

The Office-Bearers of ICID shall be one President and, nine VicePresidents, who shall hold office in an honorary capacity (without remuneration), and one Secretary-General.
Present Office Bearers+
PRESIDENT-

Fellow Principal Hydrologist & Water Resources Management Specialist
UK Centre for Hydrology (UK CEH) Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB
Tel : +44 (0) 1491 692303, +44 (0) 149838800
Mob : +44 7753685447
Fax : +44 (0) 1491 692424
Email: ragab@icid.org
, ragab0901@gmail.com
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VICE PRESIDENTS+

Technical Officer Secretary General, Comitato Nazionale Italiano ICID (ITAL-ICID)
MINISTERO PER LE POLITICHE AGRICOLE
ALIMENTARI E FORESTALI
VIA XX SETTEMBRE - 00187
ROMA, Italy
Tel : +39 06 466 56053, +39 06-488 4728
Mob : 390646656125, 4884728
Email: m.arcieri@icid.org
, info@italicid.it
, marco.arcieri@regione.basilica.it
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Managing Director Kurit Kara Consulting Engineers
P.O. Box 14515-1415, Tehran
Tel : +98 21 44990494, +98 21 44990427, +98 21 44991027
Mob : +989123782584, 00989354499427
Email: kkemami@gmail.com
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Director of Irrigation and Agricultural Land Planning
Directorate of Irrigation and Agricultural Planning (DIAE)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Forests
Sec 14, Bloc K, N° 5, Av Addolb
Hay Ryad, Rabat, Morocco
Tel : +0 657 83 19 82
Mob : +212 663044145
Email: bouariahmed@gmail.com
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Executive Director, Indonesian Water Partnership
8th Floor, SDA Building
Ministry of Public Works and Housing
Jl. Pattimura 20, Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
Tel : +62 21 2277 7805
Mob : +62 811 870 985, +62 821 136 3396
Fax : + 62 21 2277 7805
Email: mochammad.amron@gmail.com
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Egyptian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID)
Vice President
National Water Research Center
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
Fum Ismailiya Canal, Shoubra El-Kheima, Egypt
Tel : +20 2 4464626, +20 2 4464505
Mob : +20 1001445156
Fax : +20 2 4464504
Email: hmmali@hotmail.com
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Uzbekistan National Committee, ICID (UzNCID) Hon'ble Minister of Water Resources
Ministry of Water Resources
4, Alisher Navoy Str.
Tashkent 100004, Uzbekistan
Tel : 998 71 237-17-03
Mob : 998 71 237-17-03
Email: gfb07090@mail.ru
, vazir@minwater.uz
, uzncid@qsxv.uz
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Department of Rural Systems engineering collage Of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-921, South Korea
Tel : +82 28732083
Mob : +82 28804583
Email: iamchoi@snu.ac.kr
, jinyong.choi@gmail.com
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Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation & Drainage (MANCID), Director General, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Ministry of Environment and Water
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
50626, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel : -800
Email: hisham@water.gov.my
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IRQCID, Chief Engineer Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources
Iraq – Waset Province
Kut City – Tamoz District, Alley 68
Iraq
Tel : +96 47714306085
Email: rafatnael@yahoo.com
, rafatnael1@gmail.com
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SECRETARY GENERAL +

Former Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC)
ICID, 48 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110 021
Tel : +91 11 2611 6837, +91 11 2611 5679
Mob : +91 9910264141
Fax : +91 11 2611 5962
Email: abpandya@gmail.com
, icid@icid.org
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Past Office Bearers+
Presidents Honorary-

Eng. Reinders has been actively involved in the establishment of the South African National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (SANCID) as a member of ICID in 1993. He served as the Vice Chairman of SANCID from 1993-1999 and as its Chairman for the period 2000-2003 and 2008-2014. Eng. Reinders was elected as Vice President of ICID for the period 2005-2008. He successfully chaired and organized the 51st IEC Meeting and 6th International Micro Irrigation in South Africa in October 2000. Under his chairmanship for the period 2008-2011, SANCID was adjudicated as the Best Performing National Committee of ICID.


Dr. Zhanyi has served as Chairman (2002-2003) of ICID`s Working Group on Young Irrigation Professionals Forum (WG-YPF), and as Convenor (2002-2005) of the Committee on Congresses/ Conferences (C-CONGR). He is a member of ICID Work Team on Use of Poor-Quality Water for Irrigation (WT-PQW), since 1999. He is the winner of ICID`s WatSave Young Professionals Award (1999).
Dr. Zhanyi has authored many technical papers related to irrigation and drainage and has edited/translated and published technical documents in Chinese.

Prof. Madramootoo is presently Professor of Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering in McGill University and Director of Brace Centre for Water Resources Management in McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Besides UK, Turkey and Zambia he has worked in Oman, Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Mr. Lee`s broad international water resources and sustainable development experience has given him a deep understanding of many differing forms of public and private sector institutional structures and of the importance of national and regional cultures and characteristics. He also has wide experience of the modus operandi of international funding agencies such as the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, the European Union and DFID (UK).
Mr. Peter Lee was Vice President ICID (1997-2000), and Chair - IPTRID Consultative Group (since 2000), Permanent Finance Committee (since 2003), Special Work Team on Aral Sea Basin (1998-2002), and member ICID Journal Management Team (since 2001), ICID Management Board (since 2004). He has served as Chairman of the British National Committee (1992 - 1994). Mr. Lee has authored many technical publications including "ICID Survey on Funding of Operation, Maintenance and Management of Irrigation Projects".

