K. J. Joy is a Senior Fellow with Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune ( www.soppecom.org ). He has more than 25 years of experience in the development sector, especially water, both as an activist and a researcher. He has been coordinating the work of the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, a lose network of people who want to engage with issues related to water conflicts in India ( www.waterconflictforum.org ; www.indiawaterportal.org )
