2nd Young Researchers National Conference on Water and Environment 2nd 3rd August, 2018

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1 2nd 3rd August, 2018 Day-1: Thursday, 2nd August :30 9:30 Registration INAUGURAL SESSION 9:30 9:35 Guests to be seated 9:35 9:40 Recitation from the Holy Quran 9:40 9:50 Welcome Address Prof. Dr. B. K. Lashari (Project Director, USPCASW) 9:50 10:00 Objectives of the conference Prof. Dr. Kamran Ansari (Conference Convenor, USPCASW) 10:00 10:15 Address by the Chief Guest Prof. Dr. M. Aslam Uqaili (Vice Chancellor, MUET) 10:15 10:30 Vote of Thanks Prof. Dr. Khan Muhammad Brohi / Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar 10:30 10:50 High Tea and Networking PLENARY SESSION - I (Auditorium) Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar Session Secretory Prof. Dr. Najma Memon, University of Sindh Time Speaker Organization Title of Talk 11:00 11:20 Dr. Muhammad Ashraf DG, PCRWR Persisting loopholes in water management of Pakistan. 11:20 11:40 Mr. Mahmood Cheema Country Representative, IUCN Pakistan IUCN initiatives on water and environment. 11:40 12:00 Dr. Fateh Marri P.C. WSIP, P&D, Government of Sindh 12:00 12:20 Questions & Answers Session 12:20 12:30 Souvenir and Shield Distribution

2 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Technical Session 1 (A) - Conference Room Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water and Environment Mr. Mehmood Cheema, Country Representative IUCN Session Secretory Dr. Arjumand Zaidi, USPCAS-W 12:35 12:50 Vipin Kumar Oad USPCASW Rice Crop Yield Estimation of Larkana District using Landsat Satellite Data 12:50 13:05 Maria Shafi UOG Absorption Epidemiological Assessment of Air Pollution of Gujrat with Using GIS for Mapping 13:05 13:20 Amna Khatoon UOG Agriculture Pollution: Pesticides Contamination in Water Resource of Gujrat with GIS Mapping 13:20 13:35 Ghulam Shabir Solangi USPCASW Mapping of soil salinity in coastal areas of Sindh, Pakistan using Geospatial techniques Technical Session 1 (B) - Auditorium Environmental Engineering & WaSH Dr. Jeff Ullman Ms. Uzma Imran 12:35 12:50 Shan Saleem USPCASW Treatment of High Strength Synthetic Waste Water Using Anaerobic-Aerobic Membrane Bioreactor 12:50 13:05 Muhammad Muqeet USPCASW Adsorption-based-filtration: an approach to remove inorganic pollutants from water 13:05 13:20 Zohaib Mukhtiar MUET Environmental Benefits of Exploiting the Solar Energy Resources for Power Generation in Pakistan 13:20 13:35 Imdad Ali USPCASW Waterborne diseases, Healthcare Cost and Health seeking Behavior of Urban Slum in Hyderabad 13:35 13:45 Talha Latif MUET Current Health Care Waste Management Practices in Selected Hospitals of Hyderabad and Jamshoro 13:45 14:30 Lunch/Prayer Break and Posters Display Technical Session 2 (A ) - Conference Room Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water and Environment Prof. Dr. Kamran Ansari Ms. Rakhshinda Bano 14:30 14:45 Arslan Mahmood USPCASW Hydromorphologic analysis of a meandering river using raster analytics of remotely sensed data: A case study of the Indus River 14:45 15:00 Vengus Panhwar USPCASW Vegetation Change Detection to Quantify Impact of Small Dams Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of Potohar Region 15:00 15:15 Tahir Sheikh USPCASW Assessing the Impacts of Gorano Dam on Vegetation Cover of the Area 15:15 15:30 Kamran Mehboob CCET Gujranwala A review on types and applications of solar energy technologies and its effect on environment in Pakistan Technical Session 2 (B) - Auditorium Irrigation Water Management and Crop Water Productivity Dr. M. Ashraf, DG, PCRWR Session Secretory Prof. Dr. M. Munir Babar, USPCAS-W 14:30 14:45 Muhammad Younas UAF A review of changing climate & rising population impacts on agriculture produce: challenges for water &food security and sustainable development 14:45 15:00 Summaiya USPCASW Suitability and Assessment of Groundwater for Irrigation Purpose: A case Study of Hyderabad Sub-urban area 15:00 15:15 Nageena Makhdum USPCASW Variability in Cotton Yield, and Soil SalinityEffects by Practicing Deficit Irrigation Technique under Raised-Beds 15:15 15:30 Muhammad Essa MUET Seasonal variation in water quality of river Indus at Kotri Barrage Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