Mr. Keizrul has presented papers on Irrigation, drainage, floods, rivers and water resources in conferences and seminars at national and international levels. He has been involved in the field of irrigation, drainage, river engineering, flood mitigation and water resources planning and development for the past 26 years. In the 1980`s, he was the Chief Counterpart Officer of the National Water Resources Study. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Member of the Board of Engineers, Malaysia and Chairman of the Malaysian National Committee on the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO. Ir. Keizrul was also Director General of Irrigation and Drainage Department, Malaysia.

At UNESCO-IHE, Prof. Schultz is responsible for education and research in Land and Water Development. His guidance enabled about 190 overseas participants in obtaining Master of Engineering degree (MEng), about 95 for Master of Science degree (MSc) and 6 for PhD degree. From September 1999 to July 2002 he was President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).
He is author of more than 180 articles in the field of land reclamation, drainage and irrigation and editor of several proceedings of National and International Conferences. He is Chairman of the Editorial Board of Journal of Irrigation and Drainage of ICID. He visited more than 30 countries to apprise, evaluate, advise, on land reclamation, drainage and irrigation projects.













He was awarded the high distinction of "PADMA BHUSHAN" by the President of India in 1961 "for distinguished services of a high order".
After retirement President Honoraire Gulhati worked as Water Resources Consultant to many State Governments in India and as Consultant to IBRD (1963), as Consultant to the International Development Association (1963-1973), and as Consultant to United Nations (Economic Commission for Asia and Far East, now ESCAP) in 1969.
He has been rightly called the "Father" of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, as it was he who conceived this organization. The proposal of setting up of the Commission was mooted to the Government of India by him in 1946. The Commission was set up in the year 1950 and Mr. Gulhati was elected as its first Secretary General. He served ICID as founder Secretary General from 1950 to 1957, as Vice President from 1957 to 1960, and as President from 1960 to 1963.
Besides engineering and scientific papers contributed to the national institutes (e.g. Punjab Engineering Congress; Institution of Engineers, India) and the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. Gulhati had some 20 books and publications to his name.
Mr. Gulhati was always amongst the foremost supporters of ICID and did everything possible to promote the objects of ICID. He was the founder Editor of the ICID Bulletin. He was responsible for getting the land for the office building of the Central Office of the Commission in the prestigious Diplomatic Enclave. His mature leadership, dynamic personality and diplomatic and adroit handling of all matters won him universal respect and endearment with all the members of the International Executive Council.




Vice Presidents Honorary+

Eng. Reinders has been actively involved in the establishment of the South African National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (SANCID) as a member of ICID in 1993. He served as the Vice Chairman of SANCID from 1993-1999 and as its Chairman for the period 2000-2003 and 2008-2014. Eng. Reinders was elected as Vice President of ICID for the period 2005-2008. He successfully chaired and organized the 51st IEC Meeting and 6th International Micro Irrigation in South Africa in October 2000. Under his chairmanship for the period 2008-2011, SANCID was adjudicated as the Best Performing National Committee of ICID.

Er. Hayashidas contribution to ICID activities dates back to 2002 during the 18th Congress and 58th IEC held in Montreal, Canada. He participated in various ICID Meetings (2014-2016, 2002 and 1998) and served as the President of the Japanese Association of ICID since 2014. He served as Secretary General of JNC-ICID from 2002 to 2004. In addition, Er. Hayashida actively served as a member of ASRWG and PFC of ICID since 2014. Born in 1953, Er. Hayashida completed his Bachelors in Agriculture from Kyoto University, Japan and M.Sc. from University of California Davis, C.A U.S.A. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Japanese Society of Rural Development Engineers and as Vice-President of the Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Engineering, which is the largest academic organization for irrigation and drainage in Japan.

Dr. Wahlin has been an active member of USCID for several years, having made technical presentations during the USCID conferences, and has also chaired an USCID conference. He was an active participant during the 2nd World Irrigation Forum and a panel expert during the 23rd ICID Congress held in Mexico City in October 2017. He is currently the President of the U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (USCID) and Vice-President of WEST Consultants, Inc. managing their WEST's Tempe, Arizona office.

He has been actively involved in ICID activities since 2008. Dr. Reddy has successfully organized two side events, during the 22nd ICID Congress held in Gwangju, South Korea in 2014 and the 2nd World Irrigation Forum held in Chiang Mai, Thailand 2016, involving WALAMTARI, FAO, Norwegian Institute of Bio-Economy and other international partners. He was also the recipient of ICID WatSave Technology Award in 2008. Since 2010, he is the Secretary of I CID's WG-Water & Crop Workbody and actively contributing to the mandate. He has contributed to a number of scientific papers, articles and technical reports.

