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{{Infobox person
| name = Megh R. Goyal
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| birth_place = [[Sangrur district]], [[Punjab (India)]]
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| known_for = Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico
| alma_mater = Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
| occupation = Agricultural and Biomedical Engineer
| nationality = India
| spouse = Subhadra Goyal
| children = 3
}}

'''Megh R. Goyal''' is an engineer and professor in [[Puerto Rico]], and a Methodist pastor. He has been called the father of [[irrigation]] engineering in Puerto Rico.<ref name="father">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5409/is_/ai_n21382637 |title=Puerto Rico Section Honors Megh R. Goyal as Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico |publisher=Findarticles.com |accessdate=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226143850/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5409/is_/ai_n21382637 |archivedate=2008-12-26 }}</ref>

==Education==
Goyal earned his high school diploma from Prem Sabha High School in [[Sangrur]]; B.Sc. degree in [[Agricultural Engineering]] from [[Punjab Agricultural University]], [[Ludhiana]] - India; M.Sc. degree (1977) and Ph.D. (1979) from [[Ohio State University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quepasa.osu.edu/issues/wi06/profile_megh_goyal.htm |title=Dr. Megh R. Goyal: OSU Proud |publisher=Qué Pasa, OSU? |date=2006-01-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901130252/http://quepasa.osu.edu/issues/wi06/profile_megh_goyal.htm |archivedate=2006-09-01 |accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref> Columbus, Ohio; and [[Master of Divinity]] (2001) from Puerto Rico Evangelical Seminary, [[Hato Rey, Puerto Rico|Hato Rey]] – Puerto Rico.

==Career==
Goyal has worked as a soil conservation inspector, research assistant and lecturer at [[Haryana Agricultural University]], research associate at the [[Ohio State University]], and research [[Agricultural engineering|agricultural engineer]] at the [[Agricultural experiment station|Agricultural Experiment Station]] of University of Puerto Rico - [[University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus|Mayaguez Campus]]. He was the first [[Agricultural engineering|agricultural engineer]] to receive a professional license in agricultural engineering in 1971,{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} from the [[Institution of Engineers (India)]], and in 1986, from College of Engineers & Surveyors of Puerto Rico. For his pioneering work on [[micro-irrigation]], he is known as a "Drip Irrigation Man" in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul L. McConnie |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138991869.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022091413/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138991869.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2012 |title=Puerto Rico Section honors Megh R. Goyal as Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico |publisher=HighBeam Research |date=1 November 2005 |accessdate=2012-08-13}} {{Subscription required|date=August 2012}}</ref>

Goyal is currently a retired professor of agricultural engineering and [[biomedical engineering]] at the College of Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus and senior editor-in-chief for Apple Academic Press.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

Goyal has authored journal articles and text books such as: "Introduction to Agriclimatology", ''Management of Drip/trickle or Micro Irrigation'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ece.uprm.edu/~m_goyal/dripirrigation.htm |title=Manejo de Rigeo por Goteo: Dr. Megh R. Goyal |publisher=Electrical and Computer Engineering: University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus |date= |accessdate=2012-08-13}}</ref> and ''Biofluid Dynamics of Human Body Systems''<ref>{{cite web|author=Megh R Goyal |url=http://web.eng.fiu.edu/mgoyal/ |title=Proceedings of Congress on "Biofluid Dynamics of Human Body Systems" |publisher=Florida International University |date=2003-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717153823/http://web.eng.fiu.edu/mgoyal/ |archivedate= 2011-07-17 |accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ece.uprm.edu/~m_goyal/publication.htm |title=Publications by Professor Megh R. Goyal |publisher=Electrical and Computer Engineering: University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus |date= |accessdate=2012-08-13}}</ref>

On 16 September 2005, Goyal was named "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the 20th Century" by the [[ASABE]] – Puerto Rico Section,<ref name="father" /> for his pioneer work on irrigation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agrotemasonline.com/riego.htm |title=Celebran congreso sobre manejo de riego por goteo |publisher=AgrotemasOnline.com |date=2 April 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123052810/http://www.agrotemasonline.com/riego.htm |archivedate=23 November 2008 |accessdate=2017-04-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[evapotranspiration]], [[climatology]], and soil and water engineering.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Personal life==
Goyal was born in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] in India. His late parents were natives of Punjab State. Goyal was married to Subhadra Goyal who was a [[Methodist]] pastor in [[Rincon, Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/iglesiametodistaderincon/ |title=Methodist Church of Rincon |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2009-10-26 |accessdate=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026235633/http://geocities.com/iglesiametodistaderincon/ |archivedate=26 October 2009 }}</ref> They have three children.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''Investigaciones de UNISARC'', Volume 5, No. 1, July 2007, pages 1–11.

==External links==
* [http://www.uprm.edu/ciym/Faculty/mgoyal.html Megh R Goyal], Faculty Member at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

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