Dr. Kabindra Sharma is a Fellow at SaciWATERs, specializing in water security, climate resilience, springshed management, and community-based adaptation. He holds a PhD from Sikkim University, where his doctoral research examined depleting water resources as a non-traditional security threat: focusing on the impacts of drying springs on human security in mountain communities of the Eastern Himalayas. At SaciWATERs, Dr. Sharma contributes to interdisciplinary research and policy initiatives addressing climate change, water governance, and resilience-building, including programmes that strengthen climate resilience across South Asia through evidence-based research, policy engagement, and stakeholder collaboration. As part of a multi-country initiative supported by the Global Nature Fund (GNF), he has contributed to strengthening coastal resilience in South Asia through research, policy engagement, and the preparation of policy briefs analysing the coastal governance frameworks and climate resilience policies of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Maldives. He previously served as Senior Project Fellow (2020–2024) on the national initiative for Spring Rejuvenation for Water Security in the Himalayas, supported by India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. This work centered on spring ecosystem restoration, participatory water governance, TEK and locally grounded solutions for sustainable water management. His research expertise spans water security, climate adaptation, springshed management, mountain sustainability, human security, and community-led resilience approaches. In recognition of his work, he was nominated as a Groundwater Hero in 2024 by GWYN-UNESCO, and was awarded the prestigious IUCN Fellowship in 2025. He currently holds the Deccan Water Fellowship (2026). He has travelled to Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Scotland, Norway, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka as an invited speaker, presenter, and delegate at UN conferences and workshops.

Water Security, Climate Resilience, Springshed Management, and Sustainable Development