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.
