Dr. S.R. Bhakar is Head and Associate Professor of the Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, Rajasthan. He did his B.E. (Ag) from Sukhadia University, Udaipur (Rajasthan); M.Tech. (Water Resources, Development and Management) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Ph.D. (SWCE) from the MPUAT, Udaipur. He has received Outstanding Book Awards in 2006 and 2008 from Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers for his book on “Sinchai Ke Sidhant” and on “Groundwater Hydrology”.