Country Coordinator | India country programme
Ruchika is the Country Coordinator for India. She is responsible for initiating and managing partnerships and conceptualizing projects with partners to develop the India Country Programme of IRC. She has been with IRC since 2014. Her interest is in strengthening institutions at various levels to ensure improved services in communities, with a focus on households from marginalized communities.
Prior to IRC, Ruchika has worked with the India Chapter of Plan International for over seven years where she played a crucial role in managing programmes in rural and urban settings. She managed grants from international donors specifically on School WASH in seven states (Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.) Ruchika has also worked with grassroots organizations focusing on children in difficult circumstances.
Drawing from 10 years of experience, Insights into the various perspectives of partners, the different types of partnerships and the partnering... Read more...
Strengthening institutions is key to sustainable services Read more...
Recommendations to address the funding challenges of India's flagship rural water and sanitation initiatives. Read more...
All the learning alliances continue functioning at generally healthy — albeit varying — levels of interaction, particularly when considering the... Read more...
Under which pathways can the 'utilitisation' of rural water supply take place, which factors drive these processes, what are the strengths and... Read more...
Using the Life-Cycle Cost Approach to understand the rural WASH budget. Read more...
This paper describes the development, structure, and functionality of the toolkit; provides guidance for its application; and identifies good... Read more...
A guide to the planning, collecting, and disseminating data on costs of environmental health services (EHS) - water, sanitation, hygiene, health care... Read more...
Report of an August 2020 webinar with representatives from national, state and local government and civil society. Read more...
Tactics and approaches for evidence-based advocacy. Lessons learned from 13 case studies in six countries. Read more...
Measuring change over time in the relationships and network structure of learning alliances in four separate Ethiopian locations in USAID's... Read more...
This is the end-of-project evaluation of Watershed - empowering citizens conducted by PopDev Consultancy on request of the Directorate-General for... Read more...
This Research Review provides an overview of subsidy targeting strategies and the conditions under which they have proven successful or not, drawing... Read more...
Water and sanitation interventions should put special focus on strengthening systems of community participation as well as enabling the participation... Read more...
On 30 June 2020, WaterAid India and the Urban Management Centre held a webinar on the health, safety and livelihood challenges sanitation workers face in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related... Read more...
How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related... Read more...
In Ethiopia, prioritising access to groundwater, supported by responsive and proactive operation and maintenance, increases rural water supply... Read more...
