The ANRF's Mission for Advancement in High-impact Areas (MAHA) program supports priority-centric, solution-based research in mission mode, concentrating on a few important areas that are in line with the country's primary needs. It is envisaged to be multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional and multi-investigator projects with industrial partnerships in the best sorted areas of immediate concern.
In this regard, ANRF identified the "MAHA Water Program" in partnership with the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), GoI, in order to involve researchers, institutions, and various stakeholders in order to accelerate innovation, design, develop, and promote high-priority adaptable solutions related to water problem(s) and increasing stress, which is caused by demands on surface and groundwater for drinking, irrigation, industrial, and ecosystem use.