Mr. Chaiwat Prechawit

Mr. Prechawit obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Irrigation Engineering (1965), Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering from Colorado State University (1968), and Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (1983).

He has forty-five years of experience broadly span from design to land classification surveys and operation and maintenance of irrigation projects. Mr. Prechawit was also the project manager of three large irrigation improvement projects in Northeast Thailand financed by the World Bank and KfW of the Federal Republic of Germany. He retired as Chief Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and actively involved as Honorary Advisor to Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Mr. Prechawit is also associated with various professional societies which include: The Engineering Institute of Thailand and Thai Hydrologist Association etc. He actively participated in several events of ICID including IECs and Congresses.