Vishal NarainVishal Narain is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the Management Development Institute, India. His teaching and academic interests are in the inter-disciplinary analyses of public policy processes and institutions, water governance, gender, rights and equity analyses in water management, peri-urban issues and vulnerability and adaptation to environmental change. He has been working extensively on peri-urban issues, especially in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to environmental change and water insecurity. His research on these dynamics has been published in peer-reviewed journals like Geoforum, Land Use Policy, Environment and Urbanization, Water Policy and Water International. He has co-edited Water Security in Peri-urban South Asia: Adapting to Climate Change and Urbanization (2016), Indian Water Policy at the Cross-Roads: Resources, Technology and Reforms (2016) and Globalization of Water Governance in South Asia (2014). Read More Read Less