Canal Irrigation Systems in India: Operation, Maintenance, and Management

本書廣泛聚焦於印度運河灌溉系統的基本概念，特別是其運作、維護和管理。書中的章節分為四個部分，即：(i) 運河灌溉系統的基本概念，(ii) 運河灌溉系統的運作，(iii) 運河灌溉系統的維護，以及 (iv) 運河灌溉系統的管理。

運河灌溉系統的基本概念包括灌溉與農業的整合觀點、印度的灌溉管理：問題、議題、簡史及一些教訓、灌溉行政、灌溉農業管理的組織結構，以及農民的參與。

運河灌溉系統的運作包括大壩和攔河壩的運作、運河運作、水分配規劃、運河流量和沉積物的測量，以及運河灌溉系統的性能評估，還有運河指揮區的地下水使用。

運河灌溉系統的維護包括大壩、攔河壩、相關設備、運河及相關結構、田間排水、運河灌溉系統的診斷分析、土壤和水質管理、土壤濕度及測量。

運河灌溉系統的管理包括重建和現代化，以及一個關於重建的案例研究、聯合使用管理、運作和維護預算及融資。

本書預期對學術界、水資源從業者、科學家、水資源管理者、環保人士、行政人員、非政府組織、研究人員及學生等，對於積極參與運河灌溉系統的運作、維護和管理，並應對灌溉農業所面臨的挑戰，特別是東南亞運河灌溉系統的相關議題，將會有所幫助。

Umesh Chandra Chaube

Umesh Chandra Chaube is a Former Professor of IIT Roorkee and has more than 48 years of experience in the water resource development and management sector covering field engineering, teaching, and research. He holds B.Tech and M.Tech degree (Civil Engg.) from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D. degree(Water Resources) from IIT Delhi. He has supervised one post-doctoral research, 15 Ph.D. level research, 95 Master degree level dissertations, and 152 special problem studies. He has published 124 research papers in journals and conference proceedings.

Over a period of 33 years at the Department of Water Resource Development and Management of IIT Roorkee, he has been responsible for the capacity building of a large number of irrigation professionals from Afro-Asian countries. He has also served on several National Committees of the Government of India.

He is a Life Member of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage and a Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers India, the Indian Water Resources Society, and the Indian Association of Hydrology. He has been Executive Vice President of the Indian Water Resources Society and Chief Editor of its Journal. He has served as Dy. Director/Assistant Director in Central Water Commission of Government of India and as Faculty at IIT Roorkee, IIT Indore, and Sri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth University, Indore. He was employed by United Nation-FAO as International Hydrologist & Water Management Specialist in Kabul ( Afghanistan). He is the recipient of the Colombo Plan Scholarship, UNESCO Fellowship, and UNEP Fellowship, Emeritus Fellowship of IIT Roorkee and has been Professor Emeritus at Sri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth University at Indore.

Prof. Ashish Pandey

Prof. Ashish Pandey is Bharat Singh Chair Professor of the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, and the Head of the Departmentof Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee. He holds B. Tech. and M. Tech. (Gold Medal) from JNKVV, Jabalpur followed by a Ph.D. degree from IIT Kharagpur. His research interests include Irrigation Water Management, Soil, and Water Conservation Engineering, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources, etc. He supervised 13 Ph.D. and 88 M. Tech. dissertations. Dr. Pandey published 224 research papers in High Impact Journals/Conference and 37 book chapters. He has co-authored two textbooks on "Irrigation Engineering" and "Introductory Soil and Water Conservation Engineering." He has also served as a lead editor of seven volumes of the Water Science and Technology Library book series for Springer Nature, Switzerland AG.

Currently, Prof. Pandey is the Executive Vice President of the Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS) and Chairman, Institution of Engineers (Roorkee Local Centre). He has trained about 1000 + senior-level scientists/engineers under 37 various capacity-building programs from India and Afro-Asian Countries. He has also served on several National Committees of the Govt of India. He is the recipient of several national and international fellowships/awards and honors. He is a Fellow member of (1). Institution of Engineers (India); (2). Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH) and (3). IWRS.

