Niranjan Das Gulhati

Niranjan Das Gulhati
Born	(1904-11-04)4 November 1904^[1] India
Died	India
Occupation(s)	Civil engineer Water resources consultant Writer
Known for	Indus Waters Treaty
Spouse	Shakuntala^[1]
Children	3^[1]
Awards	Padma Bhushan

Niranjan Das Gulhati was an Indian civil engineer, water resources consultant and writer, known for his mediation in the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 between India and Pakistan.^[2] His contributions were reported in the formation of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID),^[3] a non governmental organization which promotes transfer of water sharing technologies between countries.^[4] An Alumnus of the Thomason College of Engineering (present-day Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee), he was associated with the World Bank, International Development Association and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.^[5] He was the author of two books, Indus Waters Treaty: An Exercise in International Mediation^[6] and Data Of High Dams In India.^[7] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1961, for his contributions to society.^[8] His life story has been documented in a book, The Untiring Indian - Lifestory of Mr. N. D. Gulhati - A Visionary Water Resources Engineer, published in 2011.^[9] The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage has instituted an annual oration, N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation in Irrigation and Drainage in his honor.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Reed, Stanley (1950). The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. p. 682. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ A. Misra (19 July 2010). India-Pakistan: Coming to Terms. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-0-230-10978-0.
^ "ABOUT N.D. GULHATI". International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.
^ "ABOUT ICID". International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ "The Untiring Indian". IIT Roorkee. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ Niranjan Das Gulhati (1973). Indus Waters Treaty: An Exercise in International Mediation. Allied Publishers.
^ Niranjan Das Gulhati (2016). Data Of High Dams In India.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ Shashi K. Gulhati (2011). The Untiring Indian - Lifestory of Mr. N. D. Gulhati - A Visionary Water Resources Engineer. Macmillan Publishers India. ISBN 978-0230331181.
^ "N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture for International Cooperation in Irrigation and Drainage". International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.