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Director, Research
Dr. Meredith Giordano

Director Corporate Services WorldFish Center/International Water Management Institute
Dr. Barry K.C. Tan

Advisor to the Director General on Process Improvement
Ms. Shilpi Mahajan

Senior Secretary
Ms. Shalini Kumaresan

Senior Secretary

Ms. Coretta De La Zilwa

Head, Program Office
Ms. Upeka Kariyawasam

Program Officer
Mr. Sanjiv De Silva

Donor Relations Coordinator
Ms. Natalia Abeynayake

Conference and Travel Officer
Ms. Nazreen Silva

Quality Management Systems Coordinator
Ms. B. A. M. Hasanika Piyasena

Secretary
Ms. Arosha Ranasinghe

Coordinator, IWMI-GWP Resource Centre
Mr. Lalith Dassenaike

Coordinator - Challenge Program on Water and Food
Dr. Jonathan Woolley

Data Analyst
Ms. Priyantha Jayasuriya Arachchi

Program Manager - Challenge Program on Water and Food
Ms. Pamela George

Capacity Building Officer
Ms. Marcia F. Macomber

Executive Assistant
Ms. Sharon Priyani Perera

Finance Administrator
Ms. Marene Abeyesekere

Administrative Officer
Ms. Deborah Koch

Director, International Centre for Underutilized Crops
Dr. Hannah Jaenicke

Processing and Small Business Development Specialist
Mr. A.H.M.Sampath Abeyrathne

Administrative Officer
Ms. Sushilla Rajamanie

Head, Communication & Knowledge Sharing/Acting Head, Information and Knowledge Group
Ms. Sanjini De Silva

