Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha is an Indian scholar and leading commentator on transboundary water issues and hydro-politics. He is with the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, where he heads the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies and serves as managing editor of Strategic Analysis. He has held fellowships and academic appointments at Harvard Kennedy School, the London School of Economics, the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. His books include Riverine Neighbourhood: Hydro-Politics in South Asia and Climate Change Narrative: Reading the Arctic.
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