Dr Zakir Sial is working as Director at the Irrigation Research Institute (IRI) in the Punjab Irrigation Department in Lahore, Pakistan. He obtained M. Engg, degree from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and currently is a PhD scholar at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has more than 30 years of experience in the applied and basic research fields related to a wide spectrum of water sector issues including groundwater management, artificial recharge of groundwater, water conservation, IWRM, climate changes and their impacts on water resources, floods-mitigation and adoption, seepage estimation from irrigation channels, environmental impact assessment of irrigation/drainage projects, quality control of engineering projects, groundwater regulatory and policy framework etc. Has international exposure by visiting in different countries including Thailand, PR China, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Iran, India, UAE, Nepal, and Indonesia, and has participated in and presented in a number of national and international knowledge sharing workshops/seminars/courses/trainings, etc. He has presented/got published a number of research papers/reports at national and international level. Has vast experience of working with rural communities, NGOs, CBOs, FOs, and other stakeholders at the grassroots level. He has co-supervised a number of students at different universities for their thesis research. He has experience of working on the projects funded/coordinated by provincial/federal Govts and international agencies like JICA, ADB, WB, ACIAR, CSIRO, etc. Mr. Zakir is member of different national and international professional organizations, like Pakistan Engineering Council-Registered Professional Engineer (RPE); Institution of Engineers Pakistan, the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), the Member Executive Council of Pakistan Engineering Congress, and the Member AIT Alumni Association, Australia Awards Alumni Association-Pakistan, National Groundwater Association (NGWA) USA; International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH); International Water Resources Association (IWRA). At present he is contributing at Charles Sturt University, Australia as Vice President for the Postgraduate Student Association (PGSA), member of the Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Committee of the University, and member of the Social Club (TSC). Mr Zakir has earned a number of gold medals, awards, distinctions, and scholarships during his professional and academic journey.