Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India

Amit Ranjan is a research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest books include: (with Ian Talbot) Urban Development and Environmental History in Modern South Asia (Routledge, Oxon, 2023), and Contested Waters: India's Transboundary River Water Disputes in South Asia (Routledge, Oxon and New Delhi, 2021). He is also the author of India-Bangladesh Border Disputes: History and Post-LBA Dynamics (Springer, Singapore, 2018). He has edited the following books: India in South Asia Challenges and Management (Springer, Singapore, 2019), Partition of India: Postcolonial Legacies (Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2019), and Water Issues in Himalayan South Asia: Internal Challenges, Disputes and Transboundary Tensions (Singapore, 2019). His paper review essays and book reviews have been widely published in journals, including Asian Survey, Asian Affairs, Asian Ethnicity, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Economic & Political Weekly, India Review, Indian Journal of Public Administration, India Quarterly, Journal of Migration Affairs, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, The Roundtable: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Social Change, Studies in Indian Politics, Society and Culture in South Asia, South Asia Research, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Water History, and World Water Policy.