Mr. S. M. Junaid holds two Master degrees, one in Administrative Science from the University of the Punjab in 1970 and the other in Defense and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University in 2004. He is a retired Federal Secretary (BS 22). During his service he remained posted in various positions in the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Water and Power, AJK Council Secretariat, Economic Affairs Division and Establishment Division etc. After his retirement he joined CIIT, Islamabad in Oct 2010 and has been responsible for establishing the Faculty Development Academy. He is currently Chairman of the Advisor’s Forum since June 2014. Dr. Abdul Aziz Khan obtained his PhD from the University of Bristol (U.K) in 1971.He worked in the Federal Ministry of Education for almost three decades at senior positions ranging from Planning, Finance, Literacy, Mass Education, International Students etc. He served the United Nations in Kosovo as Principal International Officer (D1) and Head, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Presently, Dr. Khan is working as Advisor, International Office in CIIT. R. Ch. Aas Muhammad joined Civil Service of Pakistan in 1978 after getting through C.S.S. examination and completing one year administrative training from Civil Service Academy Lahore. He started his service as Section Officer in the M/O Food and Agriculture and served Production Division, M/O Sciences and technology, Cabinet Division. He got the degree of M.Sc (H.R.) from the Victoria University of Manchester, UK in 1989 under British Council scholarship. He also completed a six-week course in the Strategic Management from the University of Tehran, Iran in 1994.He retired in 2006 after serving the Government of Pakistan for more than thirty years. He joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) in 2006 as Project Director and served in that position till 2008. After completion of the Project, he was transferred to the Directorate of External Campuses as Advisor. Presently, his services have been placed under Directorate of Research and Regulation. Dr. Abdul Waheed S.I., POP, joined Pakistan Atomic Energy commission (PAEC) in 1966 after his M.Sc. from Government College (now GCU) Lahore and retired from PAEC in 2007 as Director/Chief Scientist. He was consultant in NESCOM, 2007-2008. He is Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from Edinburgh University in 1975 and has worked as Research Fellow in Tandem Accelerator Lab, University of Uppsala, Sweden in 1979. He has attended a number of workshops in ICTP, Trieste, Italy. His expertise is in the field of Nuclear Instrumentation, Nuclear Physics and Plasma Focus Device and its applications. Dr. Waheed did useful work on Fast Neutron Physics for his Ph.D. degree, in Edinburgh and R&D work in PINSTECH and had published papers in international journals of repute. He established laboratories of national importance in PAEC and due to his immense contribution and successful achievements in different projects of national importance, he was awarded President Award of Pride of Performance in 1999 and Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2006. Dr. Waheed joined CIIT in Feb 2009 as Advisor and is contributing significantly in the programmes of CIIT. He has 68 international publications in reputed journals with a total Impact Factor of 70 to his credit. Mr. Ahmad Javed Jafri, the Ex-Treasurer of CIIT, is a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan. In his 40+ years of service in Finances, it was his privilege to serve two big and prestigious Universities/Institute of Higher Education by joining them at their infancy stages. This gave him invaluable opportunities to propose, draft, get approved, implement, improve and revise the Financial Systems of those organisations. Another feather in his cap is the framing of many Statutes and Rules of Allama Iqbal Open University and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Establishing of Endowment Funds, Pension Funds and Group Insurance and Benevolent Funds of both of these organisations are hallmarks of his career. Professor Dr. Amir Haider Malik completed his MS and PhD from the Technical University Berlin, Germany. His PhD thesis was related to Hydrology of the Lei-Basin, Islamabad, Pakistan. He is handling two DAAD funded projects, namely, Sedimentation of Large Dams, Case Study of Indus at Tarbela Dam, and Conversion of Organic solid waste into Bio-coal. He is also principal investigator (PI) of one of the research project “50 years of sustainable urban development of Islamabad?” which has been funded by HEC. Presently, he is working as Advisor for the Centre for Climate Research and Development (CCRD), CIIT. He specializes in Water Resource Management, Environmental Impact Assessment and Solid Waste Management. He has published large number of research papers with high Impact Factor in reputed foreign journals. Dr. Asrar Muhammad Khan obtained B. Sc. Hons., M. Sc. Degrees from University of Sind, Jamshoro, Pakistan. Later on, he completed his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Sydney, Australia. After Ph.D. he traveled extensively and visited 32 countries. He worked for Robertson Research International UK in their laboratories in Singapore and Calgary, Canada. Dr. Khan returned to Pakistan and worked for Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan for 24 years. He also worked as Chief, Qarshi Herb Research Centre. Currently Dr. Khan is Advisor in Biosciences Department .His assignments include teaching Plant