Praharsh M Patel

📢 📢 Hiring Postdoctoral Researchers in Water Policy | IIT Gandhinagar 📢 📢 🔹 Open positions Water Metering and Behavioral Responses Quantitative Water Policy Research 📝 Application form docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

IITGN was invited to the IWMI-Tata Partners’ Meet 2025, held at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Campus in Anand from December 4 to 6, 2025. This flagship event is an initiative of the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program, created by the International Water Management Institute and Tata Trusts, to share ongoing work, receive feedback, and identify promising opportunities for collaborative application oriented water policy research. Among the various thematic tracks, IITGN partnered in ‘Solarisation of Agriculture’, ‘Water for Life and Ecosystems’, and ‘Smallholder Prosperity’. As the institute’s representative, Prof Praharsh Patel, Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics, offered valuable insights covering his ongoing research interests around water policy, on topics such as, ‘Water Pricing Through Solar Irrigation: SKY Experience’, ‘Contextual Overview of Household Water Pricing’, and ‘Shaping Resilient Coastal Futures: Protection in an Era of Change’. Given the institute’s current work on a broad spectrum of matters related to water, IWMI and IITGN intend for meaningful collaboration in water policy research. As a result, a roundtable meeting was held on January 7, 2026 to discuss the MoU’s annexure, with Dr Alok Sikka and Mr Shilp Verma, Country Representative and Deputy Country Representative of IWMI respectively. Together, IWMI and IITGN move closer to co-creating scientifically accurate, technically feasible and socio-economically acceptable sustainable water solutions that respond to both policy needs and ground realities. @PraharshMoJ | @DrAlokSikka1 | @IWMI_ | @tatatrusts | @indiawaterforum | @NDDB_Coop | @icarindia #IWMITataPartnersMeet #IWMI #TataTrusts #IITGN #NDDB #WaterResearch #PolicyResearch #WaterSecurity #SustainableWater #WaterPolicy #SolarIrrigation #SustainableAgriculture #ResearchForImpact #AcademicCollaboration

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Out today in JAERE! We measure water pollution released at India's industrial clusters. Does it hurt crops? Surprise: Not much Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields, map hydrol. relationships 🧵

Apply to join a new paradigm of applied research on water and development!

Join the @AereOrg Graduate Student Engagement Committee for this exciting panel on "soft skills" in academia and beyond! Monday, Dec. 2nd, 1pm EST, featuring: ✨ John List (@Econ_4_Everyone) ✨ Brittany Tarufelli ✨ Aaditya Dar (@AadityaDar) buff.ly/4fSkDIT

@jiafengkevinc I am glad that I was advised to do Maths in my UG! I feels all these shiny methods are short lived unless foundation is strong!

Recent elections—both in the U.S. and India—highlight a critical gap: academia, media, and even “unbiased” pollsters can sometimes miss the realities on the ground. While data analytics can offer valuable insights, it’s vital to look beneath the surface.

The most important issue about water is not supply, but how it is used nature.com/articles/d4158… My response when people talk about water scarcity in India or anywhere in the world!

I squint when someone claims they know India very well? 😒 Diversity is the fabric India adores! #Elections2024 #IndianGeneralElection

EEE summer school is an excellent opportunity to learn from the best out in the field and great host @auffhammer. I am grateful that I did this during early stage of my PhD (however, no so happy that it was online due to COVID🫠🫠)

Duty of a moderator is eased a lot when there are such amazing presentations and people attending!! #PrnnStateWater

#Storytelling #PennStateWater Conference2024

The PAWS!!! A fortunate subset of people behind #PennStateWater Conference 2024. Missed to get everyone in a frame.

@penn_ag_water @uidaho Congratulations!

Career move! This Fall, I will join Dept of Soil & Water Systems @uidaho (Boise) as Asst Prof in Hydrologic Sc & Water Management. In my program, we will measure, model, & manage hydrology of Ag systems under global change & management pathways. Looking for students & collabs!

With the Spring semester starting at @MIT, I'm excited to be teaching two new courses on machine learning and economics with @m_sendhil (one for PhD students and one for undergraduates). We'll be posting lecture slides here for anyone to follow along: economics.mit.edu/people/faculty…

Excited to share the upcoming event in the Water Cooler Series. 🗓️ Date: January 25th 🕕 Time: 6:00pm 📍 Location: Sackett Building Room 327 🔍 Topic: "Water in a Changing World" 🎙️ Speakers: Dr. Antonia Hadjimichael Dr. Gabriela Gesualdo @PennStateWater #pennstatewater

Integrating resource management is well defined need but requires a lot of coordination amongst the silos. @NitinBassiN and Garima Taneja have nicely crafted the blog piece and excellent reports coming from the practitioners in the field!

It was a distinct group of researchers with regional focus. Thanks, @NYUAbuDhabi and @RamFishman for putting up this conference.

@prarthnagl1 @RashmiBaruaEcon @NYUAbuDhabi @RamFishman @DavidBlakesle11 It was a pleasure to discuss the Indian Academia and Economics

Glad to have presented joint work on #arsenic with @RashmiBaruaEcon at #MEUDC @NYUAbuDhabi. Great to listen to some amazing studies on relevant policy issues & connect to economists globally. Thanks for the invite @RamFishman @DavidBlakesle11 Samreen & Nitin