Tripti Singh

Contact details

Email:

Tripti.Singh@warwick.ac.uk

Twitter: @TriptiSingh_TS

Current PhD student

Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Global Sustainable Development, supported by the Leverhulme Trust, with eight years of experience in sustainable development and social justice. I have worked as a Consultant for UNICEF India's WASH programme, providing technical and research support to both UNICEF and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in India. Previously, I also worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in Delhi, where I led studies on water and sanitation, livelihood and social protection with a particular focus on equity and inclusion.

Research overview

My current research explores the impact of intersecting crises—water insecurity and heatwaves—on residents of informal settlements in Jaipur, India. It also seeks to understand the role of community groups in building resilience to these crises in urban poor neighbourhoods.

Academic background

PhD Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick, UK

M.A. (Honors) Sociology, University of Mumbai, India

B.A. (Honors) Sociology, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India

Supervisors

Dr Vangelos Pitidis - IGSD
Dr Jon Coaffee - Politics and International Studies

Research interests

Inclusive WASH, informal settlements, heatwaves, livelihood, social protection, participatory research

Funding and awards

2023-2027: Leverhulme Trust - TRANSFORM Doctoral Scholarship

Publications

Dwivedi, A., Singh, T. & Kumar, A. 2023. Promoting voices of urban poor communities for Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) in WASH in Odisha, India. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
Singh, T. & Dwivedi, A. 2020. Unlocking the social barriers to inclusive WASH in slums: Case study of Bhubaneswar. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
Dasgupta, S., Mukherjee, A., Dwivedi, A., Dewan, S., Naik, M., Dasgupta, R., Chhabra, S. S., Bharti., Singh, T. et al. 2021. Re FORM: Lessons for Urban Governance futures from the Pandemic. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.
Dasgupta, S., Singh, T. & Dwivedi, A. 2020. “Invisible Sanitation Workers @ Covid 19 Lockdown: Voices from 10 Cities”. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28851.37921

Gupta, P. & Singh, T. 2019. “Towards furthering action research for sanitation workers' safety”. CPR Discussion paper. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research
Noronha, K., Singh, T., & Malik, M. 2018. “Manual Scavenging in India: A literature review”. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30605.64480

Dasgupta, S., Ramaswamy, D., Noronha, K., Rao, S., Seetharaman, R., George, N., Singh, A., Singh, T., Dhiman, S., & Bhol, A. 2015. “Swachh Bharat: Industry Engagement - Scope & Examples”. CPR Research Report. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4724.3287

Op-eds

Dwivedi, A., & Singh, T. 2022. “World Environment Day Special: Engendering Climate Change Action”. Swachh India: NDTV.
Dwivedi, A., & Singh, T. 2021. "Gender-sensitive water management: A cornerstone for equitable outcomes". India WaterPortal.
Singh, T. & Dwivedi, A. 2020. Only Gender Transformative Approaches Can Bridge Water, Sanitation Inequalities. The Wire
Dwivedi, A., & Singh, T. 2020. "From unpaid domestic care work to menstrual hygiene – Covid’s double whammy for Indian women". The Print
Dwivedi, A., Bharti. & Singh, T. 2019. Inclusion Is Key to Any Sanitation Goal India Sets. The Wire
Manish. & Singh, T. 2019. Rehabilitating Manual Scavengers Must Go Beyond Reinforcing Caste Hierarchies. The Wire

Conferences

Presented at the International Climate Resilience Conference on “Living with Risk: Gendered and Intersectional Dimensions of Climate Resilience in Urban Informal Settlements in Jaipur, India” at LMU Munich, October 2025.
Delivered two presentations at the Annual British Sociological Association (BSA) Conference 2025, University of Manchester, on:
- Heat Stress Adaptation: Strategies for Safeguarding Labour Productivity and Health
- Intersecting Crises: Exploring Water, Sanitation, and Heatwave Insecurities in Jaipur’s Urban Poor Neighbourhoods
Presented at the Annual United Kingdom Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) Conference 2024, UCL on “Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Research on Water and Sanitation in Urban Informal Settlements”.

Workshops and training schools

Presented at the 4th World PhD Students Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change 2025 on “Embodied Inequality: Water Insecurity, Climate Extremes, and Everyday Resilience in Informal Settlements of Jaipur, India”, organised by HAW Hamburg, Germany.
Participated in the workshop on “Participatory Walking Methods” at the Annual RGS-IBG Conference 2025, University of Birmingham.
Presented at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) PhD Workshop 2025 on “Exploring Water Insecurities during Heatwaves in Jaipur’s Urban Poor Neighbourhoods”.
Presented at the ECR Sustainability Training School 2024, University of Warwick, on “Community Resilience to Intersecting Crises: Water & Sanitation Insecurity and Heatwaves in Delhi, India”.