IRFAN NAZAR / CIVIL & WATER RESOURCES ENGINEER
I combine field engineering, hydraulic analysis, and hydroinformatics to support resilient water infrastructure. My work spans small dams, irrigation, flood management, GIS, and public-sector project delivery.
Executive Engineer, Small Dams Division, Jhelum
MSc Water Science & Engineering — Hydroinformatics
BSc Civil Engineering
I serve as Executive Engineer in the Small Dams Division, Jhelum, under the Punjab Irrigation Department, with professional experience in water resources, small dam projects, flood management, and public-sector engineering delivery since June 2014.
My professional focus sits at the intersection of traditional civil and hydraulic engineering (feasibility studies, dam safety inspections, EPAP review, PPRA procurement, and construction supervision) and modern hydroinformatics (hydrological models, GIS spatial layers, Google Earth Engine analytics, interactive dashboards, and Python automation).
My MSc at IHE Delft was completed on 11 April 2023 in Water Science and Engineering with specialisation in Hydroinformatics: Modelling and Information Systems for Water Management. The 106 ECTS programme included hydrology, hydraulics, information technology, computational hydraulics, river basin modelling, river flood analysis, flood risk management, decision support systems, and data visualisation.
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands
Master of Science awarded 11 April 2023. Overall average 8.3/10 across 106 ECTS; thesis research, defence, and presentation: 8.0/10.
University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan
Public-sector engineering, planning, procurement, contract administration, water resources management, and day-to-day executive engineering delivery.
Sample projects spanning dam safety, real-time flood warning, geospatial pipelines, and government TOR procurement.
Third-party validation of quality and quantity for the remaining packages at Dharab, Uthwal/Lakhwal, Shah Habib and Fateh Pur dams.
Details pending your verification.
Construction of Mohra Shera Dam.
Details pending your verification.
Feasibility study and development of proposed solutions for problematic small dams in Development Zone.
Details pending your verification.
Rehabilitation and remodeling of the main dam, spillway and irrigation system at Domeli and Lehri dams in District Jhelum.
Details pending your verification.
Rehabilitation and operationalization work concerning Tainpura Dam and Gurah Uttam Singh Dam in Potohar Zone.
Details pending your verification.
Consultancy services for preparation of engineering chakbandi plans for existing small dams in Irrigation Potohar Zone, Rawalpindi / Islamabad.
Details pending your verification.
Rehabilitation of the irrigation system serving Jammargal Dam.
Details pending your verification.
Geospatial mapping of reservoir and command areas for potential Soan Basin sites using the satellite-imagery specifications in the project title.
Details pending your verification.
Geotechnical investigation for potential sites under the Soan River water-potential feasibility study.
Details pending your verification.
Project preparation and land-acquisition documentation for the proposed Bakrala Dam in Tehsil Sohawa, District Jhelum.
Pending your verification.
Study coordination and project administration for exploring the water potential of the Soan River.
Pending your verification.
Coordination of draft irrigation-system designs, drawings and cost estimates submitted under the Soan River study.
Pending your verification.
Progress reporting and inter-agency coordination for outstanding land-acquisition and mutation matters.
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Consolidation of approved and potential dam-site maps into a single planning and presentation view.
Pending your verification.
A single-file water-level monitoring dashboard built on Leaflet.js with a Google Apps Script backend, covering all 16 small dams in the Potohar Zone.
Flood tracking and inundation mapping for Chenab River reaches, combining barrage discharge trends, Sentinel-1 SAR observations, GIS analysis, and public-facing bulletins.
IHE Delft MSc research evaluating NBS effectiveness for climate change adaptation in the Aa of Weerijs catchment, Netherlands.
A Python / Google Colab geospatial pipeline pulling GFS forecast rainfall over Bunhan & Kahan catchments processed with rasterio and GeoPandas.
Technical review of Emergency Preparedness & Action Plan submitted by NESPAK–DMC JV, examining dam-break modeling, breach parameters & PMF scenarios.
Terms of Reference covering design review, detailed design, construction supervision and M&E across 13 small dam schemes under ADP Punjab funding.
A Python application for statistical flood frequency analysis — Gumbel EV1, Log-Pearson III, Log-Normal with KS goodness-of-fit testing.
AN INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION
Move the reservoir level and explore how water interacts with a dam and spillway.
Illustrative simulation, not live monitoring or an engineering design calculation.
Open channel designer →Academic and professional work connecting hydroinformatics, Nature-Based Solutions, climate adaptation, and public-sector project delivery.
MSc thesis at IHE Delft investigated the effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions for climate change adaptation in the Aa of Weerijs catchment, the Netherlands, with thesis research, defence, and presentation assessed at 8.0/10.
Presented NBS and climate adaptation research at EGU General Assembly 2023 in Vienna and NCR Days 2023 in Nijmegen, with journal article work submitted for peer review.
Recipient of an ADB-funded scholarship for MSc study at IHE Delft, IHE fellowship support for advanced academic writing, EIFFEL H2020 conference funding, and LUMS Public Project Management training.
Formal government reporting authored for inter-agency review and executive decision-making.
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