Department of Irrigation & Drainage - Research Projects

Research Groups                    Seven (7)                                                   

Research Title

Research Team

Research Description

HEIS

Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Mr. Sikandar Ali
Mr. Abid Sarwar

Drip, Sprinkler, Watercourse Improvement, Precision Land levelling, Bed Planting and Rain water harvesting

Groundwater

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arshad
Dr. Muhammad Usman
Dr. Lubna Anjum

Monitoring Aquifers, Water tabling falling, well design, skimming well design, salinity and groundwater recharge

Climate change Impact on water

Dr. Muhammad Uzair Qamar
Dr. Muhammad Zaman

Glacier monitoring, GLOFs, Impact on Indus Supplies, Groundwater, Floods, Droughts and Drainage

Hydrological Modeling

Dr. Muhammad Usman
Dr. Muhammad Zaman
Dr. M. Adnan Shahid

Water Mangemnet modeling, Groundwater modeling, hydrologic process modeling

RS and GIS in water Resources

Dr. M. Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Mr. Abdul Shabbir

RS/GIS for building Dams, Regional ET studies, Watershed management, HRUs for CWR

Transboundry Water Issues

Prof. Dr. M. Rafiq Ch.
Dr. Abdul Khaliq
Mr. Kashif Mehmood

Indus Water treaty, Water apportionment accord, Kabul river treaty, untreated effluent flow from India

Water Reuse

Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Mr. Rao Husnain Arshad

Waste water treatment, wetland design and management, water quality, water quality management

 

Completed Research Projects

Name

Project Title

Amount
(million)

Duration
  (Years)

Donor Agency

Remarks

 

Dr. Muhammad Rafiq Ch.

Testing and evaluation of control structure alternatives for irrigation channels.

Rs.4.128

Rs.0.434

Two

National Drainage Program (NDP)

Completed

 

Contribution of irrigation system components to the recharge potential under lined and unlined options.

Rs. 4.128

Three

ALP (PARC)

Completed

 

Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad

Controlled drainage for crop production and water quality enhancement.

Rs. 0.7

Four

PSF

Completed

 

Pressurized irrigation system

Rs. 0.15

Two

UAF

Completed

 

Innovative irrigation techniques. Management Aspects of surface and groundwater supplies in irrigated areas.

Rs. 2.531

Three

ALP (PARC)

Completed

 

Testing and adoption of improved raised bed technology to enhance crop and water productivity

Rs. 1.118

One

HEC, Islamabad

Completed

 

Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad

RCT-Rice Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plans (RWC)

 

 

CIMMYT.

Completed

Operating & management of drip irrigation system at PARS, UAF

Rs. 15.87

Three

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Dr. Allah Bakhsh

Demonstration of a groundwater model to simulate pumping effects on a Faisalabad water supply scheme"

Rs. 1.47

Two

Endowment Fund Secretariat,UAF

Completed

Performance assessment and evaluation of an irrigation system using RS/GIS techniques

Rs. 1.264

Two

HEC, Islamabad

Completed

Redefining of the cropping pattern in mixed cropping zone of Punjab

Rs 1.0

One

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Dr. Muhammad Arshad

Performance assessment and evaluation of an irrigation system using RS/GIS techniques

Rs 1.077

Four

HEC, Islamabad

Completed

Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad

RCT-Rice Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plans (RWC)

 

 

CIMMYT.

Completed

Operating & management of drip irrigation system at PARS, UAF

Rs. 15.87

Three

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Dr. Allah Bakhsh

Demonstration of a groundwater model to simulate pumping effects on a Faisalabad water supply scheme"

Rs. 1.47

Two

Endowment Fund Secretariat,UAF

Completed

Performance assessment and evaluation of an irrigation system using RS/GIS techniques

Rs. 1.264

Two

HEC, Islamabad

Completed

Redefining of the cropping pattern in mixed cropping zone of Punjab

Rs 1.0

One

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Dr. Muhammad Arshad

Performance assessment and evaluation of an irrigation system using RS/GIS techniques

Rs 1.077

Four

HEC, Islamabad

Completed

Dr. Abdul Khaliq

Demonstration of a Groundwater Model to Simulate Pumping Effects on Water table of a Faisalabad Water Supply Scheme.

Rs. 1.4274

Two

Endowment Fund Secretariat

Completed

Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema

Formulating Water Policy Based on Rationalization of Water Allocations Using Remote Sensing and GIS Modeling

Rs. 5.00

Two

IFPRI, USDA

Completed

Developing near real time water allocation system based on Remote sensing and Modeling.

Rs. 4.00

Three

IFPRI, USDA

Completed

Dr. Allah Bakhsh

Enhancing water productivity by using efficient irrigation techniques funded by IFPRI-CGP

Rs. 4.00

Three

IFPRI, USDA

Completed

Rain water harvesting for groundwater recharge funded by endowment fund

Rs. 1.312

Two

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Dr. Allah Bakhsh

On Farm Research and Development component of LCCS part B

Rs. 79 million

Two

JICA

Completed

Investigating Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Technology to Recharge the Saline Groundwater at Farmer's Fields

Rs. 2.233 million

Three

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Development of High Efficiency Irrigation System

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-

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed

Internship program for undergraduate

Rs. 32.622 million

One

Endowment Fund Secretariat, UAF

Completed