MA in Political Science from Hindu College, University Of Delhi India

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name : Saikia First Name : Panchali Year of Birth : 1986 Nationality : Indian Key Qualifications Panchali Saikia is a Scientific Officer-Social Science at IWMI based in New Delhi, India office. She has a Masters in Political Science with professional experience of 6 years in research and programme management. Her research expertise lies in international relations, institutions and gender in water governance and trans-boundary rivers. She has been involved in various research projects across Asia -India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal and Central Asia with field experiences in India (states of Bihar and West Bengal), coastal Bangladesh, north-eastern Thailand, Uzbekistan and Nepal Terai. At IWMI, her work focuses on the analysis of gender equity in water management and governance, community water governance, migration and feminization of agriculture and institutional arrangements of trans-boundary water governance. Education 2009 MA in Political Science from Hindu College, University Of Delhi India Modules: Contemporary Political Thought, Comparative Political Analysis, Politics in India, Theory of International Relations, Western Political Thought, Administrative Theory, Themes in Indian Political Thought, Research Methods in Social Science, Interpreting India, Theory and Practice of Democracy, Modern Indian Political Thinkers, International Political Economy, Development Process and Politics in India, Contemporary International Politics, Peace and Security 2007 BA (Hons.) Political Science from Hindu College, University Of Delhi, India Modules: Colonialism and Nationalism in India, An Introduction to Political Theory, Indian Political Thought, Indian Government and Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations and Global Politics, Traditions in Western Political Philosophy, Public Administration, India s Foreign Policy, Public Policy in India, The United Nations and Global Conflicts, Contemporary Political Economy 2004 Higher Secondary under Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) from Delhi Public School Numaligarh, Assam, India Language Skills English Hindi Bengali Maithili Assamese Written Good Basic Mother tongue Spoken Good Basic Mother tongue CV of (Panchali Saikia), March

2 Professional Experience April present April March 2014 August Dec 2012 Scientific Officer-Social Science, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, India. Project Scientist (Consultant), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, India. Visiting Scholar, Mekong Institute (MI), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. July 2010-August 2012 Research Officer, Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies, New Delhi. India July 2009-March 2010 Project Assistant, Yuva..A movement (Non-Governmental Organization), New Delhi. India. Professional Affiliations Since 2014 Water Diplomacy Alumni (Water Diplomacy initiative Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in Boston, USA) Since 2013 Affiliated to V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), University of Gothenburg, and Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame CV of (Panchali Saikia), September

3 List of Assignments and Projects IUCN-IWMI-ICEM Nexus Futures Programme Measuring, Understanding and Adapting to Nexus Trade-offs in the 3S River Basins in Mekong Stakeholders assessment, policy and institutional assessments and capacity building under the project on Strategic Basin Assessment of Brahmaputra System in Northeast India DFID funded project on Informing Change in the Indus Basin Research and Analysis, coordinating regional and basin-dialogue USAID project on Impact of Water Users Associations on Water and Land Productivity, Equity and Food security in Tajikistan Design qualitative and quantitative (gender component) survey guides, data analysis, field work, Focus group discussions with women farmers and contribute to research publications AAS-Bangladesh project on Community Water Management from a micro level perspective in coastal Bangladesh. Follow up on implementation of improved land and water management practices. Design and analysis of baseline survey (with gender component). Design training agenda and module for community participation. WLE project on Community water management for improved food security, nutrition and livelihoods in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Design and analysis of baseline survey, design and analysis of women empowerment opportunities, contribute to research publication ACIAR project on Sustainable and resilient farming systems intensification in the eastern Gangetic Plains ( SRFSI ) and Land, Water Resources (LWR) Coordinate household survey in two districts of West Bengal (Malda and Cooch Behar) and two in Bihar (Madhubani and Purnea) on water use patterns and investment capacity. Document and analyze the data, taking the support of data entry assistant(s), contribute to project report CCAFS project on Feminization of agriculture and water management in the Ganges Basin: Impact on adaptation to climate change and ways forward to build resilience Lead qualitative field research in Bihar and West Bengal, contributing to uptake initiative, project report and research publications WLE project on Four Basin Gender Profiles Project Compilation of secondary data(qualitative and quantitative) for the Ganges basin Compiling list of key stakeholders; organizations and donors interested in gender and water/agriculture in the Ganges basin Document outlining research question(s) on a gender-related water/agriculture issue in the Ganges basin for primary research CPWF project on Assessment of the Impact of Anticipated External Drivers of Change on Water Resources in the Ganges Basin; Study area: Ganges Dependent Areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh (G4 project). Publications Paper/Book Chapter Sugden, Fraser, Panchali Saikia, Niki Maskey Amatya, and Paras Pokharel Gender, agricultural investment and productivity in an era of out-migration.in Bharati, Luna, Bharat R. CV of (Panchali Saikia), September

