A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Mr. Syed Zaheer
Hyder Shah, Secretary, Irrigation Department, Government of Sindh, and
Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Executive Director, AIT Extension in a function
organized at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Karachi on 7 December
2015. Organized in the presence of the Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim
Ali Shah, and Minister for Planning, Irrigation, Finance and Energy,
Syed Murad Ali Shah.
The MoU seeks to develop both long-term and short-term customised
professional development courses for engineers, develop Master’s and
Professional Master’s programs for engineers and management staff, and
provide consultancy services.
It will focus on Disaster Management and Mitigation, specially floods
and droughts, social and environmental issues associated with water
management , Integrated Water Resource Management, policy and decision
making in water management, Remote Sensing and GIS in water resource
management, leadership, Construction Management, and Project
Management.
Senior officials of the Government of Sindh who participated in the
event included Mr. Baber Ali Effandi, Managing Director, Sindh
Irrigation and Drainage Authority; Mr. Aijaz A Shaikh, Project Director
Guddu Barrage;
Mr. Abdul Rahman Nizamani, Chief Engineer, Small Dams; Mr. Imran
Shaikh, Superintending Engineer; Mr. Zarif Khero, Superintending
Engineer; and Prof. Dr. Bakhshal Khan Lashari, Project Director, The
U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W).
AIT was represented by Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Executive Director, AIT
Extension; Mr. Fazle Karim, Head, Information Technology and
Engineering Unit, AIT Extension; and Mr. Furqan Ali Shaikh, Program
Officer, AIT Extension.
News about the MoU was covered in the Pakistan media:
Pakistan Radio http://new.radio.gov.pk/newsdetail/67668/8
Daily Times:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/sindh/08-Dec-2015/sindh-ait-ink-accord-for-capacity-building-of-irrigation-officials
A1Pakistan
http://www.a1pakistan.com/sindh-ait-ink-accord-for-capacity-building-of-irrigation-officials/