Uttam Kumar Sinha

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha's book ‘Trial By Water: Indus Basin and India-Pakistan Relations’ has been published by Penguin Random House. The book traces the turbulent history of the Indus Basin and examines how the Indus Waters Treaty has been shaped by the region’s ever-evolving political dynamics. It explores the role of key leaders on both sides, as well as external pressures, in shaping and reshaping one of the world’s most critical transboundary water agreements. Read Complete Article [+]

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha’s article ‘Who’s The Big River Daddy? was published in Times of India on 10 July 2025. India’s not at the kind of hydrological disadvantage in Brahmaputra’s case as Pakistan is in Indus’s. China’s real upstream strength is data. India’s downstream defences have to be science-backed, says Dr Sinha. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

Times of India quoted Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr Uttam Sinha in its article 'Bigger Indus plan: 113km Canal to take Surplus to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan', published on 16 June 2025.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr Uttam Sinha’s brief ‘Hydropolitics Unveiled: India-China Riparian Relations’ has been published in Asian Confluence Special Series on Water Security on 16 June 2025.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha's opinion piece ‘Indus Waters Treaty: Putting Arbitration in Abeyance’ has been published in Organiser Magazine on 04 June 2025. As a peaceful pause post the abeyance of Indus Waters Treaty has been effectively established, Bharat now has the moral upper hand to renegotiate the rightful terms and conditions for the benefit and prosperity of not just J&K but the whole country, says Dr Sinha. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha's views on Indus Waters Treaty was published in ‘The Print’ on 25 May 2025.

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Senior Fellows Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Ashok K Behuria and Dr Uttam Sinha’s op-ed ‘The Field Marshal In His Labyrinth’ has been published in ‘The Times of India’ on 21 May 2025.

Islamabad is on edge post ceasefire. The #PakistanStandsUnited narrative is slipping. Gen Munir’s promotion is a stabilisation gambit against the army leadership being challenged, write Dr Behuria and Dr Sinha.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr Uttam Sinha was extensively quoted in Indian Express story ‘Terror, treaties, and civilisations: Indus through the centuries’, published on 16 May 2025.

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha’s Op-ed ‘Indus Waters Treaty needs to be renewed’ has been published in The Tribune on 30 April 2025. The suspension of the IWT could serve as a critical inflection point — an opportunity to modernise the treaty’s framework, says Dr Sinha. Read Complete Article [+]

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha's opinion piece ‘India's Calculated Move on the Indus Waters Treaty’ has been published in Telangana Today, on 29 April 2025. Abeyance is more about finally asserting country’s legitimate rights to develop our own resources, says Dr Sinha. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.