Mr. K.K. Shubladze

Mr. K.K. Shubladze, born on August 17, 1907, a Hydraulic engineer, Assistant Professor and graduate of Agricultural Sciences, Honoured Irrigator of the Uzbek SSR, with a wide experience of work in water management organizations. He worked in the Uzbek SSR as Superintendant of the Water Project Construction, Deputy Chief of the Big Ferghana Canal Construction, Deputy Chief of the Big Ferghana Canal Construction, Leader of Mechanization Department of the Central Asia Irrigation Research Institute, Assistant Profesor of the Tashkent Institute for Irrigation and Mechanical Engineers, Minister of the Uzbek SSR Water Management, then as Chief of the Main Board for Water Management of the USSR Ministry of Agriciulture, Editor-in-Chief of "Guidrotechnika I Melioracla" Journal, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management of the USSR. From 1965, Mr. Shubladze held the post of the First Deputy Minister for Reclamation and Water Management of the USSR. Side by side with his wide practical and administrative activities Mr. Shubladze took an active part in social work. He was Vice President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage from 1966-1969, a member of Editorial Boards of "Guidrotechnika I melioracia" Journal and "Encyclopedia of Agriculture". He has 39 published scientific works devoted to Land Reclamation in the USSR and Water Projects Construction Status abroad, he is a member of USSR National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, ICID and a member of the "Afghanistan - USSR" Society.