The Water Data Podcast

The episode focuses on the  role and use of data for corporate water stewardship. Our guests  Hari Hegde from Wipro Limited and Jason Morisson from the CEO Water Mandate and the  Pacific Institute join us to talk about  business action, how businesses can become water efficient and how data ties into these questions. They walk us through their journey with corporate water stewardship.

The episode focuses on the  role and use of data for corporate water stewardship. Our guests  Hari Hegde from Wipro Limited and Jason Morisson from the CEO Water Mandate and the  Pacific Institute join us to talk about  business action, how businesses can become water efficient and how data ties into these questions. They walk us through their journey with corporate water stewardship.

The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hosted by Veena Srinivasan. Every other Tuesday, sit down and listen to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems. 

This episode was originally uploaded in 2021, and is hosted by Nirat Bhatnagar, Partner at Dalberg, and Veena Srinivasan. The episode has been re-uploaded in 2025.

In this episode, Ranjiv Khush from Aquaya Institute and Dr. Sunderrajan Krishnan from INREM foundation walk us through their journey with water data and its connections with water quality and public health. They discuss why water quality is important to them, the different facets of measuring water quality, different approaches to data-driven solutions towards better public health and the bottlenecks to scaling them.

In this episode, Ranjiv Khush from Aquaya Institute and Dr. Sunderrajan Krishnan from INREM foundation walk us through their journey with water data and its connections with water quality and public health. They discuss why water quality is important to them, the different facets of measuring water quality, different approaches to data-driven solutions towards better public health and the bottlenecks to scaling them.

The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hosted by Veena Srinivasan. Every other Tuesday, sit down and listen to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems. 

This episode was originally uploaded in 2021, and is hosted by Nirat Bhatnagar, Partner at Dalberg, and Veena Srinivasan. The episode has been re-uploaded in 2025.

Agriculture is the largest user of freshwater globally and this demand is only projected to increase. With irregular monsoon patterns and depleting water levels, ensuring sustainable management of water for agriculture is crucial for food security and livelihoods as well as biodiversity and climate change. Jagdeesh Rao from Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Jasmer Dhingra from IDH, Kunal Prasad from CropIn join hosts Nirat Bhatnagar and Veena Srinivasan to share their experience on-ground with the use and role of data in water management for agriculture. They discuss the problems they see, the solutions they are creating and how they are taking decisions and influencing decision-making in agriculture through water data.

In the first episode episode, our guests Peter Gleick from Pacific Institute and Rohini Nilekani from Arghyam, join us to talk about the role and importance of water data and the trends they have observed in the sector through decades of practice. They discuss the challenges and gaps in the water data ecosystem and how we can collaborate better, learn from each other and bring about a culture of using water data in decision making.

In the first episode episode, our guests Peter Gleick from Pacific Institute and Rohini Nilekani from Arghyam, join us to talk about the role and importance of water data and the trends they have observed in the sector through decades of practice. They discuss the challenges and gaps in the water data ecosystem and how we can collaborate better, learn from each other and bring about a culture of using water data in decision making.

The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hosted by Veena Srinivasan. Every other Tuesday, sit down and listen to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems. 

This episode was originally uploaded in 2021, and is hosted by Nirat Bhatnagar, Partner at Dalberg, and Veena Srinivasan. The episode has been re-uploaded in 2025.