Communications Coordinator/ Researcher
Ms. Nadia Manning

Communications Coordinator/Researcher
Ms. Samyuktha Varma

Communications Coordinator/Writer
Ms. Dawn Rodriguez

Web Master
Mr. Dominique Michael Perera

Communications Coordinator
Ms. Sharni Jayawardena

Web Services Officer
Mr. Asela W.S. Dassanayake

Secretary
Ms. Sharmani Gunawardena

Production Editor
Mr. Joseph Perera

Senior Production Editor
Mr. Mahen Chandrasoma

Production Editor/Entry-level Science Writer
Mr. Harshana Rambukwella

Layout and Graphics Specialist
Ms. Shyamine Faleel

Layout and Graphics Specialist
Mr. Sumith Fernando

Administrative Officer - Workflow/Traffic
Ms. Pavithra Amunugama

Layout and Graphics Specialist
Mr. Nimal P. Attanayake

Electronic Library Resource Specialist
Mr. Chandima Gunadasa

Information Resources Assistant
Mr. Kaushalya Moragaspitiya

Information Management Assistant
Ms. Sandya Suriyarachchi

Information Management Assistant
Ms. A.G.N. Subashinie Abeyratne

Information Management Assistant
Ms. Manik de Alwis

Head of E-Library
Ms. Prasannalakshmi Sambandamurthy

Head of Finance
Mr. Amol J. Khisty

Financial Controller
Mr. Gamini Halvitige

Head, Budget
Ms. Sanjeevani Fernando

Accountant
Mr. Ranjith Samarakoon

Accounts Officer - Financial Systems
Mr. Kushan Indunil Perera

Accounts Officer - Financial Systems
Mr. Manjula Rowel

Administrative Officer
Ms. Yvonne Weerasinghe

Time Management/Administrative Officer
Ms. Chanchala Kariyawasam

Stores Officer
Mr. Mahilal Jayawardena

Accounts Officer
Ms. Sriyani G. Seneviratne

Accounts Officer
Mr. Tissa Rajanayake

Cashier/Accounts Clerk
Mr. Kumara Dharmasiri

Assistant Budget Officer
Mr. Shantha Kumara Gamage

Junior Secretary
Ms. Dhanushi Samaranayake

Stores Helper
Mr. D.M. Gunasekera

Head, Human Resources
Mr. Sharat Kumar Sadashivpeth

Deputy Head, Human Resources
Ms. Shanthi Weerasekera

Personnel Officer
Ms. Kamani Rajanayake

Training, Career Development & Capacity Building Officer
Mr. David Van Eyck

Human Resources Administrator
Ms. Anusha De Silva

Human Resources Administrator
Ms. Thushari Dissanayake

Head, Purchasing and Administrative Services
Mr. Sepala Amarasuriya

Senior Purchasing Assistant
Mr. Upali Karunanayake

Secretary
Ms. Shahnaz Makawita

Head, Office Support Systems Office
Mr. S.M.B. Seneviratne

Distribution Officer
Mr. Ajith Wijayaratne

Receptionist/Junior Secretary
Ms. Sujatha Dassanayake

Receptionist/Junior Secretary
Ms. Viranga Kularatne

Junior Clerk
Mr. K. Punchibanda

Junior Clerk
Mr. N.S. Ranjithsinghe

Junior Clerk
Mr. Lal Abeykoon

Production Assistant/Clerk
Mr. S.M. Edirimanne

Junior Clerk
Mr. A. Joseph

Office Aide/Steward
Mr. S.M.H.P. Samarakoon

Acting Head, Building and Transport
Mr. Eardley De Silva

Assistant Manager, Building Engineering Services & Transport
Mr. Kapila Pathiraja

Administrative Officer
Ms. Thusitha Jayatilleke

Transport Assistant
Mr. Ravi Dissanayake

Administrative Assistant
Ms. Iresha Dharmawardhana

Electrician
Mr. P.W. Pathirana

Electrician
Mr. P.A. Rezel

Carpenter/Fitter
Mr. Sunil Jayatillake

Plumber
Mr. S. Arockiam

Junior Clerk
Mr. S. Krishnarajah

General Labourer
Mr. W.D. Upali

Driver
Mr. Ajith Perera

Driver
Mr. K.G.S. Kumara

Driver
Mr. Priyantha Chandrasena

Driver
Mr. Ajantha Perera

Driver
Mr. K.K.R. Kumara

Travel and Visa Coordinator
Mr. Nihal Silva

Head, Information & Communications Technology
Ms. Ruwanthi Fernando

Assistant Network/Systems Administrator
Mr. Shaminda Illangantilaka

Network Administrator
Mr. Nirudha Perera

Database Developer/Administrator
Mr. M.Z.M. Riazzi

Software Engineer
Ms. H. Sunari Elizabeth Silva

Systems Administrator
Mr. Ranjith Wickremasinghe

Administrative Officer
Ms. Veronica Lumanauw

Help Desk Coordinator
Mr. Sanjeewa Amarasekara

Help Desk Coordinator
Mr. Arshad Razali Iyne

Software Engineer
Ms. Woranga Palingu Kumari Atukorale

PC Support Technician
Mr. Shantha Marasinghe

Director, Global Research Division
Ms. Julie van der Bliek

Secretary to Director, Global Research Division
Ms. Janitha Godamuduna

Senior Secretary
Ms. Himani Elangasinghe

Administrative Officer
Ms. Mala Ranawake

Administrative Officer
Ms. Sepali Goonaratne

Senior Secretary
Ms. Ashra Fernando

Secretary
Ms. Samanmali Jayatillaka

Secretary
Ms. Nilupuli Pethiyagoda

Leader, Comprehensive Assessment
of Water Management in Agriculture
Dr. David Molden

Principal Researcher, Wetland Ecology
Dr. Max Finlayson

Principal Eco-Hydrologist
Dr. Vladimir Smakhtin

Principal Researcher/Deputy Coordinator
Comprehensive Assessment
Dr. Naoya Fujimoto

Head, Global Change and Environment
Dr. Charlotte de Fraiture

Theme Leader, Water Management and Environment
Ms. Rebecca Tharme

Researcher, Water and Fisheries
Dr. Sophie Nguyen Khoa Man

Medical Entomologist
Mr. Olivier Briet

Researcher - Hydrology and Water Resources
Dr. Luna Bharati

Coastal Zone Ecologist, Comprehensive Assessment
of Water Management in Agriculture
Dr. Sithara Atapattu