3 Technical Session 3 (A) - Conference Room Mr. M. Abid, World Bank Mr. Muhammad Ali, USPCAS-W 15:30 15:40 Salman Mohsin USPCASW Assessment of shift in sowing and harvesting of the rice crop in district Larkana using field and remotely sensed data 15:40 15:50 Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala KTH Sweden Intelligent Solutions for Consumption Feedback Can they mitigate the Scarcity of Energy and Water in Pakistan? 15:50 16:00 Uroosa Memon USPCASW Evaluation of Raised-Bed Irrigationin Comparison to Conventional Irrigation Techniques for Growing of Cotton Crop 16:00 16:10 Sanam Naz Junejo UoS Growth response of leafy vegetable Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea L.) to soil applied NaCl stress 16:10 16:20 Aqeel Ahmed USPCASW Performance Evaluation of Solar Tube wells for Waterlogged and Salt-affected Soil in District Shaheed Benazirabad 16:30 17:00 Technical Session 3 (B) - Auditorium Environmental Engineering and WaSH Dr. Fateh Marri, Government of Sindh Dr. Jamil Ahmed, USPCAS-W 15:30 15:40 Umama Soomro USPCASW Adsorption of indigo carmine dye on chemically modified adsorbent prepared from municipal solid waste 15:40 15:50 Sumra USPCASW Assessment of Water Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Services, accessibility, and functionality in Primary Healthcare facilities of District, Hyderabad 15:50 16:00 Huma Tariq USPCASW Characterization of biofilm formed in the drinking water distribution system at MUET, Jamshoro 16:00 16:10 Raima USPCASW Concentration of heavy metals in fish species in thekeenjhar Lake, Pakistan 16:10 16:20 Ahsan Latif USPCASW Impact Assessment of Combined Effluent Treatment Plant on KB Feeder Canal 16:30 17:00 19:00 20:30 Conference Dinner

4 DAY-2: Friday, August 3, 2018 PLENARY SESSION - II (Auditorium) Senator Nisar A. Memon, Chairman Water and Environment Forum (WEF) Pakistan Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar, USPCAS-W Time Speaker Organization Title of Talk 9:30 9:55 Mr. M. Abid World Bank 9:55 10:15 Mr. Arif Anwar IWMI Pakistan 10:15 10:40 Mr. Nazeer Essani Deputy PD, KNIP 10:40 10:50 Questions & Answers Session 10:50 11:00 Souvenir and Shield Distribution 11:00 11:20 TECHNICAL SESSIONS Technical Session 1 (A) - Conference Room Environmental Engineering & WaSH Dr. Mercedes Ward Dr. Tanveer Ahmed 11:20 11:30 Gul Naz Laghari Baloch UoS Ultrasensitive colorimetric sensor for trace level detection of Arsenic(lll) 11:30 11:40 Sallahuddin Panhwar USPCASW Gold nanoparticles based fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensor for Detection of Escherichia coli 11:40 11:50 Qandeel Khan USPCASW Water treatment through Neem seeds for drinking purpose 11:50 12:00 Ubed ur Rehman USPCASW Water Sanitation and Hygiene resources and Student s Satisfaction Appraisal in Higher Education Institutes 12:00 12:10 Abdul Hafeez MUET Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Manchar Lake and its Surroundings. 12:10 12:20 Pashmina Iftikhar USPCASW Assessment of Menstrual Hygiene Management and Knowledge of Girls in Urban schools of Hyderabad 12:30 14:30 Lunch and Prayer break Technical Session 1 (B) - Auditorium Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water and Environment Prof. Dr. Altaf Ali Siyal, USPCASW Mr. Waqas Ahmed, USPCAS-W 11:20 11:35 Shoukat Ali Shah IWREM GIS Based Approach for Estimation of Area under Wheat and Other Major Rabi Crops in District Ghotki and Corresponding Irrigation Water 11:35 11:50 Imran Khan USPCASW Temporal Variation in the Surface Area of Ghamu Bhar Glacial Lake Using Geospatial Techniques 11:50 12:05 Mehran Sattar USPCASW Future projections of temperature in Pakistan using high resolution downscaled simulations 12:05 12:20 Muhammad Ghazanfar Abdullah NUST Afflux on Rivers Due to Bridges: A Case Study of River Sutlej 12:30 14:30 Lunch and Prayer break Technical Session 2 (A) - Conference Room Environmental Engineering & WaSH Dr. Naveed Qambrani Dr. Ayesha Tajammul 14:30 14:45 Asif Ahmed Rahimoon MUET Automatic positioner control system for motorized parabolic solar dish

