Dr. Jaya Thakur is a Junior Fellow at ORF Kolkata currently working with Water Governance Studies division at ORF Kolkata. Her specialization is Environmental Issues in Geography including natural and social environment. She completed her Ph.D. from The University of Burdwan in 2018. Her thesis is titled “Development Status and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Selected Peripheral Areas of Kolkata”. She completed her M.A. in Geography from the very same university. She had previously worked as a Part Time Lecturer at Kabi Sukanta Mahavidyalaya (affiliated under The University of Burdwan) and worked in The Department of Geography , The University of Burdwan as a State Funded Junior and Senior Research Fellow. Her recent publications include , the monograph titled, “Conflict over Cauvery Waters: Imperatives for Innovative Policy Options” with Dr. Nilanjan Ghosh and Dr. Jayanta Bandyopadhyay. She had also previously published the paper “Simultaneous Growth of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Economy : A Geographical Study of a Peri-Urban Village Sugandhya” in collaboration with Basudev Haldar, Published in Practising Geographer , Vol. 17 , No. 1 , Summer, 2013 and “Living With The Water : A Study of Changing Livelihood Structure in a Peripheral Part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area , West Bengal” Published in International Journal of Current Research Vol. 7, Issue. 07 July, 2015.