘’[[Institutions]], technology and water control: water users associations and irrigation management reform in two large scale systems in India ([[Orient Longman]], 2003).” He also received the award for excellence in research conferred by [[Management Development Institute]] (MDI), Gurgaon for the year 2016 and 2018.

	==Bibliography ==		==Bibliography ==
	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal \| title = Growing city, shrinking hinterland: land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India \| journal = Environment and Urbanization \| volume = 21 \| issue = 2 \| pages = 501–512 \|date = 2009 \| doi = 10.1177/0956247809339660 \| doi-access = ~~free~~ }}<ref>{{Cite journal \| doi=10.1177/0956247809339660\|title = Growing city, shrinking hinterland: Land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India\| journal=Environment and Urbanization\| volume=21\| issue=2\| pages=501–512\|year = 2009\|last1 = Narain\|first1 = Vishal\| doi-access=~~free~~}}</ref>		* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal \| title = Growing city, shrinking hinterland: land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India \| journal = Environment and Urbanization \| volume = 21 \| issue = 2 \| pages = 501–512 \|date = 2009 \| doi = 10.1177/0956247809339660 \| doi-access = }}<ref>{{Cite journal \| doi=10.1177/0956247809339660\|title = Growing city, shrinking hinterland: Land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India\| journal=Environment and Urbanization\| volume=21\| issue=2\| pages=501–512\|year = 2009\|last1 = Narain\|first1 = Vishal\| doi-access=}}</ref>
	* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal \| last2 = Nischal \| first2 = Shilpa \| title = The peri-urban interface in Shahpur Khurd and Karnera, India \| journal = Environment and Urbanization \| volume = 19 \| issue = 1 \| pages = 261–273 \|date = April 2007 \| doi = 10.1177/0956247807076905 \| doi-access = ~~free~~ }}		* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal \| last2 = Nischal \| first2 = Shilpa \| title = The peri-urban interface in Shahpur Khurd and Karnera, India \| journal = Environment and Urbanization \| volume = 19 \| issue = 1 \| pages = 261–273 \|date = April 2007 \| doi = 10.1177/0956247807076905 \| doi-access = }}
	* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal\|title = India's water crisis: the challenges of governance\| journal = Water Policy\| volume = 2 \| issue = 6 \| pages = 433–444 \|date = Dec 2000 \| doi = 10.1016/S1366-7017(00)00018-0}}		* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal\|title = India's water crisis: the challenges of governance\| journal = Water Policy\| volume = 2 \| issue = 6 \| pages = 433–444 \|date = Dec 2000 \| doi = 10.1016/S1366-7017(00)00018-0}}
	* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal \| title = Towards a new groundwater institution for India \| journal = Water Policy \| volume = 1 \| issue = 3 \| pages = 357–365 \|date = June 1998 \| doi = 10.1016/S1366-7017(98)00029-4 }}		* {{Cite journal \| last1 = Narain \| first1 = Vishal \| title = Towards a new groundwater institution for India \| journal = Water Policy \| volume = 1 \| issue = 3 \| pages = 357–365 \|date = June 1998 \| doi = 10.1016/S1366-7017(98)00029-4 }}

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'''Vishal Narain''' is an [[India]]n, inter-disciplinary water researcher.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mdi.ac.in/faculty/detail/60-vishal-narain/ | title=Sign in}}</ref> His work cuts across the frontiers of the natural and social sciences, with a specific interest in institutions, governance and policy. He is currently a professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the [[Management Development Institute]], [[Gurgaon]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Public Policy A View from the South |last=Narain |first=Vishal |year=2018 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-108-42958-0}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=April 2018}}
He started his schooling in [[New York City]], [[United States]], and later went on to study at Manav Sthali School in [[Delhi]]. He followed this up with a graduation in [[economics]] at [[Sri Ram College of Commerce]], [[University of Delhi]] and a postgraduate diploma in rural management at IRMA, [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand]], [[Gujarat]]. He earned a PhD from [[Wageningen University and Research Centre]], [[Netherlands]].

==Research work==
His teaching and academic interests are in the inter-disciplinary analyses of public policy processes and [[institutions]], water governance, [[gender]], [[rights]] and [[Equity (economics)|equity]] analyses in water management, [[peri-urban]] issues and [[vulnerability]] and [[adaptation]] to environmental change. In particular he is interested in the relationship between technologies and [[institutions]] in water management, and how they are impacted by each other. He explores these issues using [[qualitative research]] tools with a strong reliance on [[ethnography]].
Lately he has been working extensively on [[peri-urban]] issues, especially in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to environmental change and water insecurity. His research on these dynamics has been published in [[peer-reviewed journals]] like Geoforum, Land Use Policy, Environment and Urbanization, Water Policy and Water International. He has co-edited several books such as “Water Security in periurban South Asia: adapting to climate change and urbanization ([[Oxford University Press]], 2016), “Indian Water Policy at the cross-roads: resources, technology and reforms ([[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]], 2016)” and “Globalization of water governance in South Asia ([[Routledge]]: [[Taylor and Francis]], 2014).” In 2018 he published a book, Public Policy A View from the South in light of his research experience of policy processes in India.<ref>{{cite book |title=Public Policy A View from the South |last=Narain |first=Vishal |year=2018 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-108-42958-0}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Narain comes from an academic family background. His mother taught economics in the [[University of Delhi]] for 41 years, and his father served [[Indian Airlines]] in various capacities throughout his career, retiring as a director at the headquarters in [[New Delhi]]. Narain has a thirteen-year-old son, Gautam. His wife, Shilpa, is a home-maker. Narain is fond of music, bird-watching and cooking. He is also a [[philatelist]] and often spends time with his collection.

