Mr. Peter S. Lee, UK (2005-2008)
Mr.
Peter S. Lee (UK), born in 1945, obtained his BSc (Civil Engineering)
in 1966 and MSc (Engineering Hydrology) in 1973 from Imperial College,
University of London. After his early professional work in Turkey and
Zambia, Mr. Lee joined the internationally renowned consultancy firm Mott
MacDonald in 1973 and has since been involved with their many international
land and water resources and environmental activities. Presently, Mr.
Lee is resident in India as Managing Director of Mott MacDonald operations.
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".
Dr.
Mark Svendsen, USA (2005-2008)
Dr. Svendsen received his M.S. from Colorado State University in Water Resource Systems Engineering in 1976 and Ph. D. in Soil and Water Engineering and Tropical Agriculture from Cornell University in 1983. Presently he is the President of the United States Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (USCID) and a member of the ICID Working Group on Integrated Land and Water Resources Management (WG-ILWRM). Dr.Svendsen has been involved in many international development works throughout his career. 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).
Mr. F.B. Reinders, Republic of South Africa (2005-2008)
Mr. Reinders (b. December 1955) obtained B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) in 1979 and has a total of 25 years professional experience in the field of irrigation and drainage. Presently, he is Chief Engineer in the Agricultural Research Council of Institute for Agricultural Engineering (ARC-IAE) and coordinates engineering programmes viz. irrigation engineering, resource conservation, crop production mechanization, development, testing and designing. He has represented South Africa on many international committees on irrigation matters. Mr. Reinders has served as the Chairperson of the South African National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (1999-2002) and is Chairperson (since 2004) of the ICID Working Group on On-Farm Irrigation Systems (WG-ON-FARM). He is a member of ICID's Permanent Committee on Technical Activities (PCTA) since 1999. Mr. Reinders has designed and developed irrigation equipments/technologies and is author of many scientific and semi-scientific papers and articles in the field of irrigation. Mr. Reinders is a recipient of many prestigious professional awards.
Mr. Gao Zhanyi, P.R. of China (2005-2008)
Mr. Gao Zhanyi (b. April 1962) obtained his B.Sc (Water Resources Engineering) in 1984 and M.Sc (Iirrigation and Drainage Engineering) in 1989. He has received advanced training in the Division of land and Water CSIRO, Australia (1995-1996). Presently, Mr. Zhanyi is Director in National Center for Efficient Irrigation Technology Research and Department of Irrigation and Drainage, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. He is Vice Chairman as well as Secretary General of Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID). Mr. 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). Mr. Zhanyi has authored many technical papers related to irrigation and drainage and has edited/translated and published technical documents in Chinese.
Dr.-Ing. Eiko Lübbe, Germany (2006-2009)
Dr. Lübbe (Born in 1946), graduated in Civil Engineering (Dipl. Ing.) from Technical University of Hannover. He further obtained Dr. Ing. in Hydrology.
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, Coastal 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.
Dr. Karim Shiati, Iran (2006-2009)
Dr. Shiati (born in 1951) obtained B.Sc. in Irrigation Engineering (1969-1973, Iran); M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering (1977, The Netherlands); and Ph.D in Water Resources Environment (1991, The Netherlands).
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).
Ir. Mohd. Azhari bin Ghazalli, Malaysia (2006-2009)
Ir. Mohd. Azhari bin Ghazalli has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (1978) from Brighton in UK and M.Sc. in Irrigation Management (1994) from Melbourne, Australia.
At present, he is working as Under Secretary 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 Vice Chairman of MANCID.
Prof. Peter Kovalenko, Ukraine (2007-2010)
Prof. Peter Kovalenko (b. 1939) obtained his M.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering (Irrigation and Drainage, 1962); and Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Irrigation and Drainage, 1970). At present, he is working as Director of the Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation, Ukraine. Prof. Kovalenko is Vice-Chairman of WG-ON-FARM, member of ERWG and Chairman of the European Work Team on Sustainable Irrigation Management, besides being President of the Ukraine National Committee of ICID (UKCID). He has participated in numerous ICID IECs and Congresses. His work experience includes (i) Head of Department of Water Distribution Management Engineer, Ukraine State Institute of Designing of Water Economy (1962-1974); (ii) Director of the Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation (1974 till date); (iii) Chief of the Branch for Agriculture, Ukraine Academy for Agrarian Sciences (`1996-2006); and (iv) Member of the Presidium, Ukraine Academy for Agrarian Sciences (2006 till date). He has supervised 32 Ph.D. and 3 D.Sc. candidates, besides publishing more than 300 scientific papers including 15 monographs and 20 patents.
