About Us

IISRE, scientists, sociologists, cartographers, engineers, consultants, academicians, and researchers, Research, Sustainable research.

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About Us

Who we are

Institute for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research and Education (IISRE), New Delhi, India consists of a vibrant team of senior and junior scientists, sociologists, cartographers, engineers, consultants, academicians, and researchers. Our works are recognized by UNESCO and many of our representatives are associated to highly ranked organizations around the world. We explore a wide range of issues related to Sustainability such as climate change, water security, land use, resource utilization, food and energy, conservation, urban and rural communities, transport, social responsibilities of business and so on. We specialise in collaborative, participatory and action-oriented research that brings different stakeholders together to create a lasting change.

Our Team

Chairman of the Trustee Board

Mr. Sudipta Das

Chairman & Director (Finance and Administration) and Settler, Trustee Board

Trustees

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in GeographyFreie University Berlin, Germany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and University of Haifa, Israel

Dr. Subham Mukherjee

Director (Scientific Research and Education) and member of Trustee Board

Professor at the Department of Environmental Management, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata, India.

Professor Pradip Kumar Sikdar

Advisor and Member of Trustee Board

Professor of Geography, University of Calcutta; Director of UGC HRDC at University of Calcutta, India

Professor Lakshminarayan Satpati

Advisor and Member of Trustee Board

IAS, Government of India

Amit Kumar

Advisor and Member of Trustee Board

Head of Research and Education

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Director of the University of Kent's Q-Step Centre
University of Kent, UK

Dr. Trude Sundberg

Head of Research and Education

Mentors

Professor Brigitta Schuett

Professor of Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Professor Susana Neto

Research Member CERis-Civil Engineering, Research and Innovation for Sustainability and CESUR-Centre for Urban and Regional Systems, University of Lisbon, Portugal and Adjunct Professor University of Western Australia, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (UWA), Australia

PD Dr. Brindha Karthikeyan

Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Professor Jeff Camkin

Adj. Prof (Water Resource Management), UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Professor Mahalaya Chatterjee

Professor at the Department of Economics and Former Director, Centre for Urban Economic Studies, University of Calcutta, India.

Coordinators

Expertise: Interdisciplinary Geography, Rural Water Security, Traditional Knowledge on Water Harvesting

Surajit Kar

PhD Scholar, University of Calcutta

Expertise: Geospatial Sciences, Air Pollution and Organizational Management

Atul Gautam

PhD Scholar, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Research Associates

Expertise: Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Diversity and Inclusion

Jaydeep Sinha

M.Sc in Sustainability & Management, Royal Holloway University of London

Expertise: Geomorphological Engineering, Water Engineering, Remote Sensing.

Tirtha Bhattacharyya

MSc, University of Padova, Italy

Expertise: Environmental Law, Human policy

Abesh Dasgupta

LLM, Human Rights and Sustainability, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

Expertise: Urban sustainability, Urban blue and green infrastructure, Waste management.

Dipanwita Ghosh

MSc Geography, University of Calcutta

Expertise: Human rights, Migration, Social Policy and Media

Ruprekha Dutta

M.A in European and Global Studies, University of Padova, Italy

Key Research & Publications

(Selected Peer-reviewed articles, Book chapters, Editorials, Reports etc. from the team members)

Mukherjee, S.,Sundberg, T., Schütt, B. (2021). Issues, Dimensions and Approaches of Assessing Urban Water Security in Developing and Emerging Countries: An Inclusive Perspective. In:Sikdar P.K. (ed.). Environmental Management: Issues and Concerns in Developing Countries. Springer, Cham. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-62529-0_9)

Mukherjee, S.,Kar, S., Pal, S. (2021). Environmental Disaster Management and Risk Reduction. In:Sikdar P.K. (ed.). Environmental Management: Issues and Concerns in Developing Countries. Springer, Cham. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-62529-0_11)

Mukherjee, S,Sikdar, P.K., Pal, S. (2021). Sustainable Governance of Groundwater as Drinking Water in the Post CoViD-19 World: An Urban Water Security Perspective. In: Kumar, M.,Vithanage, M.,Mohapatra, S., Acharya, K. (eds.). Legacy, Pathogenic and Emerging Contaminants in the Environment. CRC Press. (eBook ISBN 9781003157465)

Mukherjee, S.,Sundberg, T.,Sikdar, P.K.,Schütt, B. (2022). An Integrated Quantitative Assessment of Urban Water Security of a Megacity in the Global South. Frontiers in Water,4, 834239. (doi: 10.3389/frwa.2022.834239)

Mukherjee, S.,Sikdar, P.K., Pal, S.,Schütt, B. (2021). Assessment of Environmental Water Security of an Asian Deltaic Megacity and its Peri‐urban Wetland Areas. Sustainability, 13, 2772. (doi: 10.3390/su13052772)

Mukherjee, S.,Sundberg, T.,Schütt, B. (2020). Assessment of Water Security in Socially Excluded Areas in Kolkata, India: An Approach Focusing on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Water, 12, 746. (doi:10.3390/w12030746)

Kar S, Sen E, Mukherjee S.(2020). A geospatial technique-based sitesuitability analysis for construction of water reservoirs in Arsha and Balarampur Blocks,Purulia. World Water Policy.00:1–36. (doi.org/10.1002/wwp2.12021)