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OFFICE BEARERS - BRIEF BIODATA |
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President (2011-2014) |
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 2011-2014 |
Dr. Gao Zhanyi (born in 1962) obtained Ph.D in Hydrology and Water Resources Management from Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), China in 2005. At present, he holds the position of Director, National Centre for Efficient Irrigation Technology Research, China. He has served in various capacities in several international and national projects of global nature. Dr. Zhanyi has been contributing immensely to the activities of ICID as member and Chairman of Permanent Committee and several workbodies. He was also the Vice President of ICID for the period 2005-2008. He participated in numerous ICID events and was the key force behind the successful organization of 19th Congress and 56th IEC in 2005.
Dr. Zhanyi was also the recipient of various awards like ICID WatSave Award in 1999. Greet Yu Science and Technology Achievement Award from Ministry of Water Resources, China in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and Science and Technology Achievement Award from Ministry of Water Resources, State Council, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality in 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008.
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Dr. Ragab (born in 1949) obtained BSc. in Soil and Water Sciences (1970), MSc. in Irrigation (1974), and Ph.D, in Rural Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium (1982).
At present he is the Chairman of the British National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID-UK) and working as Head, Water, Soil and Landscapes Group at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, CEH, (Natural Environment Research Council, NERC) Wallingford, UK. Dr. Ragab is the Chairman, WG-PQW and WG-CROP and Member WG-DROUGHT. He has more than 40 years of experience in irrigation, drainage, catchment’s hydrology, remote sensing application in hydrology, integrated water management, climate change impact on water resources, soil-water-plant- atmosphere relations, rainfall harvesting, use of poor quality water (saline/brackish, treated waste water) 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 (BSSS), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and European Soil Science Society. Dr. Ragab actively participated in several events of ICID including IECs and Congresses. He also Authored and Co-Authored numerous scientific papers and Editor and Co-Editor of several special issues of International Journals as well as Conference Proceedings.
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 2010-2013 |
Engr. Husnain Ahmad, Pakistan
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.
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 2010-2013 |
Mr. Chaiwat Prechawit , Thailand
Mr. Prechawit obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Irrigation Engineering (1965), Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering from Colorado State University (1968), and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (1983).
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 managerof 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.
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Prof. Tai Cheol, Kim obtained his Ph.D. in Major Irrigation and Drainage from Seoul National University in 1984. He has been contributing to the ICID activities through various workbodies and was also very deeply involved in invigorating the activities of Korean National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage. He also attended various international level workshops / conferences on irrigation management. Over the past 22 years, he has actively participated in several ICID Congresses and events which have helped to achieve the mission of ICID. He is also member of several professional associations like President of PAWEES (International Society of Paddy Water Environment Engineering. He has to his credit so many awards, which are - Watsave Technology Awards, 2001, ICID; 2004, Paper award, PAWEES; 1994, Academic Award, 1994, Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1996, Distinguished paper, Korean Science & Technology Association to name a few. Presently, Prof. Kim is Professor in Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering in Chungnam National University, Korea.
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Dr. Adama Sangare (born in 1963) obtained his Masters on Water Management for Agriculture in 1991 from School Inter-States of Engineers of the Rural Equipment (Burkina Fasso) and Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne. Presently, he is the Président of the Association Malienne des Irrigations et du Drainage (AMID) and Co-Directeur de BETICO. Dr. Sangare also held the position of Chief of brigade for the hydro-agricultural installation (underground drainage) of the perimeter of Bikov (1985-1988); Professor of general hydraulics and hydrogeology with the ECICA (1993-94); Chief of mission study of the collector of Daoudabougou design, calculation, estimate of cost of work (1996). Over the past 26 years he has served in various capacities in his country in World Bank projects as well as other projects funded by other agencies.
Dr. Sangare is also the Chairman of African Regional Working Group since 2009 and is the force behind organizing 3rd African Regional Conference. He very actively participated in several ICID events.
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Dr. Gerhard Robert Backeberg, South Africa
Dr. Gerhard Backeberg (born 1954) obtained Ph.D. from University of Pretoria (1994). He has more than 30 years of experience in various capacities,of which Department of Agriculture (1977-1995) and Water Research Commission (1995 to Present). Dr. Backeberg is also associated with many professional societies which include: South African Irrigation Institute, International Association of Agricultural Economists, etc. He has won so many awards like S2A3 Bronze Medal for research excellence award by the South African Association for the Advancement of Science in 1985; Certificate for best M.Sc. dissertation awarded by the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) in 1984; ICID 2007 Best Paper Award for the article published in Irrigation and Drainage, Vol.55(1); SABI Silver Award 2007 for contribution to irrigation research in South Africa etc. He has authored/co-authored more than 30 papers and articles published in proceedings and journals. Presently, Dr. Backeberg is serving as the Director: Water Utilisation in Agriculture, Water Research Commission, South Africa.
Dr. Backeberg has actively participated in many ICID activities since 1999 and presently he is the Chairman of Task Force on Financing Water for Agriculture (TF-FIN). [Detailed version]
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Mr. Laurie C. Tollefson, Canada
Mr. Laurie Tollefson obtained his M.Sc. (Soil Physics) from University of Saskatchewan in 1985. At present he is working as National Science Manager, Agricultural Water, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He is the Secretary - Treasurer, Canadian National Committee, ICID (CANCID) and Canadian Executive Member (CANCID Secretariat) since 1992. Mr. Tollefson has served the Canadian Government and the profession of irrigation and drainage in Canada and other countries (Egypt, China, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Chile, Cuba and Iran) for more than 30 years. He is also associated with various professional societies which include, Canadian Water Resources Association; Canadian Committee on Irrigation and Drainage; Agriculture Institute of Canada, Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists, American Society of Agronomy etc. Mr. Tollefson was bestowed the Distinguished Agrologist Award – Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists in 2009. CANCID recognized his outstanding contribution to the sustainability of land resources under irrigation and drainage in 2002. Mr. Tollefson is also associated with various voluntary activities.
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. He may be contacted at e-mail : <laurie.tollefson@agr.gc.ca>
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 2012-2015 |
Dr. Hüseyin GŰNDOĞDU (born in 1965) obtained his M.Sc. (Agricultural) from Thrace University, Department of Agriculture Structure and Irrigation in 1988 and Ph.D (Agricultural) from Aegean University, Dept. of Agriculture Structure and Irrigation in 2002.
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 may be contacted at e-mail : < huseyingundogdu.dsi@gmail.com> and <gundogduh@dsi.gov.tr>
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 2012-2015 |
Mr. François Brelle (born in 1951) obtained his Postgraduate degree from Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction, 1974. Presently, Mr. Brelle is Director, Engineering Division, Société du Canal de Provence, France. This division is in charge of the design in the fields of hydraulic developments, the environment and rural development. Mr. Brelle is the Vice Chairman of the TF-WWF6 and Member of WG-MIS, PCTA, and PFC. He is president of the French National Committee of ICID (AFEID) since 2008.
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. He may be contacted at e-mail : <afeid@cemagref.fr> and <francois.brelle@canal-de-provence.com>
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 2012-2014 |
Er. Avinash. C. Tyagi, a 1973 graduate from University of Roorkee, India and a post graduate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has 37 years of experience dealing with various facets of water resources management. He has worked in water resources sector for Government of India for 28 years at Central Water Commission (CWC), Inter-state Tungabhadra Board, and Ministry of Water Resources. For the last 9 years, at the World Meteorological Organization, he has developed an intimate knowledge of issues related to water resources management in developing countries around the world.
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.
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