Vimal Garg

Vimal Garg is working as Head of Environment and Urban Water with DHI Water and Environment (formerly Danish Hydraulic Institute) where he is primarily involved in water resources modelling and decision support systems in water resources development and management. Vimal Garg is B.Tech (Civil Engineering, 1990) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Before joining DHI, he has worked with WAPCOS, Water and Power Consultancy Services, a government undertaking under the Ministry of Water Resources in India for about 15 years and has worked on more than 70 consultancy assignments, funded by various national and international agencies, in the field of environment mainly related to EIA and Socio-economic aspects of water resources development with about 30 assignments as coordinator of team consisting of experts from various agencies and disciplines. The role of coordinator is to co-ordinate all the project activities including the co-ordination of activities of interdisciplinary team of experts and him and to act as a communication link between experts, governmental and funding agencies and NGOs. The work also involved arranging for specialized technical inputs from various specialized governmental agencies and institutes. The role of coordinator also includes the compilation of inputs received from various experts, agencies, institutes etc. and preparation of reports. In addition to this, he works on Satellite Image Processing Techniques & GIS for various applications including land-use planning, catchment studies, water-logging and salinity aspects etc. and Dam Break Analysis and preparation of Disaster Management Plans for environmental projects. He was core member of the team of international experts that prepared 'Guidelines for Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management' and a team of water experts from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and India working on Water and Security in South Asia.

He has also done certificate courses on 'Satellite Image interpretation & GIS' from Environmental Systems Research Institute and 'Management of reservoir sedimentation' from Engineering Staff College of India and published a few papers in national and international journals.

He was identified by Committee on International Collaboration-International Water Resources Association (CIC-IWRA), Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico (TWCWM) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) as future water leader. He is the youngest and only Indian in a group of 14 professionals selected from across the globe.