ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is M.Sc. in Geology having specialized in hydrogeology in Geological
Survey of India and Central Groundwater Board. He later joined the Agricultural
Credit Department of Reserve Bank of India which became National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1982. The author took this
opportunity to express his gratitude to NABARD who had given him the exposure
to various aspects of water resources utilization in the agriculture sector. In this
context, I cannot but express my deep gratitude to the present Chairman,
Shri Harsh Bhanwala, who thought it fit for publication of this small venture of
mine. The author gratefully acknowledges the incentive provided by
Dr. A.K.Chatterjee FNAE, Chairman, Conmat Technologies Private Limited and
formerly a Whole time Executive Director of ACC for making this book a reality.
Shri P.K. Basu, Retired Secretary and Chief Engineer of Govt. of West Bengal
had gone through the surface water chapter and encouraged me to complete
the book. I thankfully acknowledge him. Thanks are also due to Prof. Anil Kumar
Ghosh, Emeritus Professor of Calcutta University took his valuable time to go
through the manuscript and provided necessary guidance. I convey my sincere
gratitude to Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, Founder Trustee and Executive Director,
Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Pune,
for critical review and positive suggestion for improvement of the book. Not but
the least, the author is indebted to Shri Kishore Dutta for taking pains to type
the manuscript a number of times and make it presentable.
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