Dr Shah is a water governance professional with over 19 years of experience in conducting applied research for development projects in the South and Central Asian regions. Based in Lahore, Pakistan, Dr Shah’s research focuses on water security issues at transboundary/national levels, climate-smart agricultural interventions to improve water productivity and food security, automation systems for flow measurement, and solar-based irrigation systems for agricultural resilience. Dr Shah is currently Chief of the Party for a large USAID Project with IWMI implemented in Pakistan/Afghanistan and Country Project Lead for a regional South Asian project on Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience funded by SDC. Dr Shah is also IWMI Team Lead for Central Asia and MENA regions and a Project Steering Committee Member for “PEER2PEER International Convergence Research Networks in Transboundary Water Security” funded by NSF.