Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir, vice chancellor of KFUEIT, praised PCRWR’s work in water management and water quality.
Program of Cooperation (PoC) sign between Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) and Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology (KFUEIT) on March 14, 2023. The PoC’s main goal was to foster close cooperation in the field of water management and conservation. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman of PCRWR, welcomed the guests and briefed them on the organization’s mandate and research areas.
The institutions agreed to work together on a variety of projects and initiatives to raise awareness about water management, rainwater harvesting, WASH, water quality, and water security. They also agreed to collaborate on research in the fields of water management and water quality, with the goal of submitting joint proposals and publications.
Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir, vice chancellor of KFUEIT, praised PCRWR’s work in water management and water quality. He expressed a strong desire to educate KFUEIT students about the various PCRWR interventions in the water sector.
He also emphasised the importance of forging strong ties between industry, research organisations, and academia. He stated that strong collaborative efforts are required to address the complex issues of water resources.
Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman of the PCRWR, stated that this collaboration will benefit stakeholders and the country in understanding nontraditional security threats such as water security, food security, climate change and variability, and so on.
It will also serve as a forum for stakeholders to develop policy guidelines to address these issues. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman of the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), and Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir, Vice Chancellor of Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT), signed the letter of intent.
The Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology is a public university in the Pakistani city of Rahim Yar Khan. It was founded in 2014 on the initiative of then-Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. Khwaja Ghulam Fareed, a famous Sufi poet, inspired the name.