IIM Visakhapatnam Unveils a Data-Driven Groundwater Dashboard for Andhra Pradesh
Groundwater governance must become more data-driven, decentralized, and forward-looking. In a country like India, where groundwater sustains agriculture, livelihoods, and local development, better district-level intelligence is essential for effective policy action.
Prof. Shivshanker Singh Patel and Mr. Prasanth A at Inter-disciplinary Decision Sciences & Analytics Lab (IDeAL), Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam have developed a Groundwater Dashboard with this objective, offering a comprehensive analytics of all 26 districts of Andhra Pradesh across 13 critical indicators.
Explore the dashboard here: https://ideal.iimv.ac.in:5007/
The dashboard enables users to:
- Examine historical groundwater-related trends by district and indicator
- Generate 2026 estimates through the Prediction
- Interpret groundwater stress drivers and district status through Explain & Advise, using SHAP-based insights and CGWB-aligned classification
This initiative aims to support evidence-based policy, early identification of stress, and more targeted groundwater management at the district level.
