ABSTRACT
This Festschrift is a tribute to Professor Asit K. Biswas on his 80th birthday, for his manifold contributions to water resources policy and management and his extensive efforts to synthetize, apply and disseminate knowledge at the global level. His contributions, spanning more than five decades, have had enormous impacts on the lives of millions of people all over the world. Professor Biswas is considered one of the leading water and environment experts globally. He has worked and taught in universities in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America and lived for prolonged periods in cities on all the continents. Throughout his career, Professor Biswas’ work has focused on four aspects of water and environment-based knowledge: generation, synthesis, application and dissemination. Being concerned that potential water leaders of the next generation were not being heard at major international fora, Professor Biswas initiated a one-year programme to select and mentor 15 potential young global water leaders from all over the world.