Dr. Bondarik has contributed more than 150 scientific papers, articles and technical reports on land reclamation; reclaimed agro landscapes etc. in Russian language with more than 15 in English. She has been conferred with Honorary Employee of the Agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation and Commemorative Medal for 50 years on The Large-Scale Programme for Land Reclamation in Russia in 2016.
Currently Dr. Bondarik is a Leading Researcher of the Department on Ecosystem Water Management and Economy of the All-Russian Scientific Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation and Secretary General of the National Committee of the Russian Federation on Irrigation and Drainage (RUCID) (since 1998).

Presently, Mr. Nazir is the Country Manager (Pakistan) and Regional Director (South Asia) of the Mott MacDonald Group and is responsible for overall business development and management of Group's affairs in Pakistan and policies within the region. Mr. Nazir is also the Managing Director, MM Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd., a local multidisciplinary company providing consultancy services to client in the field of engineering, management and community participation projects.

Mr. Belbase has contributed many articles in irrigation journals of Nepal. He is a member of the Working Group on Institutional and Organizational Aspects of Irrigation / Drainage System Management (WG-IOA).
Presently, Mr. Belbase is the Joint Secretary in Water and Energy Commission Secretariat, Nepal and President, Nepal National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (NENCID).

Prof. Charlotte has more than 25 years of experience in research in agricultural water management, global water supply and demand, water economics, water pricing, irrigation management, irrigation performance, project leader of research projects, design, quality control and supervision of construction and rehabilitation works of village irrigation schemes etc. She has peer reviewed more than 100 publications of which some are for Google Scholar and journal papers. At present, Prof. Charlotte is involved in the ICID Vision 2030 process.

Mr. Makin has more than four decades of experience in water resources management and has widened his management skills from specialized research project management to a competency in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural management and organizational development through a series of challenging appointments and personal training. He has authored and co-authored over 60 journals which includes articles, reports and book chapters etc.


Er. Ashwin B. Pandya (born in 1955), an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, he did his M.Tech in Structural Engineering (1983). Er. Pandya has over 40 years of professional experience in water resources and irrigation planning, design, implementation, and financing. He has a sound knowledge of various aspects of irrigation and drainage engineering with a strong competence of leveraging technologies in core areas, especially Information Technology. He specialises in the dam design and related activities. He has over twenty technical publications in his credit.
Er. Pandya began his career with the Central Water Commission (CWC) in 1977 as Assistant Director and later served as its Chairman. In his professional career, he occupied top positions in various Government of India (GoI) offices under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), including Director General, National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and Chairman & Managing Director, National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC). He also served as the Vice President of ICID for the period 2014-16 and made active contribution to the various activities of the Commission.
An avid proponent of irrigation and hydropower projects, he has been a key figure behind the establishment of International flagship event ‘India Water Week’ for MoWR, which is presently in its fifth edition and also established the ‘National Conference on Dam Safety’, an annual event with assistance from World Bank funded Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP). Formerly, Chairman, Central Water Commission (an apex body under Government of India) in New Delhi, India.

Dr. Mohamed Wahba has an integrated and diverse experience starting from the field work and supervision of the implementation of irrigation and drainage projects, research work and field studies, evaluation of the use of advanced agricultural drainage technologies and the use of drainage water for irrigation, as well as savings in irrigation water, advanced drip irrigation technologies, development and management of water resources, including the preparation, design and implementation of policies and strategies, in addition to supervision and follow-up implementation of large projects. Planning and implementation of coastal protection projects, preparing of training strategy of Ministries, designing and implementing various training programs in all fields related to water resources, irrigation and drainage, training needs assessment and capacity building for all different functions at the ministry level.
Dr. Wahba has gained extensive experience in the field of strategy development and follow-up of the implementation of projects between 2007 and 2015, where he worked in the technical office of the Deputy Minister and then as General Director of the technical Office of the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation in Egypt, and led various teams of professionals. During this period, it has been proven that his managerial ability and technical leadership in relevant work environments; demonstrated the ability to take initiatives, analyze complex issues quickly and accurately evaluate and make recommendations for decision-making, good governance in decision-making and performance management, and showed the impact on strategic decisions.
Dr. Wahba, representative of the Egyptian government in several international and regional forums, including the International Commission on Irrigation, Drainage and the United Nations, where he was elected as Vice-President of ICID and Chairman of the African regional Working Group (AFRWG), chairman of Capacity Development, trining and Eduction Working Group (CDTE-WG) a representative of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the ESCWA Committee, coordinator of cooperation between the Ministry and similar ministries in China and Iraq, he is the Former chairman of ENCID and now he is an international visiting scientist to chines academy of science
During his career, Dr. Wahba worked well in teams and working environments under high pressure, with a clear ability to work within specified deadlines and work across organizational boundaries with some kind of balance. He has extensive experience in writing and presenting reports.

Dr. Ding has actively participated in ICID activities and serving as member since 2012 of the ICID Working Group on Poor Water Quality Irrigation (WG-PWQ), serving as Core Member of scoping document preparation for new WG on irrigation management transfer of ICID (2014), and attended many IECs and Congresses.




In ICID, Mr. Tollefson is the Chairman of the Task Force on Water for Bio-energy and Food (TF-BIOENERGY) since 2010 and Vice Chairman of WG-Poverty, and Member of WG-CROP since 1992. He has also been member of many committees on various occasions for ICID work. Mr. Tollefson has authored / presented more than 20 papers in various publications / fora.

