About Us
WELL Labs is transforming water systems at scale across India through research, partnerships, and collective action. We take on audacious challenges, tackling complex problems by designing comprehensive solutions that provide large social returns.
Our work is science-led and community-focused. We address the interconnections between water, environment, land, and livelihoods. To create impact at scale, we embed solutions within governments, work with the private sector, and collaborate with civil society and active citizens. Based in Bengaluru, WELL Labs is part of the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) Society.
Blogs
Research
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Improving Community-Led Groundwater Management in India: Insights from Atal Bhujal Yojana
This study uses Atal Jal’s five indicators to examine how the programme generated and disseminated groundwater data; supported community-level planning and groundwater management; promoted efficient water use; and improved groundwater levels.
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Water Security Toolbox: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Framework
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Framework is a ready-to-use set of outcomes, indicators, and methodologies that lets a MEL team with a limited budget conduct comprehensive, expert-informed evaluations of solutions.
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Water Security Toolbox: Solution Design Framework
The Solution Design Framework aims to identify water security solutions or interventions that best suit a landscape and the needs of people residing in it through a ground-up participatory process.
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Water Security Toolbox: Problem Diagnosis Framework
The Problem Diagnosis Framework helps those working on water security initiatives in rural Indian landscapes move from a broad water security concern to a clearer understanding of its causes.
In the News
Karnataka’s Drive to Green Data Centres
Published in The Hindu
Bengaluru’s apartment STPs are failing efficient reuse
Published in Citizen Matters
Why Concrete Lakes Are Pushing Away Bengaluru’s Waterbirds
Published in Citizen Matters
Partners
