An Indian expert’s opinion on why the Treaty is an asymmetric arrangement and needs correction.
Pradeep Kumar Saxena
India, Pakistan, and the Indus Waters Treaty. 1. The Architecture of Inequity
In an area where water interacts with everything, including human rights, an Indian expert offers his opinion on a precarious agreement.
Pradeep Kumar Saxena
Pradeep Kumar Saxena is a prominent Central Water Engineering Services Officer with over three decades of exemplary service in water resources management and international water treaties. He has spent two decades in planning and designing hydropower projects in India, Afghanistan, and Nepal. Saxena has over seventeen years of association with the Indus Waters Treaty in various capacities. He was a member of India’s team during the Kishenganga Arbitration (2010-2013), which successfully secured India’s right to construct the dam. He represented the nation as Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters (2016-2022), engaging with Pakistan and the World Bank on numerous occasions. Presently, he serves as Adviser in the Ken Betwa Link Project Authority in Bhopal under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.