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Asit K Biswas
Visiting Professor
PhD (Engineering), D.Tech. (Honoris Causa), University of Lund, Sweden
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772
DID: (65) 6601 1757
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Prof. Asit K. Biswas is the founder of the Third World Centre for Water
Management in Mexico, and currently is the Distinguished Visiting Professor at
the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy in Singapore, University of Wuhan,
China, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Formerly a
Professor in UK, Canada and Sweden, he was a member of the World Commission
on Water. He has been a senior advisor to 19 governments, six Heads of the
United Agencies, Secretary General of OECD and also to many other major
international and national organisations. He is a Past President of the
International Water Resources Association, and has held important positions in
several major international water and environment‐related professional
associations. Prof. Biswas is the founder of the International Journal of Water
Resources Development and has been its Editor‐in‐Chief for the past 28 years. He
has been the author or editor of 81 books (6 more are now under publication) and
published over 680 scientific and technical papers. His work has now been
translated into 37 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 in 2006 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 Aragon
Environment Prize of Spain. In 2012, he was named a “Water Hero of the World”
by the Impeller Magazine, and also as one of the 10 thought‐leaders of the world
in water by Reuters. He is a member of the Global Agenda Council on Water
Security of the World Economic Forum. He is regular contributor to many national
and international newspapers on resource and development related issues and
also is a television commentator in three continents.
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Op-Eds:
- ASIT, K B & Julian Kirchherr. "Will China run out of water by 2030?", China Daily, 29 November 2012
- ASIT, K B. "Yamuna, Ganga clean-up: Fact or Fiction?", Jagran Post Blog, 09 November 2012
- ASIT, K B. "A reality that perturbs", Dainik Jagran (Hindi), October 2012
- ASIT, K B & Julian Kirchherr. "Water prices in Europe need to rise substantially to encourage more sustainable water consumption ", LSE Blog, 31 October 2012
- ASIT, K B & LEONG Ching. "Connecting the policy dots in food, energy and water", The Business Times, 19 October 2012
- ASIT, K B & Rajiv Gupta. "India's Needless Hunger", Project Syndicate, 16 October 2012
- ASIT, K B & Julian Kirchherr. " 'Toilet to Tap' Will Solve Urban Water Woes", UBM's future cities, 13 October 2012
- ASIT, K B, "The Arid City: Why must households pay first class costs for third grade water delivery?". Indian Express, 2012.
- ASIT, K B & LEONG Ching, "Give water its due importance", The Business Times, August 2012
- ASIT, K B, "The Arid City: Why must households pay first class costs for third grade water delivery?". Indian Express, 2012.
- Asit K. Biswas. Bengal Needs a Water Policy, NOW!, NGI Knowledge Exchange, July 2012
- Tortajada*, Cecilia and K B ASIT, "Impacts of Large Dams". Global-is-Asian, 2012.
- Kishore Joshi*, Yugal, Cecilia Tortajada and K B ASIT*, "Clean Up Of The Singapore River: Before and After". Global-is-Asian, 2012.
- ASIT, K B, "Securing The World's Water Future". Global-is-Asian, 2012.
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Hunger in a Complex World". Project Syndicate, 2012.
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "L’eau pour tous: L’exemple de Phnom Penh". L'Economiste, 2012. (In French).
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Apă pentru toată lumea". Romania Libera, 2012. (In Romanian).
- ASIT, K B, "Urban Water Management in India through God's Grace". Deinik Jagaran, 2012.
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Phnom Penh sets water standard". phnompenhpost, 2012.
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Proper management can deliver drinkable tap water for all". Taipei Times, 2012.
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Sater Water for All in Cities". Kohanet, 2012. (In Serbian).
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Agua Para Todos". Jornal de Negocios, 2012. (In Portugese).
- Asit K Biswas and Leong Ching. Water: The price of a human right, The Business Times, 22 March 2012
- Peter Brabeck-Letmathe & Asit K Biswas. Safe water for all in cities, Gulf Times, 21 March 2012
- Gupta, Rajiv K. and K B ASIT, "Water As a Human Right". New Global Indian, 2012.
- ASIT, K B and Said Irandoust*, "Floods in Asia: Lessons to be learned from Thailand". The Nation, 2012.
