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Committee on Congresses/Conferences (C-CONGR)

COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSES / CONFERENCES (C-CONGR)

Since 1951, ICID has been organizing its flagship event ‘International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage’ triennially. Since its inception, each year, the congress poses certain questions highlighting the prevalent issues of the time to be addressed by the experts in particular and in general, the stakeholders involved in the field of irrigation, drainage, agriculture water management, flood control, and so forth.

So far, ICID has held 23 Triennial Congresses, the most recent one being, the 23rd ICID Congress held in Mexico City in October 2017. The 24th ICID Congress will be held at Adelaide, Australia in 2022 on the theme “Innovation and research in agriculture water management to achieve sustainable development goals”.

With time, the topics of discussion in Congress have ranged from addressing the problems related with irrigation infrastructures such as dam construction and safety, maintenance of canals, economics and financing of irrigation and flood control works, rehabilitation and modernization of irrigation and drainage systems, groundwater recharge, water management and institutional aspects, the sustainability of irrigation and farmer participation, food production under water scarcity, poverty alleviation and various environmental challenges. Moving forward, the ICID Congress continues to strive to discuss the state-of-the-art innovation and research in the area of irrigation and drainage.

For more information about Forthcoming ICID Congress can be viewed at https://icid-ciid.org/event/detail/25

Mandate:

(a) Representatives from previous events are required to present a summary report to the first meeting of C-CONGR following their event that includes attendance, financial performance and recommendations for future events. This requirement should be a condition of the LoA.; (b) National Committees wishing to hold a future Congress/WIF/Regional Conference must make a report to C-CONGR outlining their plans including location, dates, expected attendance, financial budget, registration fees etc. C-CONGR will consider these reports and make a recommendation to PCSO whether to grant the event to the NC.
New membership composition: (a) A Chair who is a representative from the Organizing Committee (OC) of the next Congress; (b) Two further members from the National Committee for the next Congress and a YP representative, if available; (c) A representative from each of the confirmed future ICID events (Congress/WIF/Regional Conferences); (d) A representative from the previous Congress; (e) A representative from ICID CO who will also provide secretarial services.

Established : 1990

Membership

Sl. No.	Name	Email	Country	Position
1	Mr. Kushvinder Vohra	kv*************	India	Chair
2	Mr. Ahmad Bin Dakur	ah*************	Malaysia	Representative
3	Mr. Avanti Verma	in*************	India	Representative
4	Er. Balasaheb Anantrao Chivate	ba*************	ICID Central Office	Representative
5	Mr. Bruno Grawitz	br*************	France	Representative
6	Dr. Ding Kunlun	kl*************	China	Representative
7	Prof. El - Houssine Bartali	ba*************	Morocco	Representative
8	Prof. Fethi Lebdi	le*************	Saudi Arabia	Representative
9	Mr. Germán Martínez Santoyo	ge*************	Mexico	Representative
10	Mr. Ismayatim Bin Hamdan	is*************	Malaysia	Representative
11	Dr. K. Yella Reddy, FIE	ky*************	India	Representative
12	Mr. Momir Vranes	mo*************	Australia	Representative
13	Ms. Naomi Carragher	na*************	Australia	Representative
14	Mr. Rishi Srivastava	ce*************	India	Representative

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE+

The Committee on Congresses/Conferences was established in 1990 and provides an important function to ensure that the ICID community has the benefit of learning from the experience of others who have held similar events. These experiences and lessons learnt assist ICID members to ensure that they have the benefit of this knowledge when applying for and hosting future events. C-CONGR is able to make recommendations to improve the conduct of World Irrigation Forums, Congresses, Conferences and Regional Events. Host countries participate on C-CONGR prior to their event and then share their experience and feedback to the committee after the event is held.

