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Zarif Khero is the Chief Engineer in Irrigation Department Government of Sindh, Pakistan. Mr. Khero have an experience of 30 years in the field of water resources management in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan. He received his M.E degree in Irrigation and Hydraulic Structures in 2009 from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Sindh.
He has long experience of water distribution within Pakistan and knowledge of the transboundary water issues, the flood management and the operation of mega hydraulic structures and its allied system in Pakistan. He is keen in the estimation of surface and groundwater balance in the province of Sindh and water accounting to assess availability on basin level. He believes that putting the right price tag on water will encourage economic utilization of water through efficient technologies and practices for emergence of water-saving culture in Sindh. Through capacity building program, running under his supervision, is taking effort to promote the research and technological development in Sindh Irrigation department.
He is the author of Eight Research Paper published internationally. In June 2022 at Atlanta Georgia USA, he has received a prestigious International Fellow Ship Award and reward from American Society of Civil Engineers through a worldwide competitive process of research work published by the international scholars.
In 2016, on the road to COP 22, THE World Water Council launched a new evidence-based book “Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Change” to provide decision makers with solutions for adaptation plans to increase resilience and improve disaster preparedness. Mr. Khero is the Author of a Book Chapter on his experience in the Indus basin. The book showcased the Eleven case studies analysed in-depth impacts of extreme events in basins and regions in Arid America, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Nepal, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, and South Africa. The book was presented in COP-22 held in 2016.
Secretary Irrigation & Chief Engineer.
"Empowering Water Management and Resilience: 30 Years of Expertise, Global Recognition, and Advocacy for Sustainable Solutions"
- Birthday: 22 - January - 1968
- Website: www.zarifkhero.com
- Phone: 021-99211445
- City: Karachi, Sindh
- Age: 55
- Degree: M.E
- Email: zarifkhero@hotmail.com
with 30 years of water resources management experience, holds an M.E degree in Irrigation and Hydraulic Structures; he's knowledgeable in transboundary water issues, flood management, mega hydraulic structures, and water accounting. He advocates for pricing water appropriately to promote efficient utilization and a water-saving culture, and has received international recognition for his research and authored a book chapter on climate resilience in the Indus basin, presented at COP-22.
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Zarif Iqbal Khero
Zarif Khero, a seasoned Chief Engineer in Sindh's Irrigation Department, holds a 30-year track record in water resource management. With an M.E. degree, he intertwines academia and practical insights to foster economic water utilization and resilience through research-driven practices and international authorship.
- Karachi , Sindh
- 021-99211445
- zarifkhero@hotmail.com
Education
Master of Engineering in Irrigation and Hydraulic Structures
2009
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
1990
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro Sindh
International Trainings & Workshops
World Bank assisted ‘Workshop and Training on Sediment Monitoring and Analysis at PWRI’
07-23 October , 2018
Tskuba Japan
Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) Training Course on ‘Sediment Transport Analysis with HEC-RAS’
5-16 February , 2018
Davis California, USA
Completed the ‘Water Diplomacy Workshop’
19-23 June , 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston USA
Advance Management Visit Program
11-22 May 2015
AIT Bangkok and Entuara (Hydro Tasmania) Australia at Victoria & Queensland
Participated in the Fulbright Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop
9 to 12 Feb 2015
Kathmandu, Nepal
Participated in a APAS Short Course on "Irrigation and Water Resource Management"
February 22 to April 5, 2014
funded by AusAID in Australia
Presented a paper "Impacts of Climate Change and Human Intervention on Lower Indus Basin"
16-19 April , 2013
USCID International Conference "Using 21st Century Technology to Better Manage Irrigation Water Supply" in Phoenix, Arizona
Participated in International Conference on Dams & Hydro Power and presented the "Floods 2010 & 2011" in Pakistan
2012
Iran
Participated in International Visitors Leadership Program on “Water Supply and Management II”
February 28 – March 18, 2011
USA with the auspices of US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Regional Trainings & Workshops
Participated in Federal/Provincial Dialogue on Pakistan National Water Policy (NWP)
September 27 2019
Karahi
Participated in International Symposium on ‘Creating Water Secure Pakistan’
19-20 October , 2018
Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan
Sindh Irrigation Department funded Diploma (Evening) in ‘Flood Forecasting and Flood Hazard Management’
Nov 2017 to July 2018
