Prof. Dr. Mahar was serving as the Director, at U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro.
From Our Correspondent
Khairpur
Sindh government has appointed Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar, as the Vice Chancellor of the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology and Skill Development Khairpur Mirs for a period of four years.
A notification issued on March 10, 2023 by the Universities and Boards Department in Karachi said that Sindh Chief Minister, being the Competent Authority, has appointed Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar as the Vice Chancellor of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University of Technology and Skill Development Khairpur Mirs.
Dr. Mahar was serving as the Director, at U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro. He was also the Chief Editor of Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology.
He did Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a Post Doctorate from the University of Utah, USA. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Mahar published more than 100 research papers in International Repute Journals and presented more than 50 papers at National and International conferences and symposiums. Dr. Mahar has supervised 12 PhDs and more than 100 master’s students. He has remained as a Co-director/ HoD of the Environmental Engineering Department, in the Institute of Environmental Engineering & Management; Mehran University.
He worked as a Project Coordinator/P.I in various research projects funded by various national and international donors. He worked as Principle Investigator in Heinrich Böll Stiftung (German foundation). Further, he worked on bio-energy especially converting organic waste into energy and conducted various Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for rehabilitation of canals, minors, and distributaries, which includes Baseline survey, identification of environmental issues and their mitigation measures, formulation of Environmental Management Plan (EMP); Environmental Scoping and Screening Reports (ESSR) of various projects.
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