Ruchika Shiva is the Acting Director of the IRC's South Asia Regional Programme. In her present role she has been actively involved in building IRC’s programme in the Asia region. She has been contributing to and leading programmes and assignments in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and Nepal with bilateral, multilaterals and other development organisations.
Ruchika has a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Delhi (India). Ruchika has over 19 years of experience in the development sector, with over 10 years focussed on water and sanitation. Prior to this, she worked with Plan International and other implementing organisations on issues related to women and child rights.
Ruchika is interested in strengthening institutions at administrative levels to ensure improved services in communities, with a focus on households from marginalised communities.
An overriding concern in the papers presented at this conference on water and sanitation in the house-hold and its immediate neighbourhood is the... Read more...
The report analyzes the per capita annual availability of renewable fresh water in 149 countries, covering almost all the earth's land surface. Read more...
This technical brief examines the key issues involved in providing sanitation to low-income urban communities. Read more...
This book is the outcome of a workshop held in Cuernavaca, Mexico from 17-21 October 1999. It introduces ecological sanitation as an alternative... Read more...