Governance
The officers and Executive Committee of the Division, and the public record of its meetings and annual reporting.
Chair and Vice-Chair
Prof. Norio Tanaka
Saitama University
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Prof. S. A. Sannasiraj
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Ocean Engineering
Members
The Executive Committee is elected for a two-year term and meets at least once a year, normally alongside an IAHR congress.
Past committees: 2023 – 2024 · 2020 – 2022
Executive Committee 2027 – 2028
Elected by the Executive Committee in Incheon on 22 July 2026. Under By-law Article 6.3 the retiring Chair continues on the committee in an advisory role for one term, and the nomination of the Chair is subject to ratification by the IAHR Council.
| Role | Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Prof. S. A. Sannasiraj | IIT Madras | India |
| Vice-Chair | Prof. Sung-Uk Choi | Yonsei University | Republic of Korea |
| Immediate Past Chair | Prof. Norio Tanaka | Saitama University | Japan |
| Member | Prof. Intan Supraba | Universitas Gadjah Mada | Indonesia |
| Member | Prof. Mingfu Guan | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong, China |
| Member | Dr Chang Chun Kiat | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Member | Prof. Joongcheol Paik | Gangneung-Wonju National University | Republic of Korea |
| Member | Dr Jenn Wei Er | DHI Water & Environment | Singapore |
| Member | Prof. Yongfeng Liu | Hohai University | China |
| Member | Dr Induka Werellagama | Wellington Institute of Technology | New Zealand |
| Member | Prof. Kenichiro Kobayashi | Saitama University | Japan |
| YPN Member | Dr Yu Qian | China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China |
| Secretary General | Dr Won Kim | Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology | Republic of Korea |
Annual reports
Each year the Division reports its activity to the IAHR Council: congresses held and planned, committee changes, awards presented, journal activity and regional outreach. Each report is published in full on this site.
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2025
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2024
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2023
Executive Committee meetings
Meetings held in person alongside IAHR congresses, plus informal gatherings and online sessions. Minutes are circulated to members on request.
| Date | Type | Location | Held with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026·07 | EC meeting | Incheon, Republic of Korea | 25th APD Congress |
| 2025·06 | EC meeting | Singapore | 41st IAHR World Congress |
| 2024·10 | EC meeting | Wuhan, China | 24th APD Congress |
| 2023·08 | EC gathering | Vienna, Austria | 40th IAHR World Congress |
| 2023·03 | EC meeting | Online | — |
| 2022·12 | EC meeting | Chennai, India | 23rd APD Congress |
| 2022·06 | EC gathering | Granada, Spain | 39th IAHR World Congress |
| 2020·09 | EC meeting | Sapporo, Japan — online | 22nd APD Congress |
| 2019·09 | EC meeting | Panama City, Panama | 38th IAHR World Congress |
| 2018·09 | EC meeting | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 21st APD Congress |
| 2017·08 | EC gathering | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 37th IAHR World Congress |
| 2016·08 | EC meeting | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 20th APD Congress |
| 2015·06 | EC gathering | The Hague, Netherlands | 36th IAHR World Congress |
| 2014·09 | EC meeting | Hanoi, Viet Nam | 19th APD Congress |
| 2013·09 | EC gathering | Chengdu, China | 35th IAHR World Congress |
| 2010·05 | EC meeting | Auckland, New Zealand | 17th APD Congress |