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The Mittal Institute’s Annual Symposium: Living with Rivers on April 17 marks the launch of Living with Rivers, our new interdisciplinary initiative. Bringing together leading scholars and policy experts, the symposium will explore a central question: How well is South Asia living with its rivers? This year’s plenary speaker is Victor Mallet, author of River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India’s Future and Senior Editor of The Financial Times. We spoke with Victor about reporting on water as a journalist, and the importance of translating climate complexities into human experience.

The Mittal Institute’s Annual Symposium: Living with Rivers on April 17 marks the launch of Living with Rivers, our new interdisciplinary initiative. Bringing together leading scholars and policy experts, the symposium will explore a central question: How well is South Asia living with its rivers? Among this year’s speakers is Naveeda Khan, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies, Johns Hopkins University. We spoke with Naveeda about her research in Bangladesh, which explores how people live with, adapt to, and understand water.

The Mittal Institute’s Annual Symposium: Living with Rivers on April 17 marks the launch of Living with Rivers, our new interdisciplinary initiative. Bringing together leading scholars and policy experts, the symposium will explore a central question: How well is South Asia living with its rivers? Among this year’s speakers is Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep, Global Lead for Disruptive Technology in the Sustainable Development Practice Group, World Bank. We spoke with Harsh about bridging the gap between water data and decision-making.