At present, Dr. GŰNDOĞDU is working as Planning Engineer, Planning Department in DSI (General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works), Regional Directorate, Turkey. He has 25 years of work experience in the area of irrigation and drainage during his employment at DSI, General Directorate of Rural Services and as a private consultant. He was the Thematic Coordinator at World Water Forum 5 in Istanbul.He was actively involved in publishing Turkey Witer Report 2009 for WWF-5. His specializations include: Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Systems (with specialization in preparing O&M manual for Water User Association, Irrigation groups and Water Suppliers) and preparing water delivery plan for the main system based on crop water requirements using computer programmes. He worked as a consultant for a World Bank project in Azerbajan during 2003-08. Dr. GŰNDOĞDU is also a Member of Chamber of Agricultural Engineers and has authored / presented numerous papers in various publications / fora.

He has more than 37 years of professional experience, essentially in projects related to water storage, conveyance, pumping and distribution: irrigation, pumping stations, canals, feeder pipe line, reservoirs, treatment plants, urban drainage.
Mr. François Brelle worked on numerous irrigation and multipurpose hydraulic projects to be rehabilitated with a view to evaluating and improving the Operation & Maintenance conditions and associated training requirements in Morocco, Haiti, France, Mauritania and Sri Lanka. He also has expertise in management of water, operation and maintenance of infrastructure and the hydraulic networks.




Dr. Ragab (born in 1949) obtained his BSc. in Soil and Water Sciences (1970), MSc. in Irrigation (1974), and Ph.D, in Rural Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1982). Presently, he is serving as the Principal Hydrologist and Water Resources Management Specialist at UK Centre for Hydrology, Wallingford. As an editor at the Journal of Agricultural Science, he contributes to Cambridge University Press (2013-present). He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor at Soil and Water Sciences Dept., University of Alexandria, Egypt since 2006.
He has more than 40 years of experience in irrigation, drainage, catchments hydrology, remote sensing application in hydrology, integrated water management, climate change impact on water resources, soilwater-plant- atmosphere relations, rainfall harvesting, use of poor-quality water (saline/brackish, treated wastewater) for crop production, organic farming and urban hydrology.
Dr. Ragab is also associated with many professional organizations which include: British Society of Soil Science Society, Irrigants Europe - IE, and European Soil and Land Use Management. He has contributed to 122 selected publications, excluding reports, and developed models like IHMS, SALTMED 2019, and HYDROMED and has also received global awards and recognitions for his commendable work in the irrigation and drainage sector, including Egypt State Recognition and Merit Award for Scientific Achievements, The Baron’s 500: Leaders for the New Century, ICID Award of Excellence (2002, 2012, 2013, 2014) and Best Paper Award 2018.
Dr. Ragab has actively contributed to the ICID activities as the Vice President of ICID from 2010-2013 and has also served as the Chairman of the British National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID-UK) (2007- 2011) and headed many ICID working groups.
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Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab
2020-2023, RU
Dr Ragab (né en 1949) titulaire de Licence (B.Sc.)) en sciences des sols et de l'eau (1970), de maîtrise (M.Sc.) en Irrigation (1974) et de Doctorat en Génie Rural de l'Université de Louvain, Belgique (1982). Actuellement, il est hydrologue principal et spécialiste de la gestion des ressources en eau au Centre de l’hydrologie, à Wallingford, au Royaume-Uni En tant que Rédacteur de la Revue de la Science agricole, il contribue à Cambridge University Press (depuis 2013 jusqu’à présent). Depuis 2006, il a retenu le poste du Professeur adjoint au département des sciences des sols et de l'eau à l'Université d'Alexandrie, en Égypte.
Il possède une expérience de plus de 40 ans dans le domaine de l’irrigation, du drainage, de l’hydrologie des bassins versants, de l'application de la télédétection en hydrologie, de la gestion intégrée de l'eau, de l'impact du changement climatique sur les ressources en eau, des relations entre sol-eau-plante-atmosphère, de la collecte des eaux de pluie, de l'utilisation de l’eau de mauvaise qualité (saline / saumâtre, eaux usées traitées) en production agricole, de l'agriculture biologique et de l'hydrologie urbaine.
Le Dr Ragab est également associé à de nombreuses organisations professionnelles, notamment: British Society of Soil Science Society, Irrigants Europe - IE et European Soil and Land Use Management. Il a contribué à 122 publications sélectionnées, sauf des rapports, et a développé des modèles tels que IHMS, SALTMED 2019 et HYDROMED. Il a également reçu des prix et des reconnaissances mondiales pour son travail louable dans le secteur de l'irrigation et du drainage, y compris la reconnaissance de l'État égyptien et le Prix de la valeur pour les réalisations scientifiques, The Baron's 500: Dirigeants pour le siècle à venir, Prix CIID pour l’Excellence (2002, 2012, 2013, 2014) et Prix pour le meilleur rapport 2018.
Il a étroitement contribué aux activités CIID en tant que Vice-président de la CIID depuis 2010 jusqu’à 2013 et a également assuré la présidence du Comité national des Irrigations et du Drainage du Royaume-Uni (CIID-UK) (2007-2011) et a dirigé de nombreux groupes de travail CIID.

