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About IWF
India Water Foundation, established in 2008 as a non- profit civil society & think tank, is engaged in enhancing public awareness about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and major components of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, in Asia-Pacific region in general and India in particular. It also emphasizes on familiarizing the people regarding the vital role water, energy and environment play in human lives, their impact on health, economic growth, livelihoods of the people and calamities that wreak havoc due to non-judicious harnessing of these natural resources.
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Our Leadership
Dr. Arvind Kumar (President and Founder, India Water Foundation)
Dr. Arvind Kumar is President and Founder of India Water Foundation a non-profit organization and think tank established for generating a heightened public awareness at national level in India and sub-regional level in Asia, regarding water and its impact on human health, economic growth and environmental sustainability, Special Consultative Status with UN-ECOSOC, Observer Status Governing Body of UNEA, Observer Status with UNFCCC, Observer Status with UNCCD, CTCN membership for Southern Asia, member IUCN and member South Asia Network for Sustainable Development (SANS) platform of the SSWA office of UNESCAP. He is a former Governor of the World Water Council.
Past Events
All Previous Events
- High level Policy Dialogue on Multi-stakeholder Actions for Combating Desertification and Droughts through Water Transversality
- High Level Policy Dialogue On Integrating Multi-stakeholder Actions for Building Back Biodiversity
- High Level Policy Dialogue on Stewardship for achieving Water Partnerships for Peace by Transversality Systemic Approach
- Managing Ecosystems for multiple benefits via EbA for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
- High Level Policy Dialogue on ‘Deciphering Nexus of Poverty Eradication, Food Security and Climate Change through Multi-stakeholder Partnerships
- Multi-stakeholder Policy Dialogue on “Water Transversality & Climate Risk : Adaptation, Mitigation & Resilience Building”
- A High Level Policy Dialogue on Deciphering Interlinkages of SDG6 through Multi-sector Partnerships
- Multi-Sectoral Dialogues : Finding Solutions to Beat Plastic Pollution
- Building Back Biodiversity : Multi Actor Perspectives
- UN 2023 Water Conference
- 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal
- 7th India Water Week 2022
- World Wetland Day Celebration
- The Future of Liquid Waste Management amidst COVID-19: What lies ahead?
- Safeguarding Human Right to Water and Sanitation in India amidst Climate Emergency