ASIT K. BISWAS
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, UK, and
Gujarat University, India;
Director, Water Management
International, Singapore; and
Chief Executive, Third World
Centre for Water Management, Mexico.
Prof. Asit K. Biswas is universally acknowledged as one of the
world’s leading authorities on water, food, environment and
development-related issues. He has a very distinguished
career as an academic; senior public official in Canada; advisor and confidant to Presidents,
Prime Ministers and Ministers in 23 countries, six Heads of United Nations Agencies, two
Secretary-Generals of OECD, several Heads of bilateral aid agencies, and four CEOs or
Chairmen of MNCs in Fortune 500 list.
He has worked and lived in all continents except Australia. He was a member of the World
Commission on Water, and co-founder of International Water Resources Association and
World Water Council.
He was a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum and is
currently member of the International Advisory Board, Pictet Asset Management, Geneva;
member of the Advisory Board, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; and Strategic
Advisor, Singapore International Water Week.
Among his numerous awards are Crystal Drop and Millennium Prizes of the International
Water Resources Association; Walter Huber Prize of the American Society of Civil
Engineering; Stockholm Water Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prize for water, for “his
outstanding and multi-faceted contributions to global water resource issues;” “Person of the
Year” award from Prime Minister Harper of Canada; Aragon Environment Prize of Spain.
Reuters named him as a “one of the top 10 water trailblazers of the world.” Impeller
magazine selected him as “true global water hero.”
Because of his manifold research contributions, he has received seven Honorary Doctorates
of Technology or Engineering from leading global universities, including from both University
of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde. He was elected an Academician over 20 years ago.
He currently has an h-index of 46. Google Scholar lists 950 of his publications and over 10,400
citations of his work. He has a Research Gate score of 42.1, which puts him into the top 2.5%
of all scientists from all disciplines from the entire world.
He is the author or editor of 89 books. His work has been translated into 42 languages. Prof.
Biswas is the founder of the International Journal of Water Resources Development and was
its Editor-in-Chief for its first 29 years. He is a regular media contributor to BBC, CNN, CNBC,
TRT, Project Syndicate, The Conversation, Channel News Asia, MediaCorp and China Daily on
issues related to natural resources management, climate change, environment, geopolitics,
international relations, business strategies and innovations. His opinion pieces in various
international media are now read by some 1.74 million readers annually all over the world
