Engineering in Water Resources and Rural Infrastructures.

Sophea Chhim is a creative and dynamic irrigation and water resources management Engineer with about 10 experiences in the fields of water management and irrigation infrastructures construction management in Cambodia. He has a strong inter-personal as he has been working with foreigners in projects which are funded International Development Agencies and Banks like AusAID, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Agence de Developpement Francaise (AFD), and World Bank.

Mr. Chhim holds a first rank engineering degree, at his promotion, in Water Resources Engineering from a prestigious school in Cambodia—Institute of Technology of Cambodia. On top of this degree, he holds a Master degree in Hydrology from Institut National de Polytechniques de Toulouse (INP Toulouse), Toulouse, France in 2009.

Sophea started working as consultant while he was at year three in his engineering degree study. Since then, he has built up his strong skill in designing irrigation and drainage canals and structures, conducting feasibility studies, surveying and mapping, cost estimation, construction management and administration, construction quality control. He is also very skillful working with farmers and community people in order get them involved in the projects. In addition, Sophea has a lot of knowledge and experiences in value chain development and analysis he gain while he was working for CAVAC.