International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage
Since 1951, ICID has been organizing its flagship event, the International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, triennially. The Congress poses certain questions highlighting the prevalent issues of the time to be addressed by the experts, and the stakeholders involved in irrigation, drainage, agriculture water management, flood control, and so forth.
With time, the topics of discussion in Congress have ranged from addressing the problems related to irrigation infrastructures such as dam construction and safety, maintenance of canals, economics and financing of irrigation and flood control works, rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage systems, groundwater recharge, water management and institutional aspects, the sustainability of irrigation and farmer participation, food production under water scarcity, poverty alleviation and various environmental challenges. Moving forward, the ICID Congress continues to strive to discuss state-of-the-art innovation and research in the area of irrigation and drainage.
Additionally, ICID organizes the triennial World Irrigation Forum. Regional Conferences, Micro-irrigation Conferences, and Drainage Workshops are also organized to address and discuss issues of global/regional importance.
During the 74th IEC meeting held in November 2024 at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India it was decided to establish the Committee on Events (C-EVENTS) by the amalgamation of the Sub-Committee on Themes, Topics, and Work Plans of future ICID Events (SC-E-THEMES) and Committee on Congresses/Conferences (C-CONGR).
Current Membership Composition of the Committees are as follows: (1) Australian National Committee; (2) Chinese National Committee; (3) French National Committee; (4) Indian National Committee; (5) Iraqi National Committee; (6) Malaysian National Committee; (7) Nigerian National Committee; (8) Tajikistan National Committee; (9) Saudi Arabian National Committee; and (10) Secretary General, ICID. The membership will be updated according to the organization of ICID events.
Vice President Hon. Dr. Kaluvai Yella Reddy (India), Ms. Celine Papin (France) and Dr. Lihui Gao (China) were elected as Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of C-EVENTS.
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Position | |
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1 | Dr. K. Yella Reddy | ky************* | India | Chair |
2 | Madame Céline PAPIN | ce************* | France | Vice Chair |
3 | Mr. Gao Lihui | li************* | China | Secretary |
4 | Dr. Vijay Labhsetwar | vi************* | India | Observer |
5 | Er. A.B. Pandya | se************* | ICID Central Office | Secretary General |
6 | Mr. Ahmad Bin Dakur | ah************* | Malaysia | Representative |
7 | Mr. Avanti Verma | in************* | India | Representative |
8 | Dr. Bakhrom Gaforzoda | gb************* | Tajikistan | Representative |
9 | Mr. Bruno Grawitz | br************* | France | Representative |
10 | Prof. Fethi Lebdi | le************* | Saudi Arabia | Representative |
11 | Dr. Gao Zhanyi | ga************* | China | Representative |
12 | Mr. Momir Vranes | mo************* | Australia | Representative |
13 | Er. Nisreen Sami | ic************* | Iraq | Representative |
14 | Engr. Peter Henry Sule | ni************* | Nigeria | Representative |
During the 74th IEC meeting held in November 2024 at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India it was decided to establish the Committee on Events (C-EVENTS) by the amalgamation of the Sub-Committee on Themes, Topics, and Work Plans of future ICID Events (SC-E-THEMES) and Committee on Congresses/Conferences (C-CONGR).