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India Water & Rivers Forum

About the Forum

The India Water & Rivers Forum is a catalytic leadership convening that marks India’s most consequential dialogue on water stewardship, ESG risk, and collective basin-level action. This forum elevates India’s water narrative from fragmented interventions to system-level collaboration — building pathways for net positive water impact across the nation’s critical river basins.

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Why Now?

Climate change + Urbanisation = more floods, droughts, and ecosystem collapse

Water is a core business resource, no longer CSR / ESG activity

Investors, regulators, and supply chains demand measurable water stewardship commitments

India needs a national platform to unify fragmented efforts into basin-wide impact

From Discourse to Deliverables

Basin Governance Framework
Shared approaches to governance, data, and accountability
Action Tracks
Groundwater, agriculture, urban water, policy & finance
Partnership Exchanges
Government, industry, and finance collaboration
Closing Accord
Joint roadmap with 30–60–90 day action plan
Speakers

Last Year's Distinguished Voices

Sh. Raj Bhushan Choudhary Ji

Hon. Union Minister of State - Jal Shakti, Government of India

Sh. Swatantra Dev Singh Ji

Cabinet Minister Jal Shakti & Flood Control, Uttar Pradesh

Sh. Sanjay Rathod Ji

Minister, Soil & Water Conservation, Maharashtra

Sh. Girish Mahajan Ji

Minister, Irrigation Development Corporation, Maharashtra

Sh. Nitin Khade, IAS

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development

Sh. Naveen Kumar, IAS

Secretary, Irrigation & Water Resources, UP

Mr. Praveen Someshwar

CEO, Diageo India

Mr. Jason Morrison

President, Pacific Institute

Dr. Debolina Kundu

Director, NIUA

Sh. Baleshwar Thakur Ji

Director General, National Water Development Agency

Sh. Thakur Bramhanand Singh Ji

Member, Central Ground Water Board

Mr. Swapan Mehra

World Economic Forum

Prabhakar Lingareddy

Executive VP, ITC Limited

Mr. B.P Pandey

Chairman, Godavari River Management Board

Manish Kumar

Head ESG & CSR, ICICI Bank

Amit Kumar Singh

Corporate Affairs & CSR, Asian Paints

Dr. Syamal Kumar Sarkar

Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Sh. Ashish Bhardwaj

Programme Lead, AWS

Who Should Attend

Designed for High-Impact Stakeholders
C-Suite · Regulators & State Missions · Multilaterals & DFIs · Philanthropies · Basin NGOs & Practitioners · Investors

Frequently Asked Questions

No, it integrates policy, industry, and finance.

Yes, aligned with basin priorities.

A structured 30–60–90 day roadmap will be implemented.

Corporates, NGOs, government bodies, and investors.

Limited participation and strictly by invitation.