- Rajiv K Gupta & Asit K Biswas. Water as a human right, Daily News & Analysis, 30 January 2012
- ASIT, K B, "Droughts or Floods: what is important for Singapore?". Global-is-Asian, 2012.
- Asit K. Biswas. Solution to India’s Policy Paralysis, NGI Knowledge Exchange, December 2011
- Asit K. Biswas and Leong Ching. From Garden City to Urban Farms, Zaobao.com, 11 November 2011
- Asit K. Biswas and Said Irandoust. Mammoth task of feeding world's growing billions. Bangkok Post. 15 October 2011.
- Asit K. Biswas and Leong Ching. That Crooked Carrot Is Also Food. The New York times. 14 October 2011.
- ASIT, K B and C C LEONG, "Exploring River Cleaning Expertise". The Business Times, 2011.
- ASIT, K B, "Urban Water Management in India: Akin to a Banana Republic?". New Global Indian, 2011.
- ASIT, K B and C C LEONG, "Why Water Weeks Count". The Straits Times, 2011.
- ASIT, K B, "A Holistic Approach to Formulating Development Policies". Global-is-Asian, 2011.
- Irandoust, Said and K B ASIT, "Planet Choking on Polluted Water". Bangkok Post, 2011.
- Brabeck Letmathe, Peter and K B ASIT, "Putting a Price on Clean Water". The Wall Street Journal, 2011.
- ASIT, K B and C C LEONG, "World Water Day: Three paradoxes". The Straits Times, 2011.
Journal Article:
- Joshi, Yugal, Cecilia Tortajada and K B ASIT, "Cleaning of the Singapore River and Kallang Basin in Singapore: Human and Environmental Dimensions". AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, (2012).
- Joshi, Yugal, Cecilia Tortajada and K B ASIT, "Cleaning of the Singapore River and Kallang Basin in Singapore: Economic, Social, and Environmental Dimensions". International Journal of Water Resources Development, (2012).
- ASIT, K B, "Transboundary Water Management in Latin America: Personal Reflections". International Journal of Water Resources Development, 27, no. 3 (2011): 423 429.
- ASIT, K B, "Cooperation or Conflict in Transboundary Water Management: Case Study of South Asia". Hydrological Sciences Journal Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiques, 56, no. 4 (2011).
- ASIT, K B, "Water Quality Management: An Introductory Framework". International Journal of Water Resources Development, 27, no. 1 (2011).
Papers presented in international / regional conferences / seminars:
- ASIT, K B, "Future of World's Water". Invited Public Lecture by Malaysian Government and Malaysian Institute of Engineers (15 Jul 2012, Malaysian Institute of Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- ASIT, K B, "Resilient Cities: Issues of Considerations". World Cities Summit ( 3 Jul 2012, Singapore)
- ASIT, K B, "Middle East Water Issues". Middle East Water Issues, Seminar Organised by Middle East Institute ( 1 Jul 2012, Middle East Institute, NUS, Singapore)
- ASIT, K B, "Water Infrastructure in Asia: Future Requirements". Singapore International Water Week ( 1 Jul 2012, Singapore)
- ASIT, K B, "Value of Water: Rhetoric and Reality". International Conference on Value of Water: Water, Valves and Society in the Asia Pacific Region (28 May - 1 Jun 2012, Singapore)
- ASIT, K B, "Water: A Global Perspective Beyond 2025". Sixth World Water Forum (12 - 17 Mar 2012, Marseille, France)
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Book:
- ASIT, K B, eds., Managing of Transboundary Waters of Latin America, 0 ed., London: Routledge, 2012.
- ASIT, K B and Cecilia Tortajada, eds., Asian Perspectives in Water Management, 0 ed., London: Routledge, 2012.
- Tortajada, Cecilia, K B ASIT and Yugal Joshi, eds., Urban Water Management in Singapore: From Third World to First World, 0 ed., London: Routledge, 2012.
- ASIT, K B, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo, eds., Water Quality Management. Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2012. 281 pp.
- Tortajada, Cecilia, Dogan Altinbilek and K B ASIT, eds., Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2012. 407 pp.
- Tortajada, Cecilia and K B ASIT, eds., Improving Water Policy and Governance, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2011. 195 pp.
- Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects, trans. Gopalakrishnan, Chennat, Cecilia Tortajada and K B ASIT. N/A: N/A, 2011. 217 pp. (In Chinese).
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