Seven Training Modules for 16 Credits hours at US-PAK Center for Advance Studies in Water
Capacity Enhancement in Groundwater Data Analysis and Modelling
9-11 November , 2017
Three-day training workshop organized by ACIAR-PCRWR & MUET Jamshoro
ADVANCE HYDRAULIC MODELING USING HEC-RAS
January 11,2017
USPCAS-W Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro
Integrated Water Resource Modeling 3rd Workshop
14-18 April , 2016
DFAT-CSIRO Indus Pakistan Project
HYDRAULIC MODELING USING HEC-RAS
11 – 15 May, 2016
USPCAS-W Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro
International Workshop on “Meaning and Characterizing River Morphology for Hindcasting and Forecasting River Responses to Major Floods”
21-22 December 2015
Islamabad
CSIRO-eWater Integrated Water Resource Modeling Workshop
04-08 May 2015
Lahore
CSIRO-eWater Integrated Water Resource Modeling Workshop
15-19 December , 2014
Lahore
Workshop on ‘Web Application Consisting of MIS, DSS (GAMS Execution) and Web GIS’
18-21 November, 2013
World Bank assisted IBMR
RS & GIS APPLICATIONS IN FLOOD MONITORING & DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
19 – 23 December 2011
SUPARCO @ Karachi , Sindh
Irrigation Water Management
2007
Organized by MUET, Jamshoro in collaboration with Colorado State University
Capacity Building of Assistant Executive Engineer of IPD
2006
Organized by Provincial Training Cell of SIDA in collaboration with IIDE MUET, Jamshoro
Professional Certificate Course for AutoCAD 2000
2005
SZABIST Nawabshah
Project Preparation for the capacity building in Water sector improvement project (WSIP) in Sindh
2004
Organized by IIDE MUET, Jamshoro Sponsored by FAO of United Nations
National Training Workshop on Application of Indus Basin Model for Optimum Use of Water Resources Development and Management
4-9, August 2003
Organized by Centre of Excellence in collaboration with NDP
Microsoft Office & Internet
2002
SZABIST Nawabsha
Effective Letters, Report Writing & Presentation,
1990
Pakistan Institute of Management Karachi
Co-Supervisor to M.E Students
Critical Review of Seepage Theories; Case Study: Failure of Sakrand X-Regulator IIDE MUET Jamshoro, Sindh.
Observation of Piezometers installed on Sukkur Barrage for evaluating the effects of Sub-soil composition on Theoretical & Observed Pressure IIDE MUET Jamshoro, Sindh.
Indus Basin Water Distribution IIDE MUET Jamshoro, Sindh.
Professional Experience
Secretary Irrigation
March 18, 2024 - Up to date
Secretary Irrigation
June 2023 - September 5, 2023
Chief Engineer Development Region II
Feb 2020 - June 2023
Project Director Chotiari
Sept 2015 - Feb 2020
Executive Engineer LBOD Shaheed Benazirabad
Sept 2011 - Sept 2015
Responsibilities : To maintain and operate the scavenger wells, tile drainage system and the surface drains to better manage the ground water table for the healthy growth of crops. During unprecedented rainfall of 2011 that inundated the entire middle & lower Sindh the LBOD has performed more than its design. Major damage caused to the banks and the structures of LBOD. Program of the Rehabilitation of Drainage network is launched to rehabilitate the system to its design
Executive Engineer, Northern Canal Division Larkana
April 2011 to September 2011
Responsibilities : During Floods 2010 a flood Protection Embankment in front of Larkana city in the downstream right side of Sukkur Barrage survived at the last stitch. Therefore a very important and sensitive task of designing and constructing appropriate River Training Works entrusted and fulfilled with great dedication. Within shortest period of 02 months a huge quantum work completed. Under this area of responsibility covers 86 miles of flood protection embankment and extensive canal network of Dadu Canal off-taking from the right side of Sukkur Barrage.
Executive Engineer, Sukkur Barrage
March 2009 to April 2011
Executive Engineer, Small Dams Division Jamshoro
September 2007 to March 2008
(i) Jurisdiction of Small Dams division stretches from Hyderabad and upto out-skirts of Karachi including the mountains of district Thatta. (ii) Conducting hydrological survey for assessing feasibility of dam sites. (iii) Topographical survey of the sites feasible for dam construction for preparing contour maps, storage elevation curves etc. (iv) Conducting geotechnical investigations for the deciding dam type and the site. (v) Calculation of crop water requirement for proper conservation of water, and the land to be brought under cultivation at the construction of dam
Assistant Executive Engineer (AXEN), Kazi Ahmed Irrigation Sub-division
March 2005 to September 2008
Irrigation & Power Department Government of Sindh
Deputy Director Irrigation & Flood Protection
September 2004 to March 2005
Sindh Irrigation & Drainage Authority (SIDA)
Responsibilities: (i) Prepared plan for 2nd Flood sector scheme for the timely implementation in the jurisdiction of SIDA. (ii) Conducted Rapid Appraisal Process for assessing irrigation efficiency in the Ghotki and Left Bank Area Water Boards.(iii) Effective water measurements, Maintenance of distributary channels, Water distribution equity, Role of farmer Organization in SIDA, Optimum use of irrigation water was stressed during the period through a workshop conducted in Sukkur and Hyderabad in collaboration with FAO and the Institute of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, MUET Jamshoro.
