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Praharsh Patel

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Praharsh Patel

Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences

  • BSc: St. Stephen's College (University of Delhi), India, 2015
  • MSc: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2017
  • PhD: Pennsylvania State University, 2025



  • Recent Publications

    1. Patel, P. M., Scott, C. A., & Brent, D. A. (2024). "Four birds with one stone? opportunities and challenges in adopting solar irrigation for a sustainable water-energy-food nexus with carbon credits." Water International, 1–24.

    2. Patel, P. M. (2023). "Agricultural transformations in the arid, drought-prone region of Kachchh: People-led, market-oriented growth under adverse climatic conditions." Frontier Sustainable Food Systems. 7-2023.

    3. Patel, P. M., Saha, D., "Groundwater: A juggernaut of socio-economic development and stability in the arid region of Kachchh" in Re, V., Manzione, R.L., Abiye, T.A., Mukherji, A., & MacDonald, A. (Eds.). (2022). Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth (1st edition). CRC Press.

    4. Ashraf, M., Arshad, A., Patel, P. M., Khan, A., Qamar, H., Siti-Sundari, R., Ghani, M. U., Amin, A., & Babar, J. R. (2021). "Quantifying climate-induced drought risk to livelihood and mitigation actions in Balochistan." Natural Hazards, 109(3), 2127–2151.

    5. Patel, P. M., Saha, D., & Shah, T. (2020). "Sustainability of groundwater through community-driven distributed recharge: An analysis of arguments for water-scarce regions of semi-arid India." Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 29.

  • Work Experience

    Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technolgy Gandhinagar (Joining Soon)
    Co-founder & Honorary Director, Prayaas (2019 - Present)
    Pre-doctoral Fellow, International Water Management Institute (2018 - 2020)

  • Awards

    Thomas C. & Jackie M. Floore Memorial Fellowship | PennState 2023
    National Youth Award | Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India 2019
    Outstanding Team | UnitedHealth Group 2019
    Mukerji Memorial Prize | St. Stephen's College 2015
    INSPIRE Scholarship | Department of Science & Technology, Government of India