He is also associated with various professional societies which include: Member Governing Body of Pakistan Engineering Council, Member Executive Council Institute of Engineers Pakistan, Member, Governing Body Government Engineering Academy, Punjab, Elected Vice President, Britannia Alumni Association of Pakistan (BAAP) and life Member of Old UETians Association. Engr. Ahmad has the honour of also getting elected as President Pakistani Students Society and National Union of Students, UK Engr. Ahmad is the ever-youngest President of Pakistan Engineering Congress in its 94 years of history. Presently, he is Director General in Senate of Pakistan.

He has forty-five years of experience broadly span from design to land classification surveys and operation and maintenance of irrigation projects. Mr. Prechawit was also the project manager of three large irrigation improvement projects in Northeast Thailand financed by the World Bank and KfW of the Federal Republic of Germany. He retired as Chief Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and actively involved as Honorary Advisor to Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Mr. Prechawit is also associated with various professional societies which include: The Engineering Institute of Thailand and Thai Hydrologist Association etc. He actively participated in several events of ICID including IECs and Congresses.

At present he is working as Assistant Director Environmental Hydrology, Basin Plan Division of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Dr. Vlotman is the Theme Leader of `Systems` of ICID, Chairman Working Group on Drainage (WG-DRG), Secretary, Working Group on Modernization of Irrigation Services (WG-MIS) and Observer, Asian Regional Working Group (ASRWG).
He has more than 34 years of experience in channel hydraulics and hydrology; water simulation models, water management; application of chain management; optimizing crop production; computer programming and modern computer software applications; extensive experience in Institutional Strengthening and Organizational Development of research organizations, Human Resources Unit and Marketing and Public relations Unit.
Dr. Vlotman is also associated with various professional societies which includes IAL; AWA, USCID, ASCE, and Toastmasters International. Dr. Vlotman authored and co-authored 2 books, over 70 reports and working papers, more than 50 technical papers.

Presently, Dr. Hayde is working as Senior Lecturer in Irrigation Engineering, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands. Dr. Hayde has been associated with ICID since 1998. He has been Secretary General of HUCID (2000-2004) and was elected as Vice President of HUCID in 2008. Dr. Hayde is Secretary of European Regional Working Group (ERWG), Member of Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) and Permanent Finance Committee (PFC). He was chief editor of the ICID Publication Danube Valley, History of Irrigation and Flood Control (2004). He was also an Observer on erstwhile ICID Working Group on Capacity Building, Training and Education (WG-CBTE).
Dr. Hayde has more than 27 years experience in consulting, education and research in water and environmental planning and management, hydraulic engineering, fluid mechanics, EU Water Framework Directive, environmentally sound solutions in Hydraulic engineering, environmental impacts and assessment; 19 years experience in education management, organizations of education programmes, curricula development. He is also associated with various professional societies.

Mr. Bajaj retired as the Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC) and Ex-officio Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Water Resources. He is also a member of Permanent Committee for Technical Activities (PCTA), Permanent Finance Committee (PFC) and ICID Staff Committee (SC).
Mr. Bajaj has more than 35 years of experience in Planning, design and conceptualization of Water resources of the country at macro level, appraisal of major and medium multipurpose water resources projects, undertaking flood management activities on an annual basis and advising the Central Government. He holds membership of various professional societies.




Mr. Jeyaseelan joined the Central Water Commission in December 1969 as Assistant Director and has held various positions in the department and handled several prestigious project responsibilities. Apart from his responsibilities at various levels in CWC, he has held the post of Director, Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, on additional charge, for over a year and the additional charge of Executive Member, Narmada Control Authority (NCA), Indore for eighteen months. He has also worked with the Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Limited (WAPCOS) for about seven years on consultancy assignments in India and abroad. Mr. Jeyaseelan has wide experience in the field of Water Resources Development, Planning, Design, Monitoring and related research. His fields of specializations are; Planning and Design of Hydro-power Schemes, Hydrological Observations, Flood forecasting and Monitoring of Projects.
Mr. Jeyaseelan has travelled widely including United Kingdom, United States of America, Columbia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Mozambique, Oman, Japan, Norway, China and France under various programmes.
Mr. Jeyaseelan has participated in a number of National and International seminars and Symposia and has contributed over a dozen of technical papers. He is also member of several professional bodies.




At present, he is working as Chairman of the German National Committee of ICID (GECID) and Head of Division of Water Management Issues in Rural Areas, Coastal Protection, Transport, Post and Telecommunication at Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in Germany. He has attended numerous ICID IECs and Congresses. He is a member of WG-ENV since 1997, and Chairman of ERWG since 2002. He organized ICID 21st European Regional Conference (2005) in Germany and Poland.
Previously, he was Assessor for Civil Service, Federal State Govt., Northshire. He worked on water resources and waste management issues for Regional Govt., Cologne. Since 1980 he was working in the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, where he is now heading the division of Water Management Issues in Rural Areas.
Protection, Transport, Post and Telecommunication. In this capacity, he is also the chairman or member of several Working Groups at national and international level, mainly dealing with inland and coastal flood protection, drinking and wastewater management, surface and ground water quality management and agricultural water management. He has worked for the World Bank in Greece and Poland and in Russia for the EU.