Assitant Executive Engineer various Sub-divisions (March 1993 to September 2004)
Irrigation & Power Department Government of Sindh
Responsibilities:
Assessment Subdivision (1993-1995) : Conducted surveys for the assessment of water charges in district Nawabshah.Irrigation subdivision (1995-1997) : As stated under AXEN Kazi AhmedBund Subdivisions (1997-2001) : Task entrusted in the bund subdivisions is to monitor and safeguard the flood protective bunds (levees) to protect the area against the flood havocIrrigation subdivision (2001-2003) : As stated under AXEN Kazi AhmedLBOD Drainage subdivision (2003-04) :Performing ground water balance through effective operation of tubewells and maintaining drainage effluent flows through the existing drainage system. Monitoring O&M performance contracts in LBOD Drainage Division Nawabshah.
Field Engineer Private Job
April 1990 to March 199
MICON Engineering Consultants, Field office at Hyderabad and Dadu Sindh
Responsibilities:Collected population data from various offices and the field for assessment/ proposal of basic amenities of health, education, communication, power and the ways and means of survival essentially required per capita. Very good data base has been established for the particular areas. Established meteorological station for the collection of rainfall data for the selection of dam sites, stream gauging for calculating discharge of each torrential stream for the dams feasibility project, Monitoring of ground water behaviors before and after rains in the Kohistan and worked on town planning of Gorakh Hill station in Dadu Sindh.
Research & Publications
Performance of the GPM IMERG and CMORPH Gridded Precipitation and Rain on Grid Approaches to Reproduce the Pluvial Flood of 2022 in the Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan
May 2023
Conference Paper - Zarif Khero,Babar Naeem
Bringing transparency and consistency to Pakistan's seasonal water planning decisions: 1991 inter-provincial Water Apportionment Accord (WAA) Tool User Guide and Reference Manual (Second edition)
2022
Article - Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero
Application of Physical Modelling Approach in Lower Indus River to Address Approach Flow and Silt Accumulation Issues
2022
Conference Paper
Zarif Khero,Babar Naeem
Dynamic representation of 10-day water allocation process in Indus Basin Irrigation System
Mar 2022
Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero
Dam Breach Flood Inundation Modeling for Aripir Dam, Sindh, Pakistan
Jun 2021
Conference Paper
Zarif Khero,Babar Naeem,Ibrahim Samoo
Development of the Indus River System Model to Evaluate Reservoir Sedimentation Impacts on Water Security in Pakistan
Mar 2021
Article
Geoff Podger , Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero
Flood Hazard Assessment for the Tori Levee Breach of the Indus River Basin, Pakistan
Feb 2021
Article
Zarif Khero , Babar Naeem
Indus river water level monitoring using satellite radar altimetry
Apr 2020
Article
Arjumand Zaidi , Zarif Khero
Infrastructure Development in Closed River Basin: Impact Assessment Analysis on Lower Indus Basin
May 2020
Conference Paper
Zarif Khero ,Pervaiz Khahro ,Nisar Samejo
Indus River System Model (IRSM) – a planning tool to explore water management options in Pakistan: Model conceptualisation, configuration and calibration
Aug 2018
Technical Report
Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad , Zarif Khero
Development of a regional groundwater model for the Indus Basin irrigation system of Pakistan: Status report
Aug 2018
Technical Report
Muhammad & Khero, Zarif
Technical Expertise
Expertise in water resources management, irrigation, flood control, and hydraulic engineering, with proficiency in HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and HEC-DSS tools for hydrologic modeling and data management.
Testimonials
Zarif Khero's three decades of expertise in water management, paired with his unwavering commitment to sustainable practices and innovation, have significantly contributed to the advancement of water resources in Sindh and beyond.
Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad
Principal Research Scientist - Research Team Leader for Water & Irrigation Systems at CSIRO
Mr. Khero's prolific contributions, from international publications to esteemed awards, attest to his exceptional leadership in water resources management and his dedication to fostering a culture of resilience and progress in the field.
Sajjad Ahmad
Department Chair at University of Nevada (UNLV)
Mr Khero's diverse expertise, from research to innovation, showcases his comprehensive approach to water resources. His efforts in promoting economic utilization and resilience through efficient practices stand as exceptional contributions.
Dr. Bakhshal Khan Lashari
Emeritus Professor at University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro
Mr Khero's extensive experience in water resources management and his dedication to advancing sustainable practices showcase his profound commitment to the field, and his leadership in diverse areas exemplifies his contribution to shaping the future of water management.
Ibrahim Samoon
Regional Head at ACE Pvt Ltd, Pakistan
Contact
Location:
1st Floor, Toghlug House Building, Sindh Secretariat, Burns Road, Karachi, Kamal-Ata-Turk Road, Karachi
Email:
zarifkhero@hotmail.com
Call:
021-99211445