Visiting Scholars
Chandra Madramootoo
- Visiting Scholar, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (2016-2021, 2024-2025)
- Research Affiliate, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
- Distinguished James McGill Professor, Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University
Chandra Madramootoo is a Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences from 2005 to 2015, and was the Founding Director of the Brace Centre for Water Resources Management at McGill. He created the McGill Institute for Global Food Security, as well as programs in integrated water management. He has received several national and international awards for his work in water management including being inducted to the Overholt International Drainage Hall of Fame, recipient of the World Irrigation Prize, elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and awarded the DSc (honoris causa) by the University of Guelph.
Professor Madramootoo is a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, hosted at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. He served as Vice Chair of the Board of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, as President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) from 2008-2011, and as President of the Canadian Society of Bioengineering (2020-2021). He also served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). He advises international organizations and government agencies on issues of water resources and climate change in the water/agriculture sector. He has actively participated in projects in South East Asia, Eastern Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America/Caribbean region.