The document discusses the India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC), a virtual joint centre funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Ministry of Earth Sciences. The IUKWC aims to support interdisciplinary UK-India partnerships on water resources research. It was established in 2016 for one year and received additional funding for two more years. The IUKWC focuses on five cross-sectoral themes and functions to engage communities, facilitate partnerships through workshops and exchanges, enhance knowledge exchange, and support future collaboration through small funding.

1. Dr Atul Kumar Sahai
IUKWC Coordinator, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Improving Freshwater Monitoring Frameworks for Data and research management
23 – 25 January 2018, Kochi, Kerala, India
The India-UK Water Centre

2. A Natural Environment Research Council and Ministry of Earth
Sciences funded virtual joint centre.
Hosted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

3. IUKWC was established in July 2016 by NERC and MoES initially
for a year
The Centre aims to support the development of the sustained and
meaningful interdisciplinary UK-India partnerships needed to deliver
collaborative water resources research

4. Additional funding received from NERC & MoES in 2017 for
extension of the centre for further two years

5. 5 Cross-sectoral Themes
Developing hydro-climatic services to support water security
Building cross-sectoral collaborations to understand the
dynamic interactions across the water-energy-food nexus
Using new scientific knowledge to help stakeholders set
objectives for freshwater management
Improving freshwater monitoring frameworks and data
for research and management
Transforming science into catchment management solutions

6. Functions of the Centre
• Research Community
• Stakeholder community
Engaging the Community
Series of initiatives designed to engage the community
• The Open Network which is an online database of researchers
and Stakeholders enabling you to find details of potential
collaborators
Community news forum to inform members on latest opportunities
and activities under various joint India – UK projects

7. Functions of the Centre
• Science
Workshops
• Researcher
Exchange
Schemes
Facilitating Partnerships
Facilitating partnerships through workshops and exchange visits
• Annual calls for collaborative workshops between India &
UK
• Biannual Calls for Research exchanges between India & UK

8. Functions of the Centre
• User
Engagement
Initiatives
• Grassroots /
field exposure
sessions
Enhancing Knowledge Exchange
Enhancing Knowledge exchange through events designed to
• Expose different stakeholder communities to U.K.-India
research outputs
• Generate feedback from Stakeholders on R & D needs

9. Functions of the Centre
• Pump Priming
Projects
Supporting Future Collaboration
Small scale funding of pump priming projects to
• Deliver preparatory work for other Centre activities or
directly build on the outputs of exchanges and workshops

10. • Join the Open Network of India-
UK Water Scientists
• Respond to calls to take part in
science workshops
• Submit a proposal under the bi-
annual calls for activity funding
• Join the online conversation via
the webinars and online
discussion forum
How to get involved

11. • First webinar held on Engaging
Stakeholders in Climate Services
in India (12th June 2017).
• Online discussion forum to be
launched very soon as a place to
share ideas and information on
events/outputs, or seek help
from the Community.
• All free to join/use as a
registered Open Network
Member.
Online Discussions

12. Promoting cooperation and collaboration between Indian and UK
water researchers, water policy-makers and water businesses
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