Dhani Irwanto

Dhani Irwanto was born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 1962. He is a hydro civil engineer and better known as a planner and an expert in hydrology, hydraulic structures, dams and hydropower, the profession involving inter-disciplinary that has lived for more than 27 years. He is currently an owner and director of a consulting firm located in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

Environment, social life, culture and tradition in the regions where he grew up encourage him to deepen his knowledge about history of nations and civilizations. Armed with his knowledge and the existing references as well as site observations together with the projects he undertook, he conducted in-depth research of topography, bathymetry, geology, hydrology, climatology, oceanography, geophysics, hydraulics, metallurgy, agriculture, biology, civilization, mythology, folklore, culture, linguistics, history and archaeology correlated to history of civilization.