4 Sharma, and Vladimir Smakhtin, eds. The Ganges River Basin: Status and Challenges in Water, Environment and Livelihoods. Routledge, 2016.Saikia, Panchali Embracing India's Northeast in BIMSTEC: Experimenting the GMS ECP Model, In Das, G. and Thomas, C.J. eds., Look East to Act East Policy: Implications for India's Northeast. Routledge. Saikia, Panchali. Sharma, Bharat Indo-Bangladesh Ganges water interactions: From water sharing to collective water management' in Humphreys, E., T.P. Tuong, M.C. Buisson, I. Pukinskis and M. Phillips Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices Conference Proceedings. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). 600pp. Book review Gender and Water Management, (Review of the book Women Water Professionals: Inspiring stories from South Asia, Edited by Sumi Krishna & Arpita De). The Book Review Journal, New Delhi, India. Vol. XXXVIII No. 2.pp Newspaper commentaries and website publication; notable are: 20th summit goes off on a tangent, Tehelka, 5 April Separating Fact from Fiction, (co-authored with Ruhee Neog), The Assam Tribune, 04 February 2012 The Thai: Cambodian Border Dispute: From Friction to Fire, Mainstream, 25 June Connecting South Asia: Experimenting with the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Model, IPCS Policy Brief( April 2012, Linking India s northeast with Southeast Asia: Significance of Internal Connectivity & Backward Integration, IPCS Policy Brief ( October Panchali.pdf Polarised ASEAN: Highlighting the Factions, IPCS Commentary ( 31 July 2012, Myanmarese Refugees in Thailand: Implications of Suu Kyi s Visit, IPCS Commentary, ( 20 June 2012, Bangladesh on the Tipaimukh Dam: A Print Media Analysis, IPCS Commentary, ( 30 January 2012, html The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit: Opportunities for the New Decade, IPCS Commentary,, ( 31 December 2011, Myanmar: Rohingya Refugees and Thailand s Push-Back, IPCS Commentary,, ( 30 December 2011, Thailand: Tribulations of Migrant workers, IPCS Commentary, ( 8 December 2011, Stuck in No Man s Land: Thailand s Repatriation of Myanmarese Refugees, IPCS Commentary, ( 20 June 2011, South China Sea Disputes: Flawed Negotiations, IPCS Commentary ( 30 March 2011, The Mekong Sub-region: Emerging Challenges and New Dynamics, IPCS Commentary, ( 19 February 2011, China s Longjiang Dam: Concerns for Myanmar, IPCS Commentary, ( 10 January 2011, Technical Training/Workshops/Scholarships/Awards Part of Indian scholars delegation visit to China, organized and led by the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), New Delhi in collaboration with the Embassy of the People's Republic of China(PRC), New Delhi and China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing from April Received full scholarship from Tufts University to attend Water Diplomacy Workshop organized by faculty from Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in Boston, USA. 23 rd June-27 th June CV of (Panchali Saikia), September

5 Received a 'best early career scientist presentation runner-up award' for the oral presentation on research findings 'Indo-Bangladesh Trans-boundary Ganges Water Interactions: Water Sharing to Collective Water Management at an international conference Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: turning Science into Policy and Practices organized by CPWF GBDC WLE in October 21-23, 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh 7 days Training Workshop on Labor Migration Management in the Greater Mekong Subregion organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Mekong Institute(MI) and International Organization for Migration(IOM) in Thailand. November 2012 Certificate of contribution to the learning programme on Labor Migration Management in the Greater Mekong Subregion organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Mekong Institute(MI) and International Organization for Migration(IOM) in Thailand, 2012 CV of (Panchali Saikia), September