NUST IEDC Finalises Strategic Water Resource Management & Governance Flagship Programme
NUST Iqbal Executive Development Centre (IEDC)’s public sector team met with Dr. Muhammad Ashraf (Country Director, IWMI), Mr. Ahmed Kamal, former Chairman, Federal Flood Commission, Dr. Hamza Farooq Gabriel, and Dr. Zafar Iqbal to finalise “Strategic Water Resource Management & Governance,” IEDC-JSPPL’s upcoming flagship programme.
The course covers irrigation modernisation, urban and groundwater resilience, climate finance and transboundary water governance, against the alarming backdrop of Pakistan’s per capita water availability falling from over 5,000 cubic metres in 1951 to under 900 today, with over 90% of agricultural output riding on the Indus Basin’s irrigation system.
Participants will engage with sitting and former heads of federal water institutions, and finish with a field visit to NUST’s Rainwater Harvesting, Membrane Bioreactor and Constructed Wetland systems.