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Two-Day training workshop on "Climate Change Projections and its impact on Water System Performance" concluded on Friday at US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W) Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET), Jamshoro.
In certificate distribution ceremony, Project Director USPCAS-W Professor Dr Bakhshal Khan Lashari said that apart from harnessing the technical skills of the participants, this workshop will also serve as a strong platform for an effective network of experienced people.
He said USPCAS-W has been established with the generous support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the cooperative agreement at MUET and technically supported by University of Utah (UU), USA. He said the Center was equipped with modern water laboratories to conduct applied research on water sector in Pakistan. Dr Bakhshal added that issues related to climate, environment and water of the country will be solved by developing human capital in the sector which will bring prosperity to the people by boosting the economy of the country.
He said that USPCAS-W at MUET with the support of USAID and UU, trying its best to produce water leaders in the country. Technical Advisor to USPCAS-W Dr Jeffery Layton Ullman said that the University of Utah is dedicated to provide technical support to this Center to impart quality education and modern applied research in water sector of the country.
He said such workshops will enhance the capacity of the stakeholders of the Center, who will ultimately contribute to the development of Pakistan. On Thursday, the first day of the seminar, Deputy Director (Academics & Research) at USPCAS-W Dr Rasool Bux Mahar gave an introductory overview of the Center by sharing detailed presentation stated its aims & objectives. USPCAS-W Faculty Ghulam Hussain Dars, Waqas Ahmed and workshop focal persons shared the aims and objectives of the workshop. They said that the workshop aimed at to advance engineers, scientists, water managers and experts' capacity related to climate change impacts on system performance. They said that the workshop paved the way to build participants' training strength in the area of climate impact studies by using different tools such as R-statistical language and WEAP decision support tool. Workshop resource person Rakhshinda Bano while sharing the outcomes of the workshop said that it had improved the comprehension of the participants for the climate projections and vulnerability assessment and techniques across a range of applications. On this occasion, the certificates among the participants and facilitators of the workshop were distributed by the management of the Center.

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