At present, he is working as Project Manager / Coordinator of Sustainable Development of Aras Border River Project, YEKOM Consulting Engineering, Iran. Dr. Shiati is a member of ICID Workbodies ASRWG and WG-PQW.
His work experience includes - (1) Director of Water Resources Department (1991-till date); (2) Project Manager/Coordinator of Central Consultant for Irrigation Improvement Project (1993-2001); (3) Project Manager of Diversion Dams and Irrigation and Drainage Networks for Jereh, Khesht and Dulaki Plains, Phase II studies (1984-1987); (4) Senior Water Resources Engineer in Ministry of Agricultural Jihad & Japan International Corporation Agency (1984); and (5) Water Resources Engineer (1977-1983).

At present, he is working as Director in Irrigation and Agricultural Drainage Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries in Malaysia and is responsible for Irrigation and Agricultural Drainage Development of the country. He is also involved in the field of irrigation, drainage, river engineering, flood mitigation and water resources at various positions and capacities within the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID).
Ir. Ghazalli is involved in ICID activities since 1996 and has attended every ICID conference since then. At present, he is working in three ICID workbodies viz. ASRWG, WG-SDTA and C-CONGR. His contributions to ICID include organizing workshops, seminars, talks, discussions, papers and projects on irrigation and drainage at local, regional and international level. He is currently Chairman of MANCID.

Dr. Svendsen has worked in USAID/Washington, managing irrigation assistance projects in the Asian region, in irrigation and water policy research with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and in the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). For the past 11 years he has worked as an independent consultant to governments and international lenders in the field of water resource planning and management. Dr.Svendsen has work experience in more than 25 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. He has authored/co-authored more than 100 journal articles, book chapters, and professional papers and organized and facilitated more than 20 professional workshops and conferences. He is an Associated Editor of the journal Irrigation and Drainage Systems and a member of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA).

Dr. Zhanyi has served as Chairman (2002-2003) of ICID`s Working Group on Young Irrigation Professionals Forum (WG-YPF), and as Convenor (2002-2005) of the Committee on Congresses/ Conferences (C-CONGR). He is a member of ICID Work Team on Use of Poor-Quality Water for Irrigation (WT-PQW), since 1999. He is the winner of ICID`s WatSave Young Professionals Award (1999).
Dr. Zhanyi has authored many technical papers related to irrigation and drainage and has edited/translated and published technical documents in Chinese.

Dr. HUH is presently Honorary Chairman of Korean National Committee of ICID; Member of Steering Committee for Frontier Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology; Vice President of Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers; Vice President of Korean Society of Rural Development Planning; Member of Korean Society for Biological Production Facilities and Environmental Control; and Member, Saemangeum Environmental Committee, Office of Prime Minister.
Dr. HUH has been actively involved in ICID actives since 1992 and has participated in numerous activities of ICID and other bodies, both internationally and nationally. He has published several papers, has been a co-author and author of more than 10 publications in the field of agricultural engineering.

Dr. El-Atfy is associated with several professional committees, such as Syndicate of Engineers, Irrigation Society of Egypt, Steering Committee for Water and Land Policies, Steering Committee for Water Boards Project, etc. Dr. El-Atfy is involved with several ICID workbodies and is Chairman of WT-WATS since 2001. He has published more than 30 papers in different journals and proceedings and authored the Book of "Land Drainage in Egypt".At present Dr. El-Atfy is Sector Head, Minister`s Technical Office, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt and Secretary of Egyptian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID).

Dr. Guluyk is involved with several ICID workbodies and actively participated in numerous activities, both internationally and nationally. He is the guiding force behind the Russian version of the Multilingual Technical Dictionary. He has published more than 15 papers and has organized international conferences.
Dr. Guluyk is a member of Editorial Board of Bimonthly Russian Journal "Land Reclamation and Water Management, and Full Member of the Academy of Water Management Sciences. He is presently Head of the Department of Land Reclamation and Water Management of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russian Federation; Chairman of Russian National Committee of ICID; and Deputy Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russian Federation.



Mr. Musa has worked as Assistant General Manager, General Manager, and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - Niger Basin Development Authority. Member of Governing Council of Yaba College of Technology (1986-1990); Member of Board of Directors of Chad Basin Development Authority (1993-1995); Member of the Joint Committee on the Review of Commercialisation of River Basin Development Authorities (1995-1996); Member of the Joint Committee on the Optimisation of Resources of River Basin and Rural Development Authorities (1997); Member of West African Sub-Regional Expert Consultation on Water and Food and Rural Development, 1999; and Member of Board of Directors Upper Niger River Basin and Rural Development Authority, Minna (2000 to date). He is a Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE) since 1999. Presently Engr. Musa is Federal Director of Irrigation and Drainage, Nigeria.

Prof. Cai has been actively involved in ICID activities since 1986, worked as Executive Secretary of Chinese National Committee of ICID (CNCID) for more than 10 years and is now Vice Chairman of CNCID. In July 2002 he was elected as Vice President of ICID for a term of three years, authored/co-authored more than 60 papers and several books in the field of water and soil management for agriculture.

