1 This book chapter can be found in the ‘Handbook of Climate Change Resilience’ Managing the Increasing Heat Stress in Rural Areas Authors: Adithya Pradyumna 1,2 , Ramkumar Bendapudi 1 , Dipak Zade 1 , Marcella D’Souza 1 , Premsagar Tasgaonkar 1 Author Affiliations- 1 Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) 2 Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action (SOCHARA) Key Words: heat stress, heat related symptoms, differential vulnerability, rural health, semi-arid regions