Prof. V.P. Singh

Professor Vijay P. Singh is a Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and the inaugural holder of the Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He received his B.Sc & Tech., M.S., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees, all in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary Diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Distinguished Member of ASCE, an Honorary Distinguished Member of IWRA, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, and an Honorary Member of AWRA, and a Fellow of EWRI-ASCE, ASCE, IAH, ISAE, IWRS, and IASWC. He is a member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an Academician of Georgia Fazisi Academy, a member of European Academy of Science and Arts, and a fellow/member of 12 other international science/engineering academies. He has published extensively in the areas of hydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, water resources, entropy theory, copula theory, and climate change impacts with more than 1530refereed journal articles; 40 books; 92 edited reference books, as well as the Handbook of Applied Hydrology and Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers; 130 book chapters; and 330conference papers. He has received four honorary doctoratesfrom Italy and Canada, and more than 110 national and international awards, including Norman Medal (twice), Chow Award, Torrens Award, Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award, and Outstanding Projects and Leader (OPAL) Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Best paper Awards (twice), and Roy C. Tipton Award, all given by American Society of Civil Engineers; Hancor Award and Lalit and Aruna Verma Award for Global excellence, both given by American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers; Merriam Improved Irrigation Award, given by International Commission onIrrigation and Drainage; Linsley Award, Wetzel Award, and Founders Award, given by American Institute of Hydrology; Crystal Drop Award and Chow Memorial Award, given by International Water Resources Association; Outstanding Scientist Award given by Sigma Xi; Distinguished Scientist Award, given by Chinese Academy of Science; Distinguished Professor Award, given by Mexican Academy of Science; Professor Gajendra Singh Gold Medal for Education, given by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers; to name but a few. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH); President of American Academy of Water Resources Engineers; President of International Association for Water, Environment, Energy, and Society; and Chair of Watershed Council of American Society of Civil Engineers. He has servedas editor-in-chief of five journals and two book series and has served/serves on editorial boards of more than 40 journals and three book series. He has given more than 175 keynote lecturesand 300 invited seminars all over the world, and has organized more than 25 international conferences and His Google Scholar citations are more than 95,550; h-index of 128; and I10-index of 1151.

Professor Singh has long been engaged in philanthropic activities. He founded G.B. School in 1994 in his native village Naglavishnu in District Agra, U.P., India, in memory of his parents. The school imparts quality education to children in rural Agra. Has been bearing most of the expenditures involved in the operation of school, including the cost of building construction, staff salaries, furniture, maintenance, management of the school, and so on. The school now has four campuses: (1) Primary School (Grade 1-5), (2) Inter College (Grade 6-12), (3) Degree College (B.A. and B.Sc.); and (4) Industrial Training Center (Fitter and Electronics).

Umesh Chandra Chaube

Umesh Chandra Chaube 是印度理工學院魯爾基分校的前教授，擁有超過48年的水資源開發與管理領域的經驗，涵蓋現場工程、教學和研究。他擁有印度理工學院坎普爾分校的土木工程學士及碩士學位，以及印度理工學院德里分校的水資源博士學位。他曾指導一位博士後研究、15篇博士論文、95篇碩士論文及152篇特別問題研究。他在期刊和會議論文集中發表了124篇研究論文。

在印度理工學院魯爾基分校水資源開發與管理系工作了33年期間，他負責培訓來自非洲和亞洲國家的大量灌溉專業人員。他還曾在印度政府的多個國家委員會任職。

他是國際灌溉與排水委員會的終身會員，也是印度工程師學會、印度水資源學會和印度水文學會的終身院士。他曾擔任印度水資源學會的執行副會長及其期刊的主編。他曾在印度中央水委員會擔任副主任/助理主任，並在印度理工學院魯爾基分校、印度理工學院印多爾分校及印度印多爾的斯里維什納夫大學任教。他曾在聯合國糧食及農業組織擔任國際水文學家及水資源管理專家，工作地點在阿富汗喀布爾。他是科倫坡計畫獎學金、聯合國教科文組織獎學金及聯合國環境規劃署獎學金的獲得者，並曾擔任斯里維什納夫大學的名譽教授。

Prof. Ashish Pandey

Prof. Ashish Pandey 是印度政府水資源部的巴拉特·辛格講座教授，也是印度理工學院魯爾基分校水資源開發與管理系的系主任。他擁有印度賈巴爾普爾的JNKVV的學士及碩士學位（獲金獎），並在印度理工學院卡拉格普爾分校獲得博士學位。他的研究興趣包括灌溉水管理、土壤與水資源保護工程、遙感及水資源的GIS應用等。他指導了13篇博士論文和88篇碩士論文。Pandey博士在高影響力期刊和會議上發表了224篇研究論文及37篇書籍章節。他共同編寫了兩本教科書，分別是《灌溉工程》和《土壤與水資源保護工程導論》。他還擔任Springer Nature, Switzerland AG的水科學與技術圖書系列七卷的主編。

目前，Pandey教授是印度水資源學會（IWRS）的執行副會長，也是印度工程師學會（魯爾基地方中心）的主席。他在37個不同的能力建設計畫中培訓了超過1000名高級科學家/工程師，來自印度及非洲和亞洲國家。他還曾在印度政府的多個國家委員會任職。他獲得了多項國內外獎學金/獎項和榮譽。他是以下機構的院士成員：(1) 印度工程師學會；(2) 印度水文學會（IAH）；(3) IWRS。

Prof. V.P. Singh

Vijay P. Singh 教授是德克薩斯農工大學的傑出教授、攝政教授，以及卡羅琳和威廉·N·萊赫爾水工程傑出講座的首位持有者。他獲得了學士、碩士、博士及科學博士學位，均為工程學位。他是一名註冊專業工程師、註冊專業水文學家，並且是ASCE-AAWRE的榮譽外交官。他是ASCE的傑出會員、IWRA的榮譽傑出會員、AGGS的傑出院士、AWRA的榮譽會員，以及EWRI-ASCE、ASCE、IAH、ISAE、IWRS和IASWC的院士。他是國家工程院（NAE）的成員。