Projects

Digital Systems for Climate & Watershed Resilience

A portfolio of decision-support platforms, geospatial intelligence tools, and data infrastructure built at the intersection of enterprise product thinking and climate science.

Featured Project

Himalayan Watershed Intelligence Platform

HWIP
Flagship · Active

The Problem

The Himalayas sustain over a billion people downstream, yet the digital infrastructure for monitoring and managing these watersheds remains critically fragmented. Data exists — satellite imagery, hydrological records, climate models — but it is siloed, inaccessible, and rarely translated into decision-ready intelligence.

The Approach

HWIP applies enterprise product rigour to this gap: a unified data pipeline, a geospatial intelligence layer, and a district-level dashboard that translates complexity into clarity for non-technical decision-makers.

District-scale
Spatial resolution
Multi-source
Data integration
Real-time
Intelligence layer
2023
Founded
Geospatial / GISSatellite Remote SensingHydrological ModellingData PipelinesDecision-Support DashboardsClimate Data Integration

Build Phases

Complete

Data Architecture

Unified pipeline integrating satellite, hydrological, and climate data sources into a single queryable layer.

Complete

Geospatial Intelligence Layer

GIS analysis, remote sensing processing, and spatial indexing for watershed health indicators.

Active

District Dashboard v1

Operational water-resource intelligence dashboard for district administrators and water managers.

In Development

Climate Adaptation Module

Scenario modelling and resilience indicators for climate adaptation planning at district scale.

All Projects

Active & Upcoming Systems

Water SecurityActive

District-Level Water Resource Intelligence Dashboard

An operational dashboard providing district administrators and water resource managers with real-time intelligence on water availability, stress indicators, and seasonal trends — built on integrated geospatial and hydrological data.

GISRemote SensingData VisualisationHydrological Data

Key Outcomes

  • Integrates satellite, ground-truth, and hydrological data
  • District-scale water stress and availability monitoring
  • Seasonal flow forecasting and trend analysis
  • Designed for non-technical government users
Geospatial IntelligenceActive

Watershed Health Monitoring via Remote Sensing

A remote sensing pipeline applying multi-spectral satellite imagery and change-detection algorithms to monitor vegetation cover, glacier retreat, land-use change, and erosion patterns across Himalayan watershed zones.

Satellite ImageryMulti-spectral AnalysisChange DetectionGIS

Key Outcomes

  • Glacier retreat and snow-cover time-series analysis
  • Vegetation index and land-use change detection
  • Erosion and sediment risk spatial mapping
  • Long-term trend analysis for watershed health
Climate AdaptationIn Development

Climate Resilience Planning Framework

A scalable digital framework enabling governments, NGOs, and communities to assess climate risk, model adaptation scenarios, and track resilience indicators over time — designed for practical deployment in field conditions with limited connectivity.

Climate DataScenario ModellingData VisualisationPolicy Tools

Key Outcomes

  • Climate risk assessment and scenario modelling
  • Resilience indicator tracking over time
  • Lightweight deployment for field conditions
  • Policy-ready output formats for government use
Policy SupportIn Development

Water Policy Intelligence Briefs

A structured programme translating complex geospatial and hydrological data into concise, evidence-based policy briefs — bridging the gap between scientific data and actionable water governance decisions for government stakeholders.

Data CommunicationPolicy DesignGeospatial OutputsStakeholder Engagement

Key Outcomes

  • Evidence-based policy brief series
  • Stakeholder-ready data visualisations
  • Cross-agency data sharing frameworks
  • Targeted at district and state-level decision-makers

Product Approach

Enterprise Rigour Applied to Climate Challenges

Data-first architecture

Every project starts with the data layer — ensuring pipelines are reliable, reproducible, and scalable before building any user-facing layer on top.

Non-technical users at the centre

The end users of these systems are district administrators, field officers, and policy makers — not data scientists. Design decisions are made accordingly.

Modular and composable

Each component — data pipeline, intelligence layer, dashboard — is built to be reused and recombined across different watershed contexts and geographies.

Field-deployable

Systems are designed to function in low-connectivity, resource-constrained environments — because that is where the decisions that matter most are made.

Interested in Collaborating?

I am open to research partnerships, institutional collaborations, advisory roles, and product development engagements with organisations working on water security, climate adaptation, and geospatial intelligence.

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Vasundhara Patel

Product Leader · Climate Champion

Building digital decision-support systems for watershed and climate resilience in Himalayan ecosystems.

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ClimateTech · Water Security · Himalayan Watershed Resilience