Kushvinder Vohra

Vice President, ICID
Chairman, C-CONGR

ACTIVITIES-

Date	Details	Location/Country
Nov 01, 2023 - Nov 08, 2023	25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage Theme - Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture Question 64: What alternative water resources could be tapped for irrigated agriculture? Question 65: Which on-farm techniques can increase water productivity? NC Contact : Mr. Avanti Verma, Director, Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) C/o Remote Sensing Directorate, Central Water Commission, Department of Water Resources (RD and GR) , Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India, 425(N), Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110066 Contact : Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) C/o Remote Sensing Directorate Central Water Commission 425 (N) Sewa Bhavan, R.K. Puram New Delhi, 110066 VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean, Agriculture Engineering and Technology, ANGR Agricultural University Administrative Building, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh - 522034 Tel : 91-40-24006205 Mob : 91-8374449555 Email : yellark@gmail.com Email : icid.25congress@gmail.com; rsdte@nic.in, ceenvtmgmt@nic.in, yellark@gmail.com, Tel. : +91 011-29583429; 91-8374449555 Website : https://icid25congress.in/ Resources : 2nd Announcement ; Call for Papers ;	Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India
Nov 01, 2023 - Nov 08, 2023	74th International Executive Council Meeting NC Contact : Mr. Avanti Verma, Director, Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) C/o Remote Sensing Directorate, Central Water Commission, Department of Water Resources (RD and GR) , Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India, 425(N), Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110066 Contact : Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (INCID) C/o Remote Sensing Directorate Central Water Commission 425 (N) Sewa Bhavan, R.K. Puram New Delhi, 110066 VPH Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean, Agriculture Engineering and Technology, ANGR Agricultural University Administrative Building, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh - 522034 Tel : 91-40-24006205 Mob : 91-8374449555 Email : yellark@gmail.com Email : rsdte@nic.in, ceenvtmgmt@nic.in, yellark@gmail.com, Tel. : +91 011-29583429; 91-8374449555 Website : https://icid25congress.in/	Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India
Feb 26, 2024 - Feb 28, 2024	First Middle East Regional Conference Theme - Irrigation Development and Sustainability NC Contact : Dr. Bahaa K. Helmy, Saudi Arabian National Committee of ICID (SACID), Department of International Relations, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Riyadh 11195, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Contact : Mr. Amjad Almajed, President of Saudi Arabian National Committee of ICID (SACID), Dr. Mohammed Alomair Vice President of SACID, Saudi Irrigation Organization, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Website : http://sacid2024.sio.gov.sa/	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
May 01, 2024 - May 03, 2024	14th International Drainage Workshop Theme - Modernization of Irrigation and Drainage Systems for Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development NC Contact : Dr. Bahrom Gaforzoda, Secretary, Tajikistan National Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (TajNCID), Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, 5/1 Shamsi str., Dushanbe, 734064	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Sep 01, 2024 - Sep 07, 2024	75th International Executive Council Meeting NC Contact : Ms. Naomi Carragher, Business Administration Manager, Irrigation Australia Ltd, Secretariat, Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID), 11/58 Metroplex Ave.,Murarrie, QLD 4172, PO Box 13, Cannon Hill, 4170 Email : naomi.carragher@irrigation.org.au; dave.cameron@irrigation.org.au, Fax : +61 (07) 3517 4010 Tel. : +61 (07) 3517 4000 Website : http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.au	Sydney, Australia
Sep 01, 2024 - Sep 07, 2024	9th Asian Regional Conference (AsRC) NC Contact : Ms. Naomi Carragher, Business Administration Manager, Irrigation Australia Ltd, Secretariat, Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID), 11/58 Metroplex Ave.,Murarrie, QLD 4172, PO Box 13, Cannon Hill, 4170 Contact : Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID), 11/58 Metroplex Ave., Murarrie, QLD 4172, PO Box 13, Cannon Hill, 4170 Email : naomi.carragher@irrigation.org.au; dave.cameron@irrigation.org.au, Fax : (07) 3517 4010 Tel. : +61 (07) 3517 4000 Website : http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.au	Sydney, Australia
Sep 07, 2025 - Sep 13, 2025	76th International Executive Council Meeting NC Contact : Mr. Mohamad Radzi Bin Abdul Talib, Chairman, Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID) Director of Division of Irrigation and Agriculture Drainage, C/o Drainage and Irrigation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry Malaysia, 2nd Floor, Galeria PJH No. 29 Precint 4, 62570 Putrajaya Email : mancidmalaysia@gmail.com; mancid.org@gmail.com, Tel. : +603-8894 3000	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sep 07, 2025 - Sep 13, 2025	4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) NC Contact : Mr. Mohamad Radzi Bin Abdul Talib, Chairman, Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID) Director of Division of Irrigation and Agriculture Drainage, C/o Drainage and Irrigation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry Malaysia, 2nd Floor, Galeria PJH No. 29 Precint 4, 62570 Putrajaya Email : mancidmalaysia@gmail.com; mancid.org@gmail.com, Tel. : +603-8894 3000	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Oct 01, 2026 - Oct 07, 2026	77th International Executive Council Meeting NC Contact : Dr. Sami Bouarfa, General Secretary, Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID), 361 rue Jean-Fran'ois Breton, BP 5095, F - 34196 -- MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5	Marseille, France
Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026	26th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage NC Contact : Dr. Sami Bouarfa, General Secretary, Association Française pour l'Eau, l'Irrigation et le Drainage (AFEID), 361 rue Jean-Fran'ois Breton, BP 5095, F - 34196 -- MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5	Marseille, France
Jan 01, 2027 - Jan 01, 2027	5th World Irrigation Forum (WIF5) Theme - Modernization of Irrigation Systems NC Contact : Mr. Gao Lihui, Executive Secretary, Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID), 1, Yuyuantan South Road Beijing 100038 Email : gaolh@iwhr.com, cncid_office@sina.com, lihui.gao@qq.com, Fax : +86 10 6878 1153 Tel. : +86 10 6878 1193 Resources : Brochure ; Themes & Sub-themes ; Online paper submission; Call for Papers; Guidelines for Authors; Paper Submission Template	Guoce International Conference & Exhibition Center, Beijing, China