Dr. Anik Bhaduri
Executive Director, Sustainable Water Future Programme
Anik Bhaduri is an environment and resource economist with more than twenty years of experience in research specializing in environmental assessments, natural resource allocation, and evaluation of adaptation strategies under climate change. He is the Director of Future Earth's Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future), co-chair of Future Earth-Asia Regional Committee, and member of Future Earth Coast Academy. He is also an adjunct professor at the Australian River Institute, Griffith University, Australia, and at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University. As a science strategist, Anik recently co-designed a joint initiative with UNESCO, 'Science for SDG6: Science to Accelerate the Implementation of SDG6.' This initiative underscores the pivotal role that 21st-century Science can play in bridging the gaps in SDG6 monitoring, assessment, and implementation. Anik contributed with world-leading water experts to a knowledge synthesis exercise to identify appropriate scientific tools, models, and approaches that can contribute to addressing key water and climate policy gaps with respect to readiness and availability. Anik also serves as a senior expert consultant at UNESCO and helps prepare standardized guidelines for national water assessment. Previously, he was on secondment to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN, Rome, as a senior expert consultant to develop the methodology for the FAO flagship report on the State of Land and Water for Agriculture (SOLAW21).