5 14:45 15:00 Imran Khan MUET Characterization and Quantification of Produced Water from Bobi Oil Field Sanghar 15:00 15:15 Jessica USPCASW Treatment of Edible Oil Industrial Wastewater by using Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Reactor 15:15 15:30 Faaiz USPCASW Optimization of Pilot-Scale Trickling Filter for Wastewater Treatment at MUET, Jamshoro 15:30 15:45 Technical Session 2 (B) - Auditorium Dr. Altaf Ali Siyal, USPCAS-W Ms. Rakhshanda 14:30 14:45 Zulfiqar Ali USPCASW Characterization of the Aquifer using Pumping test for Groundwater Modelling of Sakrand Distributary Command Area 14:45 15:00 Agha Danish Ilyas USPCASW Grey water Generation, treatment and its Utilization for Plantation in Educational Institutions 15:00 15:15 Ahmad Abdur Rehman USPCASW Comparative Benefit-Cost Analysis of Concrete Canal Lining and the Linear, Anionic Polyacrylamide Technology 15:15 15:30 Nabi Bux Bhatti USPCASW Assessment of Arsenic and Fluoride in the groundwater of Nagarparkar area, Sindh, Pakistan 15:30 15:45 Technical Session 3 (A) - Conference Room Mr. Nazeer Essani, Deputy PD, KNIP Mr. Waqas Ahmed 15:45 15:55 Faris Ahmed Bhatti USPCASW Simulating Chickpea (CicerArietinum) potential yield for different irrigation applications using CropSyst model 15:55 16:05 Ghulam Farooq Somorro UoS Use of saw dust and sugarcane bagasse to lower TDS levels in brackish water 16:05 16:15 Waheed Ali MUET Health effects of Brick Plant Emissions on Tando Hyder, Pakistan 16:15 16:25 Mukhtiar Ali Magsi IWREM Evaluation of the Influence of Different Rates of Super Absorbent Polymer on Soil Properties and Yield Components of Sesame Crop with Desert Soil 16:25 16:35 Nabeel Ali Khan USPCASW Application of Simplified Surface Energy Balance Index (S-SEBI)for Estimating Actual Crop Water Requirement Using Remote Sensing Technical Session 3 (B) - Auditorium Dr. Abdul Latif Qureshi Mr. G. H. Dars 15:45 16:00 Nadir Nizamani USPCASW Evaluating the Effectiveness of Granular Linear Anionic Poly-Acrylamide (LA-PAM) to Reduce the Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of the Soil 16:00 16:15 Saima Awan UoS Impacts of soil salinity on organic matter decomposition rate: Laboratory incubation 16:15 16:30 Muhammad Nauman USPCASW Generating Curve Number Grid for Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) Catchment using GIS and Remote Sensing CLOSING SESSION 16:40 17:00 Recommendations of the Conference Prof. Dr. B. K. Lashari / Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar 17:00 17:15 Speech by Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. M. Aslam Uqaili 17:15 17:30 Speech by Chief Guest Senator Nisar A. Memon, Chairman WEF Pakistan 17:30 17:45 Prize Distribution and Presentation of Shields

6 17:45 17:50 Vote of Thanks Prof. Dr. Kamran Ansari 17:50 18:30 Networking on High Tea and Departure