Deakin University

Contact Person for AIWC

Professor Bas Baskaran

Brief Introduction

Deakin is a leading Australian university with over 60,000 students and a global research ranking in the top 1 per cent (ShanghaiRanking’s ARWU). Deakin was the first Australian university to establish an office in India, where the TERI Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre and The Energy and Resources Institute combine strengths to address water quality issues.

Deakin has extensive capacity in impact-driven research and teaching with an emphasis on water security in urban, regional and rural systems. Its expertise includes irrigation; hydrology; groundwater; water modelling; water treatment; climate adaptation; blue-green infrastructure, land management and planning; sensing and training technologies; water policy; and social sciences.