‘Towards Brown Gold?: Re – imagining off – grid sanitation in rapidly urbanising areas in Asia and Africa’
Funding
- United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI)
Principal Investigator
- Prof. NC Narayanan, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Project Team
- Hariprasad V M IIT Bombay
- Rohit Joseph, IIT Bombay
- Paresh Chhajed-Picha, IIT Bombay
- Rakendu S, IIT Bombay
Project status
Ongoing
Partners
- Institute of Development Studies, University of Susses, UK
- University of Brighton, UK
- SOAS University of London, UK
- International Water Management Institute
- WaterAid UK
Project Objectives
The project aims to engage with different actors in the sanitation value chain in specific socio-political, economic and political contexts.
- To understand how people-centred sanitation innovations address second-generation sanitation challenges in off-grid towns in Asia and Africa.
- To understand the challenges of off grid sanitation faced by local communities and its role in reproducing marginalisation
- To assess the policy and regulatory framework that enables and/or disables the uptake, scaling up and sustenance of resource recovery reuse initiatives
Project Outputs
The various dimensions of the projects were presented in various conferences and presented at several platforms like the Global Expo by the Government of Kerala and the ‘Friday Water Thesis’. Blogs, and documentaries were also prepared