Organizers of World Congress

International River-Basin Foundation-WCPI
River Water User Association (India)-IRDRA
International Association of River Water Users and Water Conservators
World Council of Professionals and Industries

World Congress Organizing Committee Advisors

Prof. (Dr.) Gyanendra Singh
Ex. Vice Chancellor, M.G.C.G.V., Chitrakoot, M.P. INDIA
Former D.D.G. Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi, INDIA

Dr. Radhey Lal Kushwaha,

Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan,Canada

Dr. Sundaresan Subramanian

President, ConsultSubi, Chicago, I L. USA

Remco Van Santan

Director Our Living Land and Water, Western Australia

Prof. Jeff Cramkin

Adjunct Professor (Water Resource Management), UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Conjoint Professor, International Water Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Visiting Professor, National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal Editor-in-Chief, New Water Policy and Practice Journal, Washington D.C., USA

Prof. (Dr.) Y.M.Kool

Vice Chancellor, P.K. University, M.P. India

Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Kumar Isaac
President RWUA(I), General Secretary, IARWU&WC
Chief Executive officer, IRiBaF

Programme Co-ordinator

Col. Sudhir Nethan (Retd)
Consultant and Senior Advisor Skylark Consultants, India,

Secretary

Monisha Isaac
Assistant Director (River Ecosystem) RWUA(I)

International Organizing Committee Members

Mr. Mahendra Mehta,
Ex. Commissioner, Min. of Water Resources, GOI., India

Prof.(Dr.) K. N. Bhatt,

Professor, GBPSSI, Allahabad, India

Dr. A.K. Singh,

Scientist Emeritus, NBFGR-ICAR, Lucknow, India

Dr. Julie Ladel

France

Prof. (Dr.) Farda Imanov

Deputy Director Azersu" Open Joint Stock Company "Sukanal" Scientific-Research and Design Institute,Baku, Azerbaijan

Prof. (Dr.) Pandi Zdruli

Senior Research Scientist/Professor of Soil Science and Natural Resources International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, BA, Italy

Prof. (Dr.) Givi Gavardashvili

Director of Ts. Mirtskhulava Water Management Institute of Georgian Technical University (GTU) Tbilisi, Georgia

Prof. (Dr.) Sergey Chernomorets

Laboratory of Snow Avalanches and Debris Flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Russia President of the Debris Flow Association. Russia

Dr. Never Mujere,

Associate Professor, University of Zimbabwe

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Rathore

Scientist Emeritus Australia

Dr. Arun Elias

Associate Dean (International Accreditation Victoria Business School,
Victoria University Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Rajan Subedi

Team Leader for Strategic leadership to transboundary rivers of South Asia (TROSA) Nepal

National Organizing Committee Members

Dr. D.K. Singh, Principal Scientist, WTC-ICAR, New Delhi, India
Prof. (Dr.) Amarjeet Singh, MGCGVV, Chitrakoot, M.P. India
Dr. Mukunda Upadhyay, Assam, India
Dr. Om Hari Singh, Govt. Polytechnic, Mirzapur, U.P. India
Dr. Shakir Ali, Principal Scientist, Udaypur, Rajasthan, India
Dr. Ashok Mishra, Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur, W.B.India
Dr. S. Hasan, IISR-ICAR, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,U.P. India
Dr. Dinesh Singh, Associate Professor,TERI, Ghazipur,U.P. India
Prof. (Dr.) Amit Sinha, Professor and Head, , CSIT, ABES College, Noida, U.P
Dr. A.K.Pathak, Senior Scientist, NBFGR-ICAR, Lucknow, U.P.
Dr. Govind Singh, Chitrakoot, M.P.
Mr. Narendra Kumar Gupta, Allahabad, India

Awards

Prof. Gyanendra Singh award for Best Scientist
Mahindra Mehta Award for Best Water Professional
Best Research Paper Award
Best Poster Award
Best Case Study Award