Environmental Engineer
Mr. Dhananjaya Niriella

Chemist
Mr. Sujeewa C. Piyankarage

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Global Modeling
Dr. Yongsong Liao

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Irrigation
Dr. Vinay Nangia

Water Resources Engineer
Mr. Neelanga Weragala

Water Resources Engineer
Ms. Nishadi Eriyagama

Environmental Scientist
Ms. Priyanka Dissanayake

Water Resources Engineer
Mr. Noel Aloysius

Research Assistant
Ms. Thushari Perera

Head, Institutions and Policies, Global Research Division
Dr. Mark Giordano

Theme Leader and Principal Soil Scientist
Land, Water and Livelihood
Dr. Deborah Bossio

CP Theme Leader - Integrated Basin Water
Management Systems
Dr. Francis Gichuki

Senior Institutional Economist
Dr. Rathinasamy Maria Saleth

Senior Economist
Dr. Intizar Hussain

Water Management Specialist
Dr. Jean-Luc Sabatier

Water, Food, Environment Specialist/Assessment Facilitator - Comprehensive Assessment on Water Management in Agriculture
Ms. Domitille Vallee

Researcher-Livelihoods/Water Quality/Waste Water
Ms. Alexandra Clemett

Institutions Specialist
Mr. K. Jinapala

Benchmark Basin Coordinator
Mr. Manju Hemakumara

Agricultural Economist
Mr. Parakrama Weligamage

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
Dr. Emma Lisa Freja Schipper

Sociologist
Mr. P.G. Somaratne

Research Officer
Ms. Charmini Kodituwakku

Agricultural Economist
Mr. Deeptha Wijerathna

Biometrician

Mr. Markandu Anputhas

Social Scientist
Ms. Shyamalie de Silva

Theme Leader, Basin Water Management
Dr. Hugh Turral

Principal Researcher, Head, Remote Sensing/GIS
& Natural Resources Management
Dr. Prasad Thenkabail

Groundwater Modeling Specialist
Dr. Karen Grothe Villholth

Senior Landscape Ecologist
Dr. Robert Zomer

Researcher - Hydrologist and Remote Sensing Specialist

Dr. Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad

Researcher - RS-GIS Expert
Ms. Yuan Jie Li

Researcher - Remote Sensing & GIS
Mr. Aminul Islam

Researcher - RS/GIS
Mr. Dheeravath Venkateswarlu

Remote Sensing Specialist
Mr. Velpuri Naga Manohar

Hydrologist/ Mathematical Modeler
Mr. Lal P. Muthuwatta

Post-Doctoral Fellow (Remote Sensing)
Dr. Chandrashekhar M. Biradar

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Landscape Ecology
Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wetlands Remote Sensing
Dr. Lisa Maria Rebelo

Remote Sensing/GIS Specialist
Mr. M.G.S.D. Nilantha

Agricultural Engineer
Mr. Priyantha Jayakody

Remote Sensing/GIS Specialist & Web Developer
Ms. R. Wasantha Kulawardhana

Remote Sensing/GIS Specialist
Mr. Jagath Chandralal Vithanage

GIS Specialist
Mr. Shahriar Pervez

Remote Sensing Specialist

Mr. Chandana Gangodagamage

Geospatial Data and Metadata Specialist
Mr. Praveen Noojipady

Digitizing Operator
Mr. D.G. Sarath Gunasinghe

Digitizing Operator
Mr. A.D. Ranjith

Software Developer
Mr. M. Sadir

Data Entry Clerk
Mr. D.W. Premachandra

Intranet/Web Services Developer
Mr. S.A. Anjitha Senarath

Head, Sri Lanka Program
Dr. Sarath Abayawardana

Benchmark Basin Coordinator
Mr. B.R. Ariyaratne

Field Data Collector
Mr. M. Dayananda

Field Data Collector
Mr. Nihal Dayasena

Field Data Collector
Mr. N.G. Indrajith

Field Data Collector
Mr. Sarath Lionalratne

Researcher/Data Warehouse Architect
Dr. Pierre Marchand

Data Warehouse Software Engineer
Mr. Subramaniam Jeyakumaran

Data Warehouse Database Administrator
Mr. Tharmanathan Ramkumar

Data Warehouse Database Administrator
Mr. Nishath Yapa

Metadata Assistant
Ms. Lakmali Wijesinghe

Hydrologist
Dr. Marc Andreini

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Principal Researcher
Dr. Douglas Merrey

