Phani Adapa

Phani Adapa is the Assistant Director for the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS), University of Saskatchewan (UofS) and joined the institute in 2013. He is a certified Professional Engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. Phani’s role is to assist with the day to day operations of the GIWS; provide project management and network management expertise; develop new and sustain existing collaborations with stakeholders, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, external funding agencies, industry partners; support internationalization efforts, assist and where required lead coordination and writing efforts for development of major grant applications; provide writing support; research facilitation; responsible for outreach and engagement efforts; and leverage existing funding to further the research vision of the GIWS.