National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari
FELLOW, ELECTED 2012

Born in Tejpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on 1 February 1955. Educated at College of Agricultural Engineering, JNKVV, Jabalpur, 1973-78; IARI, New Delhi, 1978-1984; B. Tech. (Agril. Engg.) 1978; M.Sc. (Agril. Engg.) 1980; Ph.D. 1984. International Advanced Course on Water Resources Management, 1992, WARREDOC, IAHS, University of Italy. Specialized GIS training at AIT Bangkok 2000.

Consultant (Technical) Nov 01, 2024 - Dec 2025 AG HORIZON Private Limited, C-122, LGF, Sushant Lok-2, Sector-56, Gurgaon, Haryana; and Consultant Jan 10, 2023 - Till date Royal Golf Club of Calcutta (RCGC), Kolkata.

Lecturer, 1984-89; Assistant Professor, 1989-98; and Associate Professor, 1998-2003; Professor 2003-13; Professor (HAG) 2014-2020, Adjunct Professor at IIT Roorkee from 2018 to 2021, Professor (Emeritus), 2020-2023 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Awards/Honours: UNESCO Scholarship Perugia, Italy 1992; ISAE Shankar Memorial Award 1996-97; DAAD Fellowship, Germany 2002; ISAE Commendation Medal 2002-03; Best Paper Award ICPPF 2005; ISAE Director (Technical) Soil & Water Engg., 2009-10; Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award (IARI), 2012; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award (ICAR) 2014; ISAE (Team Award) for developing e-courses in Agricultural Engineering 2016; Eminent Water Resources Scientist Award, IWRS, IIT Roorkee, 2018, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) Gold Medal, 2020; Member RAC ICAR-CIAE Bhopal and ICAR-RCER Patna. Member Advisory Committee ISAE 2021-24. Member Expert Committee (NASF, ICAR) 2020 till date. Member Expert Committee Corpus Funds ICAR SMD- Agricultural Engg. 2024 till date.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences India, Prayagraj (U.P.); Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi; Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee and Institution of Engineers (India).

Research Areas: Pressurized Irrigation, Protected Cultivation, Agricultural Water Management

Address: F- 204, KDA Signature Greens, Indra Road, Vikas Nagar, Kanpur 208002, U.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9434944443; Email: kn.tiwari0155@gmail.com; kamlesh@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in]