Dr. A. Hafied A. Gany, Indonesia (2007-2010)
Dr. A. Hafied A. Gany (b.1944) obtained his M.Sc. from University of Southampton, UK (1979); and Ph D. from Columbia Pacific University, USA (1982). At present, he is working as Senior HRD Advisor, Ministry of Public Works, Republic of Indonesia. Dr. Gany is a member of ICID WG-HIST since 2005 besides being Secretary General of Indonesian National Committee of ICID (INACID, 1993-1999) and President of INACID since 1999. He has participated in numerous ICID IECs and Congresses. Previously Dr. Gany was Director of Water Resources Management and Conservation, Ministry of Public Works (1995-1999); Deputy Director General of Water Resources Development (1999-2000); Assistant Deputy of Water Resources Protection and Conservation, State Ministry of Public Works (2000-2001); Director of Research Institute for Water Resources (2001-2002); Executive Secretary of the Directorate General of Research and Development, Ministry of Public Works (2002-2003). Government of Indonesia awarded him 'Presidential Award' in 1996 for his 30 years of outstanding services to the government and in 1999 for National Development Contribution.
Engr. Dr. Illahi B. Shaikh, Pakistan (2007-2010)
Engr. Dr. Illahi B. Shaikh obtained has a Ph.D. (Water Resources Management); a Masters in Business Administration (MBA); a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. At present, he is working as Chief Engineering & Adviser/Chairman Federal Flood Commission, Government of Pakistan. Dr. Shakih is a Convener of C-CONGR and member of WG-ENV, WG-HIST and WG-CAFM, besides Chairman of Pakistan National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (PANCID). He has participated in numerous ICID IECs and Congresses. Dr. Shaikh has over 33 years of experience in the field of Project Management, Coordination, Planning and Supervision of Medium size and Mega Projects in Public and Private Sector. His work experience includes : Civil Engineer at Community Maintenance Development Corporation; Civil Engineer at Community Maintenance Department ARAMCO Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Project Director at Sea Water Pump House (Mini Barrage), Karachi; Chief Engineer / Federal Coordinator for 10 years on the Flood Projects of Pakistan; Secretary Federal Flood Commission, Ministry of Water and power; Federal Coordinator National Drainage Programme and Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Water; Engineering Advisor (Civil) Ministry of Water and Power, Islamabad; and Federal Coordinator for a Mega Project of Irrigation and Drainage Programme (NDP).
Er. M. Gopalakrishnan (2004-2009)
Er. Engr. M. Gopalakrishnan (born 1/1943) holds a Master of Engineering Degree (Honours) in Water Resources Development from University of Roorkee (now, IIT-R) and has professional experience of over four decades in the field of Water Resources Development and Management. His remarkable academic performance yielded him both Khosla Gold Medal and University Gold Medal for a record breaking scores and the top position in both P.G.Dip (Hons) and M.E levels.
Engr. Gopalakrishnan had served earlier in various Senior position in Government of India and retired on 31st January 2003, as a Member of the Country's Apex Water Resources Organisation in Centre, Central Water Commission (CWC). He was an Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to Govt. of India. Soon after retirement, Mr. Gopalakrishnan was re-engaged by Government of India as the Coordinator of the Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers , constituted by Government of India in 2002. He was charged with the commissioning various multi-disciplinary studies on the Scheme, evolve a comprehensive Terms of Reference and preparation of Action Plans for the Government.
Engr. Gopalakrishnan is an active member of many leading Professional Associations. He is a Member of International Water Resources Association, a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). He is a Life Member of several Professional Bodies in the country like Indian Geotechnical Engineering, Indian Society of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Society for Tunnelling Technology, Indian Water Resources Society, Indian Association of Hydrologists and several others. He is currently the President Indian Water Resources Society, President of the New Delhi Associate Centre of World Water Council.
Engr. Gopalakrishnan's professional contributions were significant. He was responsible for designs of over 100 Water Resources Development Projects in India in the decades when Government was concentrating in the development of Irrigation and Power Sector projects with CWC acting as their Apex Design Consultants. His designs cover a few World Class Projects. These, inter-alia, include the 262 m. high Tehri Dam, 315 m., Indo-Nepal's Pancheshwar Dam in conception. Sankosh Dam, Bhutan etc. He had contributed to bilateral water discussions and on Projects between India and Pakistan, India and Nepal, India and Bhutan and India and Bangladesh between 1994 and 2003. He was nominated as the official Forum member representing Government of India in the World Commission of dams during its working in the year preceding and 2000. Mr. M. Gopalakrishnan had made rich contributions in several Technical Advisory Committees, Dam safety Panels of the Government of the States and Center during his last two decades of service with Government of India and had also won Awards of Best Performance in Central Water Commission. His experience includes the works that led to the preparation of a Master Plan on Ganga Basin by 'Ganga Basin Water Studies' (GBWS) Unit, created specially for the purpose; a multi disciplinary approach was utilised that included system analysis, efficient water management to release more to guarantee minimum flows etc., during these studies in 1984-86.
Between 1997-84, Engr. Gopalakrishnan served in Nigeria in Upper Benue River Basin Authority and was responsible for the Irrigation and Drainage Departments as Chief Irrigation Engineer of the Authority.
Engr. M. Gopalakrishnan has contributed over 65 papers in various Journals, Seminars and workshops on many aspects of Water Resources Planning, Designs and Management aspects.