Dr. Saeed Nairizi, Head of the
Board and Managing Director of Toossab Company, who has played fundamental role
in organizing, development and expansion of the
company, is one of the most
significant and predominant members of some international institutions
dealing with water resources management.
He was born in 1946 in Tehran, he
graduated from Ahwaz University in 1968, acquired his Master's degree in Soil
& Water Engineering from Cranfield University, U.K in 1974, and was granted
his PhD degree in Civil Engineering majoring water resources in 1977,
Southampton University, U.K. Once back in Iran, he was appointed member of
scientific board at Ferdowsi University
of Mashhad and maintained this position until 1983. He was then selected as
Khorasan regional Managing Director of Mahab Ghods Consulting Engineers until
1988 when he was invited to cooperate with Toossab Consulting Engineers as the
Managing Director of the Company.
Dr.Saeed Nairizi was elected as a new President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) in September 2014 at the Sixty-Fifth Congress of this fraternity for 3 years . He also has been selected as Vice President of the commission
and President of Finance Committee in previous years In 1999, he was granted
the ICID WATSAVE Annual Award in Granada, Spain, for the best innovation in the
field of water consumption management and conservation presented in a paper
called "Dual Distribution System of Urban Water as final approach in water
shortage conditions"
Apart from the position of
Managing Director of the company he has been the manager of the following
projects as well:
- -Mashhad
Integrated Water Supply Plan
- -Doosti Dam Water Transmission to Mashhad
- -Mashhad Water Distribution and Treatment Plant
- -Mashhad Wastewater Collection and Disposal Network
- -Mashhad Independent Landscape Irrigation System
- -Studies regarding Participatory Irrigation in Dez area
Memberships in
Research and Scientific Associations:
- -President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage(ICID),
2014-2017
- -President of Finance Committee of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage(ICID),2008-2014
- -Chairman of the ICID Working Group on Irrigated Agriculture under Drought and Water Scarcity ,2001-2010
- -Vice
President of the International Commission on Irrigation and
Drainage(ICID),2001-2004
- -Member
of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- -Member
of Executive Board of Iran National Committee on Irrigation and
Drainage(IRNCID)
- -Member
of Executive Board of Iran National Water & Wastewater (IRNWW)
Books Published in Persian:
- -Use
of Brackish Water in Sustainable Agriculture, 2002, IRNCID
- -Preventing
Water Pollution Resulted from
Agricultural Activities, 2003, IRNCID
Books translated:
- -Criteria for Selection of Irrigation Systems, 1999,
IRNCID
- -Global
Experiences of Farmers Participation in Irrigation Management, 1998, IRNCID
- -Introduction
of Cable Irrigation, 1997, IRNCID
- -Surge
Irrigation, 1997, IRNCID
- -Drainage
Engineering, 1988, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
- -Irrigation,
Design and Practice, 1988, University Publications Association
He has presented many papers in Persian and English in national and international conferences.