The Role of Transdisciplinary Approach and Community Participation in Village Scale Groundwater Management: Insights from Gujarat and Rajasthan, India

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Water 2014, 6, 3386-3408; doi:10.3390/w6113386 
 
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Article 
The Role of Transdisciplinary Approach and Community 
Participation in Village Scale Groundwater Management: 
Insights from Gujarat and Rajasthan, India 
Basant Maheshwari 
1,
*, Maria Varua 
1
, John Ward 
2
, Roger Packham 
1
, Pennan Chinnasamy 
3
, 
Yogita Dashora 
4
, Seema Dave 
1
, Prahlad Soni 
5
, Peter Dillon 
2
, Ramesh Purohit 
4
, Hakimuddin 
5
, 
Tushaar Shah 
3
, Sachin Oza 
6
, Pradeep Singh 
4
, Sanmugam Prathapar 
3
, Ashish Patel 
6
,
Yogesh Jadeja 
7
, Brijen Thaker 
7
, Rai Kookana 
2
, Harsharn Grewal 
1
, Kamal Yadav 
4
,
Hemant Mittal 
4
, Michael Chew 
1
 and Pratap Rao 
4
 
1
School of Science & Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, 
Australia; E-Mails: [e-mail] (M.V.); [e-mail] (R.P.); 
[e-mail] (S.D.); [e-mail] (H.G.); [e-mail] (M.C.) 
2
CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia;
E-Mails: [e-mail] (J.W.); [e-mail] (P.D.); 
[e-mail] (R.K.) 
3
International Water Management Institute, PO Box 2075, Colombo, Sri Lanka;
E-Mails: [e-mail] (P.C.); [e-mail] (T.S.); [e-mail] (S.P.) 
4
Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture 
and Technology, Udaipur, Raj. 313001, India; E-Mails: [e-mail] (Y.D.); 
[e-mail] (R.P.); [e-mail] (P.S.); [e-mail] (K.Y.); 
[e-mail] (H.M.); [e-mail] (P.R.) 
5
Vidya Bhawan Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Udaipur, Raj. 313001, India;
E-Mails: [e-mail] (P.S.); [e-mail] (H.)
6
Development Support Centre, Ahmedabad, Guj. 380058, India;
E-Mails: [e-mail] (S.O.); [e-mail] (A.P.) 
7
Arid Communities and Technologies, Bhuj, Guj. 370001, India;
E-Mails: [e-mail] (Y.J.); [e-mail] (B.T.) 
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [e-mail];
Tel.: [phone]. 
External Editor: Sharon Megdal 
Received: 5 September 2014; in revised form: 3 November 2014 / Accepted: 5 November 2014 / 
Published: 11 November 2014