Rural Sociologist Poverty, Gender and Water
Dr. Barbara Van Koppen

Head, Southern Africa

Dr. Hilmy Sally

Senior Researcher and SIMA Coordinator
Dr. Cliff Mutero

Agricultural Economist
Dr. Sylvie Morardet

Agronomist
Dr. Dominique Rollin

Researcher/ Outreach Coordinator
Mr. Yogesh Bhatt

Hydrologist
Dr. Mutsa Masiyandima

Biometrician
Ms. Gayathree Jayasinghe

Post-Doctoral Fellow - River Basin Institutions
Dr. Amy J. Sullivan

Program Management Officer
Mr. Thulani Magagula

IT Specialist
Mr. Kobus Ras

Office Manager
Ms. Mary Njonge

Financial Administrator
Ms. Carol Valerie Whipp

Junior Secretary
Ms. Rachel Mashele

Driver
Mr. Harold Magagula

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Head, East Africa
Dr. Seleshi B. Awulachew

Hydrologist
Dr. Matthew McCartney

Health & Irrigation Specialist
Dr. Eline Boelee

Senior Researcher
Dr. Yasir Abbas Mohamed

Agronomist
Mr. Philippe Lemperiere

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Economist
Dr. Godswill Makombe

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gender in Multiple Use
Water Supply Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Michiko Ebato

Liaison Scientist MUS Project
Mr. Desalegne Simachew

Senior Programme Assistant
Ms. Nigist Wagaye

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Director, Africa
Dr. Akissa Bahri

Theme Leader, Agriculture Water and Cities
Dr. Pay Drechsel

Agricultural Engineer
Dr. Boubacar Barry

Waste Water Specialist
Dr. Liqa Raschid-Sally

Head, IWMI West Africa
Mr. Mehmood Ul Hassan

Soil Scientist
Dr. Olufunke Cofie

Water & Health Expert
(Joint Appointment with IWMI and the Liverpool School)
Ms. Eveline Klinkenberg

Wetland Agronomist
Dr. Adesola Olutayo Olaleye

Economist
Dr. Regassa Ensermu Namara

Researcher - Health
Dr. Hammou Laamrani

Agricultural Economist
Dr. Adetola Ibidunni Adeoti

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Anne Chaponniere

Environmental Scientist
Mr. Philip Amoah

Agricultural Economist
Mr. George Danso

Water Engineer
Mr. Emmanuel Obuobie

Knowledge Management Officer
Mr. Ernest Mensah Abraham

Capacity Building and Training Officer - under RUAF II project
Mr. Theophilus Otchere-Larbi

Irrigation and Water Engineer
Mr. Bernard Keraita

Research Officer
Mr. Raymond Kasei

Assistant Research Officer
Mr. Mark Osa Akrong

Research Assistant
Mr. Kwame Osei Boateng

Research Assistant
Mr. Gerald Forkuor

Office Manager
Mr. Lookie Amuzu Koji

Programe Manager
Ms. Tonya Schuetz

Finance Officer
Ms. Charlotte Amponsah

IT Officer
Mr. Eric Korankye

Admin. Assistant (Challenge Program)
Ms. Lydia Amoah

Administrative Assistant
Ms. Linda Beccles

Admin. Assistant (Glowa Volta)
Mr. Daniel Ofori

Driver
Mr. Martin Ofori

Driver
Mr. Daniel Twumasi

Driver (Glowa Volta)
Mr. Eli Sokpli

Driver (Glowa Volta)
Mr. David Kwesi Ochard

Driver (Glowa Volta)
Mr. Salisu Adams

Cleaner/Gardener
Mr. Ebenezer Aboah

Cleaner /Electrician
Mr. Edward Osei Boateng

Principal Researcher/Head - Hyderabad Office
Dr. Madar Samad