Course Name: Water Economics and Governance

Course abstract

Freshwater is fundamental to life, livelihood, and sustainable development. The issues related to the management of freshwater, are highly sensitive due to conflicts between financial, environmental, social and political viewpoints, and often needs multi-level governance involving various stakeholders. This course aims to discuss the integrities of economics principles and governance for sustainable water management. The course : will largely cover topics including the basics concept of sustainable water uses, water rights, valuing and pricing water with various pricing models, methods of economic evaluation of water projects, water governance in India including water policies and water acts, water disputes management, and global water diplomacy. The purpose of this course is to instil in students the comprehensive knowledge and understanding on the governance of water in India and economics involved in water management.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari

Manaj Kumar Tiwari [Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur)] is a civil engg. graduate with specialization in environmental engg. and holds expertise in water and wastewater treatment, water distribution systems, water pricing, and contaminant fate and transport. He is a recipient of prestigious Fulbright Fellowship. Dr. Tiwari has coauthored several papers in apex international journals, and has presented his research in various top ranked conferences across the globe. Dr. Tiwari has over 7 years of teaching experience with both UG as well as PG level course. He has designed several new courses at IIT Kharagpur for Master\u2019s programme in Water Engineering and Management. He has delivered several invited lectures at various organizations, and has also conducted shortterm course under Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) with participants ranging from Faculties and Ph.D. students from NITs to field professionals working in government organizations as well as private companies.


Teaching Assistant(s)

Swati Mishra

Ph.D., School of Water Resources

RAJ SHEKHAR BOSE

Ph.D., Water Resources

 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2018

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 Enrollment : 20-Nov-2017 to 22-Jan-2018

 Exam registration : 08-Jan-2018 to 07-Mar-2018

 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2018

Enrolled

1088

Registered

81

Certificate Eligible

43

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

0

Elite

21

Successfully completed

21

Participation

28

Success

Elite

Gold





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>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Water Economics and Governance - Toppers list

PUSHPRAJ SURESH PATIL 93%

Government College of Engineering Aurangabad

MUHAMMED RANEEF SALIM 85%

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