Sundeep Waslekar

Waslekar was born in Mumbai, India, and raised in Dombivli. He obtained a Master of Commerce from the University of Mumbai. After graduation, he published an article on reforming the global financial system in Financial Express, and presented his views at a seminar hosted by Liberal International.

In December 2011, he received an honorary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) from Symbiosis International University.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://sundeepwaslekar.com/about-2/ |access-date=2025-06-20}} In 2014, he was elected Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflicts, Harris Manchester College, Oxford.{{Cite web |title=Team - profile |url=https://www.strategicforesight.com/inner-team.php?id=17 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230803171424/https://www.strategicforesight.com/inner-team.php?id=17 |archive-date=2023-08-03}}

In the 1980s, Waslekar contributed articles to international newspapers such as the Ottawa Citizen, San Jose Mercury News, Hamilton Spectator, and Toledo Blade. In 1985, during the United Nations International Year of Peace, he led an Eight-Nation Peace Mission from Rome to Ottawa. He later joined the Centre for Policy Research to focus on economic collaboration and conflict resolution in South Asia. In 1991, he founded the International Centre for Peace Initiatives, which participated in diplomatic efforts between India and Pakistan.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-04 |title=In an incisive appeal for reason in an arms-mad world, Sundeep Waslekar’s A World Without War seeks to turn back the ticking nuclear clock |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/sundeep-waslekars-a-world-without-war-book-review-8476925/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

After the September 11 attacks, he coordinated dialogues between Western and Islamic leaders in collaboration with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the League of Arab States. In 2009, he launched water diplomacy dialogues in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.{{Cite web |title=Sundeep Waslekar: From Despair To Hope |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/ideas-to-change-the-world/sundeep-waslekar-from-despair-to-hope/13692/1 |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}

In the early 2000s, he and Ilmas Futehally of the Strategic Foresight Group developed cost-of-conflict models for India–Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East.{{cite web |title=Conflict has cost the Middle East $12 trillion - study |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLN697081}} In 2015, he introduced the Water Cooperation Quotient to assess cooperation in transboundary river basins. The model was revised in 2017 to cover 286 shared river basins worldwide and received political support from the InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government.{{Cite web |title=Water co-operation: the power of principles |url=https://www.osce.org/magazine/377500 |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=www.osce.org |language=en}}

Waslekar was involved in the development of the [https://www.osce.org/magazine/377500 Blue Peace framework], which promotes water as a means for regional cooperation. The framework contributed to the first United Nations Security Council session on water and security (Session 7818).{{Cite web |title=S/PV.7818 |url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un-documents/document/spv7818.php |access-date=2025-02-28}}

Between 1989 and 1991, Waslekar consulted with international leaders to develop proposals for post–Cold War global governance. In the 1990s, he published two books on governance in South Asia: South Asian Drama: Travails of Misgovernance and Dharma Rajya: Path-breaking Reforms for India's Governance.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRSC_uTGhZ8C&dq=waslekar,+shashi+tharoor,+south+asian+drama&pg=PA328|title=India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond|first=Shashi|last=Tharoor|date=4 April 2006}}{{Cite web |date=2019-10-10 |title=The Interview - Peace and global governance: New strategies in a changing world |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191010-peace-and-global-governance-new-strategies-in-a-changing-world-4 |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=France 24 |language=en}}

In 2002, he proposed a framework for categorizing the Indian economy based on consumption patterns.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20120709120220/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/message/561|title=ZESTCurrent : Message: Governments come and governments go, India mov…|date=9 July 2012}} In 2005, he was associated with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin’s proposal for a G-20 framework.{{Cite web|url=http://www.l20.org/publications/9_VV_wmd_waslekar.pdf|title=l20.org}}

In 2007, Waslekar published an article in The Economic Times discussing the potential for global financial instability. In 2008, the Strategic Foresight Group published a report titled Emerging Issues: 2011–2020 outlining 20 global trends.

He spoke at conferences hosted by the Aspen Institute and Bertelsmann Foundation in 2009 on the global economic crisis. In 2011, he co-authored the book Big Questions of Our Time{{Cite web|url=https://www.strategicforesight.com/BQOT.pdf|title=Strategic Foresight Group - Anticipating and Influencing Global Future}} with Ilmas Futehally, addressing future challenges in philosophy, politics, and science.

• The New World Order, 1991, Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd {{ISBN|81-220-0241-2}}
• South Asian Drama: Travails of Misgovernance, 1996, Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd {{ISBN|81-220-0416-4}}
• Dharma Rajya: Path-breaking Reforms for India's Governance, 1998, Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd {{ISBN|81-220-0528-4}}
• The Final Settlement: Restructuring India-Pakistan Relations, 2005, International Centre for Peace Initiatives {{ISBN|81-88262-06-4}}
• An Inclusive World: In which the West, Islam and the Rest have a stake, 2007, Strategic Foresight Group {{ISBN|81-88262-09-9}}
• Cost of Conflict in the Middle East, 2009, Strategic Foresight Group {{ISBN|978-81-88262-12-0}}, co-authored with Ilmas Futehally
• Eka dishecha Shodh{{cite web | url=http://www.indiapossible.in/ | title=Eka dishecha Shodh | accessdate=2010-12-03 | author=Sundeep Waslekar | publisher=Rajhans Prakashan}}
• Big Questions of Our Time, 2011, Strategic Foresight Group {{ISBN|978-81-88262-16-8}}, co-authored with Ilmas Futehally
• Big Questions of Our Time: The World Speaks, 2016, Strategic Foresight Group

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