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Water For People is a USA based non-profit organization, which supports people of developing countries improve their quality of life by promoting of locally sustainable drinking water sources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene programs. The organization believes that access to safe water and adequate sanitation are basic human rights and can help put an end to needless suffering and death from water related preventable diseases.

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The Institute of Rural Research & Development (IRRAD) is an initiative of the S M Sehgal Foundation and is one of the leading non-profit organizations working in the area of rural development. It envisions rural people across India motivated and empowered to make their lives more secure and prosperous. IRRAD designs, tests and replicates scalable community-based models for rural development in the areas of water management, agriculture, sanitation, governance and education. It also builds capacities of communities and community-based institutions to enable them to undertake their own development. These initiatives are transformed into action through IRRAD’s four centers: Natural Resource Management, Policy, Governance & Advocacy, Capacity Building and Rural Research.

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The annual National Urban Water Awards (NUWA) have been instituted by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India, to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in urban water management.

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced research institute established and fully funded by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on development issues from a multi-disciplinary point of view. Starting as a purely research institution, it rapidly developed into a full-fledged teaching cum research organisation when it launched a Ph.D. program in the field of development studies in 1990. The objective of the Ph.D. programme is to produce researchers with diverse disciplinary backgrounds who can address issues of economics, energy and environment policies.

Azim Premji Foundation is a not-for-profit organization in India with an overarching goal to create and sustain initiatives to contribute to a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. The Foundation’s work is aimed at enriching and enhancing the capabilities of individuals, groups and institutions to achieve well-being and harmony in a socially and culturally diverse democratic polity.

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M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has all along been developing and following a pro-nature, pro-poor, pro-women and pro-sustainable on-farm and non-farm livelihoods through appropriate ecotechnology and knowledge empowerment.

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The flagship programmes of Government of India Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) are being implemented by State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM) Jharkhand, Government of Jharkhand. A state level society Programme Management Unit has been functional for planning, monitoring and support in programme implementation.

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Greenpeace India is an independent campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP), an informal network working on issues related to rivers, large dams and their impacts,sustainability and governance is looking for a Researcher.

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Krishi Teerth is an ashram run by Malpani trust, where Amrut Krushi is being practised for the last five years. Currently there is one family permanently residing at the ashram living an agriculture-centred lifestyle. The ashram has seven acres of land where different experiments are being conducted for optimising farm production with zero external inputs. These experiments are specifically beneficial for marginal farmers and small land holders.