Professor Sylvester Mpandeli
Water Research Commission (WRC)
executive manager
Professor Sylvester Mpandeli
Prof Sylvester Mpandeli (PhD) is an Executive Manager: Water Utilisation in Agriculture at the Water Research Commission (WRC), South Africa. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture at the University of Venda. He was the Chairman: African Regional Working Group of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and also the Deputy Chairman: South African National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (SANCID) from 2013 to 2017. He represents the South African Regional Irrigation Association (SARIA) at the International Executive Council of ICID. Prof Mpandeli was elected Vice President of the ICID in July 2022.