Prof. Musy is a Member of IASS; CIGR, ICID, EURAGENG; ORSTOM (France); CEMAGREF (France); AIH (USA); ASAE; IAH (India); Member of the Consulting Editorial Board of Journal of Irrigation and Drainage System, Journal of Water Science and International Electronic Journal of Agriucltural. He is Chairman, Swiss National Committee of ICID since 1988. At present Prof. Musy is Director, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Switzerland and Professor in Agricultural Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Dr. Taniyama is presently Advisor of the Japanese Association of Rural Sewerage Cooperation and also President of the Japanese Association of ICID.

Ing. Contijoch is presently General Director of FIRCO (Trust Fund for Share Risk) acting as a Technical Agent of the Agricultural, Livestock and Rural Development Ministry, Mexico. He is also President of the Mexican National Committee of ICID (MXCID).


Prof. Kwun is presently Professor in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Life Sciences, Seoul National University from 1980.

Prof. Madramootoo is presently Professor of Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering in McGill University and Director of Brace Centre for Water Resources Management in McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Presently, Dr. Malano is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental and Director of International Technology Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia.



At UNESCO-IHE, Prof. Schultz is responsible for education and research in Land and Water Development. His guidance enabled about 190 overseas participants in obtaining Master of Engineering degree (MEng), about 95 for Master of Science degree (MSc) and 6 for PhD degree. From September 1999 to July 2002 he was President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).
He is author of more than 180 articles in the field of land reclamation, drainage and irrigation and editor of several proceedings of National and International Conferences. He is Chairman of the Editorial Board of Journal of Irrigation and Drainage of ICID. He visited more than 30 countries to apprise, evaluate, advise, on land reclamation, drainage and irrigation projects.

Mr. Keizrul has presented papers on Irrigation, drainage, floods, rivers and water resources in conferences and seminars at national and international levels. He has been involved in the field of irrigation, drainage, river engineering, flood mitigation and water resources planning and development for the past 26 years. In the 1980`s, he was the Chief Counterpart Officer of the National Water Resources Study. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Member of the Board of Engineers, Malaysia and Chairman of the Malaysian National Committee on the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO. Ir. Keizrul was also Director General of Irrigation and Drainage Department, Malaysia.




Mr. van der Merwe has attended several ICID International Congresses and was instrumental in South Africa becoming a member of ICID. He is also the Chairman of the South African National Committee of ICID and a member of ICID Permanent Committee for Technical Activities, Vice Chairman of Africa Focus Group and Chairman of Working Group on Impacts of Drought on Irrigated Agriculture. He is also ICID Strategy Theme Leader on the subject: Systems. Currently Mr. van der Merwe is Deputy Executive Director of WRC since 1981. He is Vice President of ICID from 1997-2000..






He is a valued and active participant in ICID activities and is Vice President Hon. of ICID, in-charge of one of the strategic themes Basin (earlier Policy), and worked as President of the French National Committee of ICID (AFEID). He was the lead person for formulating the ICID Position Paper on Irrigation and Drainage Services -Some Principles and Issues Towards Sustainability jointly with ICID and the Task Force 3.
He has several publications to his credit in the field of Water Management, Hydraulics, Economics and Institutional Aspects. He has also been involved in the organization of international seminars and workshops.
























Dr. Farhoudi was Chairman of the Working Group on Irrigated Agriculture under Drought and Water Scarcity (WG-IADWS) until 2000.

Dr. Farhoudi was Chairman of the Working Group on Irrigated Agriculture under Drought and Water Scarcity (WG-IADWS) until 2000.









































































He was awarded the high distinction of "PADMA BHUSHAN" by the President of India in 1961 "for distinguished services of a high order".
After retirement President Honoraire Gulhati worked as Water Resources Consultant to many State Governments in India and as Consultant to IBRD (1963), as Consultant to the International Development Association (1963-1973), and as Consultant to United Nations (Economic Commission for Asia and Far East, now ESCAP) in 1969.
He has been rightly called the "Father" of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, as it was he who conceived this organization. The proposal of setting up of the Commission was mooted to the Government of India by him in 1946. The Commission was set up in the year 1950 and Mr. Gulhati was elected as its first Secretary General. He served ICID as founder Secretary General from 1950 to 1957, as Vice President from 1957 to 1960, and as President from 1960 to 1963.
Besides engineering and scientific papers contributed to the national institutes (e.g. Punjab Engineering Congress; Institution of Engineers, India) and the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. Gulhati had some 20 books and publications to his name.
Mr. Gulhati was always amongst the foremost supporters of ICID and did everything possible to promote the objects of ICID. He was the founder Editor of the ICID Bulletin. He was responsible for getting the land for the office building of the Central Office of the Commission in the prestigious Diplomatic Enclave. His mature leadership, dynamic personality and diplomatic and adroit handling of all matters won him universal respect and endearment with all the members of the International Executive Council.







