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Prof. Asit K. Biswas
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Distinguished Visiting Professor
Prof. Asit K. Biswas is now universally acknowledged to be one of the world’s leading authorities on water management. He is the Founder and the President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy in Singapore. Formerly a Professor in UK, Canada and Sweden, he was a member of the World Commission on Water, and a founder of the International Water Resources Association and World Water Council. He has been a senior advisor to 18 governments, six Heads of the United Agencies, Secretary General of OECD, NATO, and many other major international organisations. |
He is a Past President of the International Water Resources Association, and the International Society for Ecological Modelling. He is the Founder and Co-Chair of the Club of Tokyo. Prof. Biswas is the founder of the International Journal of Water Resources Development and has been its Editor-in-Chief for the past 24 years. He has been the author or editor of 69 books (6 more are now under publication) and published over 600 scientific and technical papers. His work has now been translated into 33 languages.
Among his numerous prizes are the two highest awards of the International Water Resources Association (Crystal Drop and Millennium Awards), Walter Huber Award of the American Society of Civil Engineering and Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology from University of Lund, Sweden, and Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Science from University of Strathclyde, Helsinki University of Technology, and Indian Institute of Technology. Prof. Biswas received the Stockholm Water Prize for “his outstanding and multi-faceted contributions to global water resource issues”, as well as the Man of the Year Award from Prime Minister Harper of Canada, and the prestigious Aragon Environment Prize of Spain.
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Dr. Cecilia Tortajada
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Visiting Professor
Dr. Cecilia Tortajada is President of the International Water Resources Association; Scientific Director of the International Centre on Water and Environment, Zaragoza, Spain; Visiting Professor of the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy, Singapore; and Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management.
She has been an advisor to major international institutions like FAO, UNDP, CDG, InWEnt, and the governments of Cameroon, India, Turkey, and Republic of Congo on various aspects of water resources and environmental management and governance-related issues.
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She is currently working on formulation of national and international policies for water governance; management of future global environmental and water-related issues; development of innovative approaches for poverty alleviation through regional development; and capacity building in the water sector.
She is the Editor of the International Journal of Water Resources Development, and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research.
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