This episode introduces the Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project (BUMP), an initiative of the Stockholm Environment Institute with the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore (IIM-B) and the Indian Institute of Science. Dr. Deepak Malghan talks about the different challenges that Bangalore (Bengaluru) faces surrounding water, including water supply, demand, and hydrology. The key questions motivating the project are described.
Film by Karthik Shetty.

In this episode, the origins of the Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project (BUMP) are explained by SEI’s Dr. Vishal Mehta. Dr. Deepak Malghan, from the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore (IIM-B), explains the interactions between efficiency, sustainability and equity. The Indian Institute of Science’s Dr. Sekhar Muddu explains the major questions concerning the city’s groundwater that are addressed in this project.
Film by Karthik Shetty.

In this episode, Dr. Sekhar Muddu (Indian Institute of Science) – along with his researchers Sanjeeva Murthy and P. Giriraj – go into the details of the groundwater monitoring that was conducted in Bangalore from December 2015 through 2017. At 150 locations, every month, the groundwater levels were manually measured. The data collected will be analyzed to understand the groundwater budget for the city.

Film by Karthik Shetty.

SEI’s Dr. Vishal Mehta starts this episode with some of the main challenges of the Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project (BUMP). Dr. Mehta and Dr. Deepak Malghan, from the Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore (IIM-B), discuss some of the learnings and how these could be linked up with the policy-making apparatus. Examples from other places are presented.
Film by Karthik Shetty.