==Professional career==
Prior to joining MDI, he was [[assistant professor]], Department of Policy Studies at TERI University. In his early career, he served TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, as a research associate and fellow in their Policy Analysis Division.
He was a lead author for the chapter on human vulnerability to environmental change for GEO ([[Global Environment Outlook]])- 4, the flagship publication of [[UNEP]], [[the United Nations Environment Programme]]. He has completed consultancy assignments for a wide variety of international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the [[United Nations]], [[Bangkok]], The International Water Management Institute, IWMI, [[Colombo]], The STEPS Center, [[University of Sussex]], [[UK]], [[The Asia Foundation]], New Delhi and SaciWATERs, the South Asian Consortium for Inter-disciplinary Water Resources Studies, Secunderabad, India.

Narain has been engaged in developing curricula and delivering MDPs (Management Development Programmes) around water and gender equity. He has conducted short training programmes around public policy analysis and inter-disciplinary water resources research for such organisations as [[TERI University]], New Delhi, GALVMed, Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine, [[Edinburgh]] and SaciWATERs, the South Asian Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Water Resources Studies, [[Secunderabad]], [[India]].

==Awards and honours==
He received the SR Sen Prize for the best book on Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (2002–03) conferred by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for his book ‘’[[Institutions]], technology and water control: water users associations and irrigation management reform in two large scale systems in India ([[Orient Longman]], 2003).” He also received the award for excellence in research conferred by [[Management Development Institute]] (MDI), Gurgaon for the year 2016 and 2018.

==Bibliography ==
=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal | last1 = Narain | first1 = Vishal | title = Growing city, shrinking hinterland: land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India | journal = Environment and Urbanization | volume = 21 | issue = 2 | pages = 501–512 |date = 2009 | doi = 10.1177/0956247809339660 | doi-access = free }}<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1177/0956247809339660|title = Growing city, shrinking hinterland: Land acquisition, transition and conflict in peri-urban Gurgaon, India| journal=Environment and Urbanization| volume=21| issue=2| pages=501–512|year = 2009|last1 = Narain|first1 = Vishal| doi-access=free}}</ref>
* {{Cite journal | last1 = Narain | first1 = Vishal | last2 = Nischal | first2 = Shilpa | title = The peri-urban interface in Shahpur Khurd and Karnera, India | journal = Environment and Urbanization | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 261–273 |date = April 2007 | doi = 10.1177/0956247807076905 | doi-access = free }}
* {{Cite journal | last1 = Narain | first1 = Vishal|title = India's water crisis: the challenges of governance| journal = Water Policy| volume = 2 | issue = 6 | pages = 433–444 |date = Dec 2000 | doi = 10.1016/S1366-7017(00)00018-0}}
* {{Cite journal | last1 = Narain | first1 = Vishal | title = Towards a new groundwater institution for India | journal = Water Policy | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | pages = 357–365 |date = June 1998 | doi = 10.1016/S1366-7017(98)00029-4 }}

===Books===
* {{Citation | last = Narain | first = Vishal | contribution = Introduction: Towards a Discursive Analysis of Indian Water Policy | editor-last1 = Narain | editor-first1 = Vishal | editor-last2 = Narayanamoorthy | editor-first2 = Annasamy | title = Indian Water Policy at the Crossroads: Resources, Technology and Reforms | publisher = Springer | year = 2016 | isbn = 978-3-319-25184-4| postscript = .}}
* {{Citation | last = Narain | first = Vishal | contribution = Introduction: urbanization, Climate Change, and Peri-urban Water Security in South Asia - A framework for Analysis | editor-last1 = Narain | editor-first1 = Vishal | editor-last2 = Prakash | editor-first2 = Anjal | title = WATER SECURITY in PERI-URBAN SOUTH ASIA| publisher = Oxford University Press | location = India | year = 2016 | isbn = 978-0-19-946416-6| postscript = .}}
* {{cite book | last = Narain | first = Vishal | title = Institutions, Technology and Water Control | publisher = Orient Longman | location = India | year = 2003| isbn = 81-250-2498-0 }}
* {{Citation | last1 = Narain | first1 = Vishal | contribution = Urbanization and water: A conundrum and source of conflict? | editor-last1 = Narain | editor-first1 = Vishal | editor-last2 = Goodrich | editor-first2 = Chanda Gurung | editor-last3 = Chourey | editor-first3 = Jayati|editor-last4 = Prakash | editor-first4 = Anjal| title = Globalization of Water governance in South Asia | publisher = Routledge | location = India | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-0-415-71066-4| postscript = .}}
* {{cite book |last=Narain |first=Vishal |title=Public Policy A View from the South |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-108-42958-0}}

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