Depinder Kapur is a senior Development and WASH expert, leading the Sanitation Capacity Building Platform at the National Institute of Urban Affairs in New Delhi. He has worked in leadership positions with national and international development organizations including heading WaterAid India, and also with several Indian and international organizations, the Government and civil society grassroot initiatives on research and advocacy.
How a lack of integrated planning and management is contaminating the surface and groundwater of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Read more...
The lack of a post-handover operation and maintenance plan for handpumps has created an "install and forget" model. Read more...
This note describes the approach followed to assist Local Government Institutions (LGI) of Bangladesh in improving service levels for people living... Read more...
Exploring the existing WASH service monitoring system at different levels in Bangladesh and how social mapping can help fill the gaps. Read more...
How does water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) fit within Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) how does this link up with the Sustainable... Read more...
Insight in the progress of the implementation of WASH component of the Pro-Poor Strategy at subnational level in Bangladesh. Read more...
Insight in the present WASH service monitoring systems and practices at subnational level in Bangladesh. Read more...
Informing Local Government Institutes about the strategy and how to adopt action plans for the implementation of the strategy. Read more...
A waste-to-energy solution for the co-treatment of faecal sludge, municipal solid waste and agri-waste in combination with aerosol can recycling. Read more...
Spreading the cost of faecal waste removal over a series of monthly payments could make it more affordable for poor households and help kick start... Read more...
Sharing a sanitation facility with just one to two other households can increase the risk of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in young children,... Read more...
Decision-support tool to aid the identification of potentially appropriate drinking water methods for arsenic- and salt-mitigation in Bangladesh... Read more...
The report provides an overarching recommendation for the development of national capacity development strategies that have high-level political buy-... Read more...
BRAC WASH has researched how to develop a viable process for faecal sludge-based organic fertiliser. Read more...
This paper describes how the ASTRA tool can help identify potentially appropriate technical solutions fro the delivery of arsenic and saline-free... Read more...
What is the best technical solution to deal with arsenic-polluted and saline water in Bangladesh? When is it better to treat the water or to choose... Read more...