Student Fellows
Past Travel Grant Recipients
Gokul Sampath
- PhD student
- 2023 -2024 Rasikbhai L. Meswani Fellow for Water Solutions
- 2022 J-WAFS Travel Grantee
- Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Gokul Sampath is a doctoral student in the International Development Group at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. His research broadly centers on understanding and overcoming barriers to safe and reliable water access for all in the developing world. Currently, Gokul’s work focuses on strategies to address exposure to dangerous drinking water contaminants in rural India, especially arsenic in groundwater.
Prior to coming to MIT, Gokul worked as a senior research associate at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) running randomized evaluations to measure the effectiveness of programs to reduce groundwater consumption in drought prone areas of western India. Gokul completed a master's in Middle East, South Asian, and African studies at Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree at the University of California, Davis.
J-WAFS-funded projects
- Smart Buckets: Measuring Water Access in Rural India
- Conservation credits for groundwater management
News
- J-WAFS researchers seek to better understand water access in rural India
- J-WAFS Community Spotlight on Gokul Sampath
- 2023-24 J-WAFS Fellows announced
- J-WAFS students come together for World Water Day Event
- MIT students glean knowledge of water-related issues and solutions from Stockholm World Water Week and experts at Xylem, Inc., a J-WAFS Research Affiliate
- J-WAFS to send students to Stockholm World Water Week