ALUMNI PROFILE: VENGUS PANWHAR The U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W) is continually working to achieve gender equity in the program. The increasing ratio of female students every year shows success toward achieving this important goal, but what is equally encouraging is the outstanding performance of female students in the Center. One example […]
Read MoreWorldwide, women are disproportionately affected by issues of water scarcity and sanitation. Consequently, adequate female representation in research and policy is especially important to ensure a future where clean water is available to all.
Read More“The world is going to be in a different position in the next fifty years, especially in developing countries,” observes Dr. Bakhshal Lashari, director of the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Water at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Jamshoro, Pakistan. For the last two years the USPCASW program at MUET, in partnership […]
Read MoreBY JONATHAN DUNCAN There are few things every human being requires for survival. Beyond the barriers of race, culture, and identity—we all share the same human needs. The most basic of which is water. In 2010, the United Nation declared that access to safe and reliable sources of water and sanitation are human rights. Today […]
Read MoreKhawar Mumtaz is the type of person who when faced with injustice knew she had to do something to confront it. The 1970s in Pakistan were a particularly dark time in a country who has had its share of dark times. The politics of authoritarianism and repression were on the rise and the rights of […]
Read MoreThe Utah Women of Water are hosting USPCAS-W at their event on Tuesday, June 21st. This seminar will feature Dr. Steven Burian and Dr. Christine Pomeroy from the University of Utah, and several visiting faculty from Pakistan who are working with the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W). This initiative has brought together researchers from multiple […]
Read MorePakistan faces the same challenges regarding women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations as is common throughout the world. At the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro (MUET), only about 15% of the 6,900 students are female. Within the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, MUET the original faculty consisted of […]
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