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Journey to Greatness
Suraj Prakash (S.P.) Malhotra was born on January 1st 1920 to Lala Lajpat Rai Malhotra and Hardeyi Devi in Bhera (Pakistan). His father worked as a Station Master.

Education
He completed his F.Sc (equivalent to 12th Grade) from the Govt College Lahore in 1938. Post that he graduated in Civil Engineering (Honours) from Maclagon Engineering college, Moghalpora in 1941.

Career
He joined irrigation department Punjab in 1944 at Shujabad in Pakistan as Asst Engineer Irrigation. He migrated to India in 1947. From 1952-1960 he worked as Executive Engineer - Design Construction and Maintenance of Bhakra Canals/ Incharge Moghalpur Head works in Ravi, Punjab.

As Superintendent Engineer in 1961-68 he was incharge of Flood Control and Drainage Works, Haryana and Delhi. During his tenure he remodelled the Najafgarh Drain. Subsequently he was posted in Hissar as incharge of Bharkra Canal Circle. After promotion to Chief Engineer he was incharge of Canals of Haryana including Tajewala Head works on river Yamuna.

Upon incorporation of Haryana State Minor Irrigation Tubewells Corporation in 1975, he was posted as its Managing Director and then retired gracefully as First Engineer-In-Chief of Haryana Irrigation on 31st December 1977.

Achievements
1. In 1970, he received an award for evolving a cost free method for eliminating the growth of aquatic weeds in the Bhakra Canals and a cash prize of Rs. 2500

2. In 1974, he received an award for evolving a mathematical method for determining the optimum length which needs to be lined on a water course with cash prize of Rs. 5000

3. 1976, he devised Warimetric method of assessment for Canal water which is proxy for volumetric assessment. The Govt of Haryana introduced it on six distributaries from 1976 to 1980.

4. In 1980, he devised Haqbandi method of distributing water from small dams in hilly areas. This method was first tried on Internationally known Sukhomajri project and was later on extended to several others.

5. In 1982, he wrote his famous book "Warabandi System and its Infrastructure" and received a Gold medal from the Central Board of Irrigation and Power with prize of Rs. 10,000.

6. In 1996, he was conferred he Bharat Gaurav Award, instituted by the Indian Internally Friendship Society for his long and sustained efforts to improve the water management practices. The novelty about his methods is that these are not only cost free but are of great technical and economical, social and administrative importance.

7. In 1998, he was honoured by the Institute of Bridge Engineers and the Institution of Engineers (India) for his life long efforts to enrich the engineering profession.

8. Subsequently, in 1999 he was chosen for the "Best Citizen of India" Award in recognition of his exceptional caliber and outstanding performance in his chosen area of activity.

9. From 1978 onwards he worked as Irrigation Consultant to: a. FAO of the United Nations b. The World Bank c. The USAID d. The Thapar Hydro consult

10. He was a member of Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee and has participated in several national and International conferences and seminars. He authored several books and papers.

11. For the last several years he has been carrying on a campaign through newspapers and other means for the introduction of the following reforms in the Water Management practices in Punjab and Haryana. a. Setting up of Recharging Stations on rain water drains wherever the level of ground water has gone below the optimum. b. Replacing the present crop method of assessment with Warimetric method of assessment.

12. He has been a lone crusader of Sukhna Lake Chandigarh. In August 2004, he submitted a proposal to Institute of Engineers in the presence of the then Governor, of how to prevent silt from entering Sukhna Lake Chandigarh.

13. At the age of 99, he was the oldest engineer who was associated with the construction of Bhakra Dam.

14. In 2014, his contributions to the profession of Civil Engineering were recognised by the Maharashtra State Centre.

Demise
He rested his soul on 19th August 2019. He donated his body to Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh for the purpose of medical research and education so as to aid medical students and researchers understand the human body, and for the advancement of science.

Publications
The Warabandi System and Its Infrastructure (MALHOTRA, S P, (1982), 'The Warabandi System and its Infrastructure", Central Board of Revenue, Publication No 157, New Delhi, India.) https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ibmAGQAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22S.+P.+Malhotra%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5qYbE_67kAhUe8XMBHXAEBUUQ6AEINTAC

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0309586X8490044X

He authored the below research papers: 1. The Untold Story of Watercourse in Haryana 2. Remedy for Aquatic Weeds in Bhakra Canals 3. Determining Optimum Length Required to be Lined in a Watercourse 4. History of Water Resources Development in Haryana 5. Haryana's Efforts to Conserve Water 6. Haryana's Efforts to Irrigate its High Areas 7. Haryana's Efforts to Utilise its Groundwaters 8. Haryana's Experiment with WARIMETRIC Method of Charging for Irrigation Waters 9. Removing the Drawbacks in the Current Method of Preparing Roster (Introducing Chusai)

His work was referenced in various research papers and publications

1. http://protosh2o.act.be/VIRTUELE_BIB/Werken_in_het_Water/LAN-Landbouw/W_LAN_E11_Fundamentals_smallholder.pdf 2. http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/4613/Irrigation%20allocation%20problems%20at%20tertiary%20level%20in%20pakistan.pdf?sequence=1 3. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/113931468740164324/pdf/multi-page.pdf 4. Economic of Canal Irrigation Water and Its Distribution in Tungabhadra Project, Karnataka (http://14.139.155.167/test5/index.php/kjas/article/viewFile/407/397)

Go to following website to learn more. https://spmalhotra.blogspot.com/2019/09/journey-to-greatness.html