IDSA scholars, Dr Uttam Sinha and Dr Ashok Behuria discussed Sunderbans with the World Bank at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) on March 8, 2017. The discussion was a part of the Bangladesh-India Sunderban Region Cooperation Initiative, a World Bank Funded Project, with IDSA as the knowledge partner of ORF. Dr Uttam Sinha, Dr Ashok Behuria and Dr Smruti Pattanaik from IDSA are members of the project.