ACADEMC AND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ASAC) MANDATE
The ASAC is an advisory committee of the SGSP-IWRM to both NUST and SASSCAL, respectively with a clear regional integration and alignment mandate. Amongst others, ASAC takes part in the evaluation of the applications and recommendation of PhD candidates to SASSCAL for awarding of the scholarship. The SGSP-IWRM shall host 15 international PhD students selected via a rigorous and transparent process following a set of defined criteria.
Dr Kawawa Banda is a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Geology at the School of Mines, University of Zambia, teaching Hydrogeology and Remote Sensing and GIS. Furthermore, he is the Assistant Coordinator of the Integrated Water Resources Management Centre at University of Zambia (UNZA). He has over 10 years’ experience in teaching, consultancy and research with several publications in peer-reviewed journals.
He holds a BSc Geology (with Merit) from UNZA; Msc (IWRM) UNZA and PhD in Environmental Engineering, Denmark.