Dr. Mohammad Athar is a permanent employee of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Presently he is working as Professor in the department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engg. & Tech in Hydraulic Section. Dr. Athar has obtained his B. Sc. ( Engg.) in Civil Engg. from AMU, Aligarh in 1982, Master of Engg. from University of Roorkee in 1984 and Ph. D. From I.I.T. Roorkee in 2001. His main thrust area of teaching is Hydraulics, Hydrology, Irrigation Engg., Water Power Engg., Hydraulic Structures etc. And main thrust areas of research are flow measurements in pipes and channels, sediment control from canals and study of causeways etc. He has published papers in national and international journals such as Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH), American Society of Civil Engineers ( ASCE), International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR). He is life member of many bodies such as ISH, MGIS,IAHR. He has guided one Ph. D. Thesis and about 38 M. Tech dissertations. He is recipient of Jal Vigyan Purushkar for his best puper published in Journal of Hydraluics ( ISH) IN 2002.