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.
This book is an introduction to the theory of water governance and its practical application especially in The Netherlands. Read more...
In the context of urban Haiti, household container-based sanitation services (CBS) systems have the potential to satisfy many residents' desire for... Read more...
The costs of a pilot small-scale container-based sanitation service (CBS) were higher than those of large-scale waterborne sewerage, but economies of... Read more...
This guidebook introduces rural and small water and wastewater systems in the United States to ten key areas of effectively managed systems. Read more...
The market for rural sanitation in India is anticipated to be worth up to US$ 25 billion, US$ 10-14 billion for toilet construction and US$ 6-9... Read more...
There are six methodological stages for selecting indicators for WaSH: define the purpose and scope; select a conceptual framework; search for... Read more...
WASH for WORMS is a cluster-randomised controlled trial to test the hypothesis that a community-based WASH intervention integrated with periodic mass... Read more...
A study on sanitation-related psychosocial stress among Indian women in Odisha finds that: Sanitation-behaviors are more expansive than urination and... Read more...
This study investigates the Swajaldhara programme concerning drinking water supply in Rajasthan, Jaipur District. Read more...
This study assesses the 24x7 water supply project in Punjab. Read more...
Presentation of WASH sustainability check results, sharing the findings of sustainability checks undertaken in Ethiopia in 2015. Read more...
How the life-cycle costing approach can be applied in refugee camp situations. Findings from a pilot study in Ethiopia and Chad. Read more...
This case study investigates the support given by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (DWSD), Government of Jharkhand, to community service... Read more...
International consultations on targets and indicators for post-2015 WaSH identified non-household settings as a priority, but not all countries are... Read more...
BRAC WASH has researched how to develop a viable process for faecal sludge-based organic fertiliser. Read more...
Production problems and insufficient demand led to the termination of ceramic filter production. Trouble-free production and high demand are... Read more...
The report provides insights on the cost of providing water in emergency situations using two camps as case studies. The life-cycle costs approach... Read more...
This study presents the first adaptation of the life-cycle costs approach to school WASH interventions. It is based on a survey of the sanitation and... Read more...
A step by step guide on the siting of drilled water wells, from consideration of the user needs up to engaging a drilling contractor to construct the... Read more...