India is one of the founder members of ICID (1950) and the Secretariat of ICID, called the Central Office, is located in New Delhi. Past Presidents of ICID from India include Late Dr. A.N. Khosla (1950-54); Late Mr. N.D. Gulhati (1960-63); and, Late Dr. K.K. Framji (1988). The Past Vice Presidents from India includes Late Mr. N.D. Gulhati (1957-1960); Late Mr. Yadava Mohan (1963-1966); Late Mr. M.R. Chopra (1966-1969); Mr. G.A. Narasimha Rao (1969-1970); Late Mr. S.K. Jain (1970-1973); Late Mr. J.P. Naegamvala (1973-1976); Late Mr. C.C. Patel (1976-1979); Late Mr. Pritam Singh (1979-1982); Mr. J.F. Mistry (1982-1985); Mr. P.R. Gandhi (1985-1988); Late Mr. B.P. Bhatnagar (1988-1991); Mr. M.S. Reddy (1991-1994); Late Mr. Ramesh Chandra (1994-1997); Mr. R. Jayaseelan (2003-2006); Mr. A.K. Bajaj ((2009-2012); Er. A.B. Pandya (2013-2016) Dr. K. Yella Reddy (2017-2020). Shri. Kushvinder Vohra, Member (WP&P), CWC, GOI is the present Vice President from India. The 1st International Executive Council (IEC) meeting was held in Simla, India, in June 1950. The 2nd IEC meeting and the 1st Congress were held in New Delhi, India, in January 1951. The 4th IEC meeting was held in Bangalore, India, in June 1953. The 17th IEC meeting and the 6th Congress was held in New Delhi, India in January 1966. The 33rd IEC meeting was held in New Delhi, India in October 1982.

The 8th ICID International Drainage Workshop was held in New Delhi, India, in January 2000.The 5th Asian Regional Conference and the 60th IEC meeting was held in New Delhi, India, in December 2009. And the 9th ICID International Micro-Irrigation Conference was held in Aurangabad, India, in January 2019. The 74^th IEC Meeting and 25^th ICID congress will be held at Visakhapatnam, India during 1-8 Nov, 2023.