Ramaswamy Iyer bio

Ramaswamy Iyer is the former Secretary of Water Resources for the Government of India. According to the Asian Development Bank, Iyer was “the initator and principal draftsman of India’s first National Water Policy in 1987.” Iyer is an expert on dams and has collaborated with the World Bank to improve water systems in different countries. He is now an honorary research professor at the Centre for Policy Research.