This book is intended for training to all enginers and agriculture officers of the each irrigation department, top manager of the water management departments. Chapter 2,3,6,7,10 and 11 must not only be taught to engineers and agriculture officers jointly, but made to practice and report. Other remaining chapters are important for all irrigation engineers. Portions as indicated in chapter 10 shoulds also be taught to the Watre masters of WUA. The syllabus for them has also discussed in Chapter 10. Serious question of what, hom, why, how much and how to train are also discussed in Chapter 11. Colleges and universities include it in their courses. Without any investment, efficiency and food production can be increased by 10%, simply by a good operation of irrigation projects and evaluation of irrigation fields. Further it can be irrigation system in the fields. All possible eforts have been made to avoid errors/omissions yet some mistake might have occurred. Reader may kindly inform the same for improvement in next edition or issues of corrigendum. Any suggestion to increase the utility of this book will br greatfully received, acknowledged and will be carefully considered for incorparating in the subsequently of the book. In general younger's are moe than intelligent than senoirs. They are more equipped with latest technology and they become five times wiser when they get the experience of seniors and that is the motive of this book.

Er. V.K. Bairathi, B.E. (civil), M.E. (WRD), FIE (India), Former Visiting Professor, IIT, Roorkee (India), Former Director, Irrigation Management Training Institute, Kota & Former Chief Engineering, Irrigation, Rajasthan, India. The author is an eminent Civil Engineer, graduated in 1963, and post graduated in 1976. from IIT Rookee. He served in various capacities in Rajasthan Irrigation Department. He also worked as Director, Irrigation Management Training institute. He rose to the status of chief engineer, Irrigation, Mahi Bajaj Sagar, an interstate hydropower project, Rajasthan, India, in the year 1998. There after served as a Visiting Professor at IIT, Roorkee. Presently he is working as a consulting Engineering in various firms such as Synergics India, SMEC India, ICT India Pvt.Ltd. GITEC, and MSV International on projects funded by International development agencies such as World Bank. He widely traveled on many water resources development, research reports, and books. He is also a member of many professional bodies and societies. Dr. R.C. Bairathi, M.Sc. Ph.D. is senior former Dy. Director of agriculture, with a huge experience of more than 48 years in various fields related to agriculture, soil survey, laboratory testing, agronomy, extension, social foresty and development of economic pro poor and backward classes. Dr. Rajeev Bairathi, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. is Associate Professor, Maharana Pratap, Universiity of Agriculture and Technology Udaipur, Rajasthan with huge experience of 20 years of working with farmer and research. He has written papers and books.