Professional background
Dr. Anamika Barua is an associate professor at the Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, India. Trained in Ecological Economics, her research aims to understand the socio-economic and political processes that shapes environmental decisions and change, particularly related to water. For the last ten years she has been involved in academic and consultancy project related to water and climate change, (including transboundary water governance) in South Asia. Since 2013, Anamika is facilitating a dialogue project called Brahmaputra Dialogue to create a platform for the Brahmaputra riparian countries to find avenues for co management of the River.