N. C. Narayanan

Professor and Head

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Core Faculty
N. C. Narayanan works on water, sanitation and climate studies with a focus on the policy and governance aspects. At IIT Bombay, he currently heads the Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies that offers Masters and PhD programmes in public policy. He was also part of developing the Technology and Development program at CTARA and the interdisciplinary program on climate studies at IIT Bombay. He is an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and Visiting Faculty at the Universities of Lausanne, Switzerland; and Monash, Australia. He has served as member of government committees including working groups of the National Planning Commission and Kerala State Planning Board.

Research Interests

Water PolicyLocal GovernanceSanitationEnergyClimate ChangeEnvironmental Services
Education
PhD Development Studies, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands (part of Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
MPhil Applied Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
MSc Geology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India
Publications
Véron, R., Fernando, N., Narayanan, N. C., Upreti, B., Ambat, B., Pallawala, R., Rajbhandari, S., Dhananka, S. R., & Zurbrügg, C. · 2018 · Research Ideas and Outcomes, e31430
Bose, S., Ghosh, U., Chauhan, H. K., Narayanan, N. C., & Parthasarathy, D. · 2018 · Indian Anthropologist, Vol 48, No.2, pp 65-80
Immanuel, J., Singh, A., & Narayanan, N. C. · 2019 · Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LIV, No. 10, 57-60
Narayanan, N. C. · 2019 · Social Science in Perspective, Vol. 11 No. 1, 610-636
Joshi, L., Narayanan, N. C., Venkateswaran, J., Solanki, C., & Kumar, P. · 2019 · Energy & Buildings 202, 109370
Argade, P., & Narayanan, N. C. · 2019 · Water Alternatives, Vol 12, Issue 3, 869-885
Tankha, S., Fernandes, D., & Narayanan, N. C. · 2019 · International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
Projects
Designing Circular Habitat: Establishing Living Labs in 5 Indian Cities
Ongoing
Pathways to Climate Resilient WASH Infrastructure and Services
Ongoing
Capacitating local governments in risk informed planning: Establishing a Living Lab
Ongoing
Technology Solutions for High Water Table Area. Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council
Ongoing
Toward Brown Gold: Re-Imagining Off-Grid Sanitation in Rapidly Urbanising Areas in Asia and Africa.
Ongoing
Circular Economy Towards of Solid Waste in Barauni, Bihar. Tecnimont Infra
Ongoing
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