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Interdisciplinary social scientist . #development #environment #water . Associate Professor, IISER Pune, India. Opinions mine. https://t.co/yE8qGTAMm0

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Study with us - Humanities and Social Sciences - IISER Pune

Are you interested in research on topics in ecological economics, development studies, or related areas? Apply for the PhD program in the Humanities and Social Sciences department at IISER Pune
Application closes on October 15th.
Details in this link:

www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/dep...

04.10.2025 09:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our opinion piece in The Hindu BusinessLine argues for prioritizing water equity, sustainable agriculture & biodiversity conservation in rapidly changing areas
Based on collaborative research in the Upper Bhima basin between IISER Pune IIASA & SOPPECOM
www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/a-ne...

23.09.2025 18:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Conversation with Bejoy Thomas – Water Management & Development with Problem-Driven Approach
YouTube video by Science meets History ! Conversation with Bejoy Thomas – Water Management & Development with Problem-Driven Approach

Pavan Kumar my colleague at IISER Pune from Physics runs a podcast.
He documents the intellectual journeys of academics from different fields.
He hosted me for the latest episode.
I share my beginnings in economics and transition to development and sustainability studies.

youtu.be/9M2A5Tzg17M?...

16.05.2025 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Recognized for 'exemplary contributions to teaching' at IISER Pune Foundation Day on April 7, 2025.

Courses:
Development Studies
Climate Adaptation and Development
Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences

15.04.2025 17:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Follow his weekly basketball articles on Medium
medium.com/@joshbejoy
#NBA #basketball

03.04.2025 16:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cliffs of Time eBook : Bejoy, Joshua : Amazon.in: Kindle Store Cliffs of Time eBook : Bejoy, Joshua : Amazon.in: Kindle Store

Joshua's new book Cliffs of Time.

amzn.in/d/5oRrnB3

03.04.2025 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Jal Jeevan Mission: Hits and misses Official data show that functional household tap connections have continued to increase in recent times, but at a diminishing rate

March 22 is #WorldWaterDay .

In our opinion piece in The Hindu BusinessLine, we look at the learnings so far from Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims to provide functional tap connection to every rural household in India.

www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/jal-...

21.03.2025 01:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Study with us - Humanities and Social Sciences - IISER Pune The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks applications for the PhD programme. The details of which can be found below.

Apply for the PhD program in the Humanities and Social Sciences department at IISER Pune .

Application closes on March 26.

Details in this link:
www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/dep...

10.03.2025 12:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Review of the food, water and biodiversity nexus in India Nexus research can help address issues arising at the intersection of traditionally independently treated management, policy, and research areas. Whil…

#Replug

We review literature on #food, #water, #biodiversity linkages in India and apply systems mapping. Biodiversity is most connected across the system (137 linkages), followed by water (131) and food (120).
With Juliette Martin and colleagues.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

05.03.2025 02:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why is adoption of micro-irrigation slow in India? a review Adoption of micro-irrigation has been slow among farmers in India in spite of concerted efforts. Based on a systematic literature review, this article makes two observations. First, subsidies alone...

#Replug

We ask the question 'why is adoption of micro-irrigation slow in India?' in our systematic review. We find that (a) #subsidies alone will not lead to greater adoption (b) mere adoption of #micro-irrigation will not result in #water conservation.
With Jyoti Nair.

doi.org/10.1080/0961...

05.03.2025 02:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A screenshot of slides drawn from 7 slide decks, showing the range of topics addressed on the webpage

A screenshot of slides drawn from 7 slide decks, showing the range of topics addressed on the webpage

Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...

25.11.2024 12:17 — 👍 451    🔁 187    💬 19    📌 11

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