Dr. Mihir Maitra, Senior Project Officer
Email: mmaitra@icefindia.org

Mihir Kumar Maitra obtained a 5 - year's integrated Master degree in Earth Science (Geology and Geophysics) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1972. He started his carrier as a Hydrogelogist with Action for Food Production (AFPRO) - a technical support agency for the voluntary sector and gradually rose to the position of Head, Water Resource Development department. He did his PhD in the year 1990 on Geohydrology and published two books around the same time; one in groundwater management and the other on Watershed Management.

In 1991, he joined the Watershed Management technical cooperation project with GoI, an Indo-German Bilateral Project funded by GTZ and worked as a Project Manager for about 4 years. This was followed by a 2 years assignment with Ecotech Services (ETS), New Delhi working on Dutch funded water management projects. Since 1998 he has been working with India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) as a Senior Project Manager.

As a comprehensive land and water resource specialist and with experience of a large number of development projects, his strenght lies in the areas of formulating, funding, monitoring and evaluating Natural Resource Management projects, adopting innovative and community based approaches.