Madhusudan Bhattarai

Madhusudan Bhattarai is a scientists in economics with the International Water Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At present, he is studying irrigation impacts in Asia and interbasin and intersectoral water transfers and conducting a global-level analysis to establish a relationship between irrigation development and societal development level (an Environment Kuznets Curve for irrigation). Bhattarai was a research scholar and a collaborator consultant at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. His bachelor’s degree in agricultural science is from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India, and his Ph.D. is from Clemson University.