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Er. Tyagi was the Director of the Climate and Water Department of the World Meteorological Organization, a specialized UN Agency, and is responsible for providing support to the countries in the field of water resources management including flood management and adaptations to climate change particularly in the water and agriculture sectors.
Er. Tyagi has been involved in the investigations, planning and design of irrigation and flood management projects, development of the National Water Policy (2002), and operation and management of one of the major inter-state multi-purpose projects. He was closely associated with the formulation of the Andhra Pradesh Participatory Irrigation Management Act 1997, and was instrumental in initiating Benchmarking of Irrigation Systems in India.
Worked at the World Meteorological Organizations, for nine years he has developed professional network, working closely with various UN agencies; with International Institutions such as World Bank, African Development Bank, European Commission, and African Union; regional institutions such as Nile Basin Authority, Niger Basin Authority, Lake Chad Basin Authority, Zambezi River Commission; non-governmental organizations such as GWP, WWC, IAHS, IAHR etc and has proactively collaborated with the various international programs on water and climate change issues. He is presently the coordinator of UN-Water Thematic Priority Area on Water and Climate Change.
At WMO, he was spearheaded a major initiative on climate change with a vision to establish a Global Framework for Climate Services to support various development sectors, including the water and agriculture sector in climate risk management; established an international program on flood management developing the concept of Integrated Flood Management; and is presently developing another international program on Integrated Drought Management in close collaboration with various international partners.
Er. Tyagi has been associated with activities of ICID in the past as an observer in its Working Groups on flood management and climate change and strived for closer relationship between ICID and WMO.

Er. Gopalakrishnan served as one of the Governors of the World Water Council during 2003-06. He is a member of Technical Advisory Committee of UNESCO which brings out World Water Development Reports once in three years, with the last one WWDR 3, released in March 2009 during the World Water Forum 5. Er. Gopalakrishnan serves as a member of the Committee constituted by the Indian Ministry of Water Resources on "National Mission on Water" and is also a member in the sub committee on surface water under the main committee.
Er. Gopalakrishnan holds several distinguished honorary positions like the President, Indian Water Resources Society (since 2004), President of the New Delhi Associate Centre of World Water Council (since 2006), Co-Chairman of the Institution of Engineers (India)`s Special Committee on Interlinking of Indian Rivers (since 2005). He is a Life Member of several leading Indian Professional Bodies like IWRS, IAH, ISET, IGS. Er. Gopalakrishnan was also inducted as a fellow in the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) acknowledging his significant contribution to the profession.
A member of several Expert Committees constituted to advise on hydro projects in Himalayas by developers, both public and private, (he was the Chairman of the Group in three cases) he guides Water Sector in India remarkably. Er. Gopalakrishnan is the Chairman of the Dams and Seismicity Committee of Indian National Committee on Large Dams for over a decade and represents the country in the ICOLD Committee on the subject.
Er. Gopalakrishnan has been associated with Global Water Partnership (GWP) bridging the interests of ICID and GWP. He had also been closely associated with World Water Council as one of the Governors (2004-06) by contributing on legal and financial matters.
He has published about hundred papers (or other contributions) touching upon many water related issues, design aspects and policies, in Seminars, Workshops, Congresses, journals and other publications.

Dr. Chitale was Chairman of Indian National Committee on Large Dams (1986-1987), Indian National Committee of ICID (1986-1987), and Indian National Committee on Hydrology (1985-1988), President, Indian Water Resources Society (1989-1990), and a Vice President, International Water Resources Association (1989-1991). He is member of the United Nations Environmental Program`s Water Advisory Committee (since 1989) and Vice President of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (1992-1993). He was honoured with the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Jawahar Lal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in 1989. Member of the United Nations Environment Program`s Water Advisory Committee (1989-92). Member of the Scientific and Programme Committee of the International Lake Environment Foundation (ILEC) since May 1995. Member of the Interim Foundation Committee for World Water Council since April 1995 and then Member of the Interim Board of Governors of WWC since March 1996 and of the Executive Committee of WWC since June 1996. Chairman, Maharashtra State (2nd) Irrigation Commission since January 1996. Dr. Chitale was awarded Stockholm Water Prize in 1993 for his contribution to the conservation of the worlds water resources and public education programmes.




He was awarded the high distinction of "PADMA BHUSHAN" by the President of India in 1961 "for distinguished services of a high order".
After retirement President Honoraire Gulhati worked as Water Resources Consultant to many State Governments in India and as Consultant to IBRD (1963), as Consultant to the International Development Association (1963-1973), and as Consultant to United Nations (Economic Commission for Asia and Far East, now ESCAP) in 1969.
He has been rightly called the "Father" of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, as it was he who conceived this organization. The proposal of setting up of the Commission was mooted to the Government of India by him in 1946. The Commission was set up in the year 1950 and Mr. Gulhati was elected as its first Secretary General. He served ICID as founder Secretary General from 1950 to 1957, as Vice President from 1957 to 1960, and as President from 1960 to 1963.
Besides engineering and scientific papers contributed to the national institutes (e.g. Punjab Engineering Congress; Institution of Engineers, India) and the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. Gulhati had some 20 books and publications to his name.
Mr. Gulhati was always amongst the foremost supporters of ICID and did everything possible to promote the objects of ICID. He was the founder Editor of the ICID Bulletin. He was responsible for getting the land for the office building of the Central Office of the Commission in the prestigious Diplomatic Enclave. His mature leadership, dynamic personality and diplomatic and adroit handling of all matters won him universal respect and endearment with all the members of the International Executive Council.