Sciences and research on plant tissue culture. Mr. Aziz Ahmed Qureshi did his Masters in geology from Peshawar University in 1973. He served Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission for 34 years in field for uranium exploration and in Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH). In the field he located a site having good uranium reserves, while in PINSTECH he produced useful results on uranium exploration, earthquake prediction, rock dating etc. He has authored/coauthored about 100 research papers. He visited abroad twice as a IAEAs’ fellow. He is recipient of four gold medals for his academics and meritorious services. Prof. Dr. Fauzia Yusuf Hafeez (T.I.) obtained her PhD. from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad / Wageningen University, Netherlands. She worked in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) for nearly three decades as a leading scientist (Head, Deputy Chief Scientist NIAB/NIBGE) in the field of Plant Microbiology. She developed a number of commercial Biofertilizers for the benefit of the farmer communities and supervised overseas establishment of Biofertilizer technology in Mongolia, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sudan, and Tanzania. Her services in Agriculture have been highly recognized nationally and internationally. She was awarded “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” by the President of Pakistan, for her scientific contribution in Agricultural Biotechnology in the country. In addition to “SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR” she was awarded GOLD MEDAL, PAEC for her services in Agriculture and “HONORARY PROFESSOR” at Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. She completed more than ten National and Internal funded research projects successfully. She has supervised more than 77 PhD/MPhil/MSc/BS students with more than 120 research publications and edited/contributed chapters in 08 books. She is the first who introduced Plant Sciences in COMSATS and established PlantMicrobe Interaction Group in the Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Islamabad. She served as Professor (TTS), Chairperson and Head of Department in COMSATS for more than five years. Presently Dr. Fauzia Yusuf Hafeez is working as Advisor, Biosciences in CIIT. Mr. Ghulam Haider is an engineer having studied at the University of Peshawar. He got his MS in Energy Resources from the University of Pittsburg Pennsylvania and a postgraduate diploma from the Netherlands. Mr. Haider has almost four decades of experience working in the energy sector. Most of his work related to planning, budgeting, evaluation and appraisal of Energy Sector Projects besides framing policies at the national level in the Planning and Development Division. Mr. Ghulam Haider has been working as Advisor in CIIT since 2009 and currently runs a massive programme in Energy Management. Prof. Dr. Gul Muhammad obtained M.Sc. Geography with distinction in 1969 from University of Peshawar and M.Sc. Natural Resources Research and Land Evaluation, UNESCO Course, from University of Sheffield in 1978. In 198384 he completed his Ph.D. degree in Human Geography from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Edinburgh in 1985 and DAAD Visiting Professor in Freie Universität Berlin in 1997 and 2003. He has also been visiting faculty at University of Rome in 2006. A significant portion of his work is devoted to Tribal Coexistence and their Socio-economic Integration. He became the Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, London in 1978. Prof. Dr. Gul Muhammad is Advisor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad since 2007. Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan is a veteran physicist, who holds the highest degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc) in Physics from Birmingham University (UK) & has headed the COMSATS for eight years. Following 40 years of scientific and administrative experience at Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), Dr. Khan was awarded the two highest civil awards of Hilal-i-Imtiaz and Sitara-i-Imtiaz, among several other scientific awards and fellowships. He has more than 530 publications to his name and has supervised more than 50 postgraduate & postdoctoral students. He is currently the Advisor Physics to the Rector of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT). Mr. Iqbal Muzaffar joined CIIT on 6th April, 2009 as Advisor (Endowment Fund) and was soon elevated to the position of Director, Office of Development in which capacity he is presently working. After completing his 4-years Bachelor of Pharmacy from Punjab University, he appeared in the CSS examination, landed in the Pakistan Taxation Service and rendered 36 years with the Government of Pakistan. He retired, as Director-General (Audit), Federal Board of Revenue in December 2008. Dr. Javaid Anwar received his PhD in the year 1994 from the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Dr. Anwar is working in the field of theoretical/experimental quantum optics / quantum information science. His main area of research includes; quantum noise quenching in optical amplifiers, non-classical properties of the radiation field, quantum entanglement absorption of nonclassical light in atoms using EIT, production and detection of single photons. Before joining COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad in 2004 as Associate Professor, he served in the Education Department Government of the Punjab. Mr. Manzar Abbas, currently an Advisor in the Physics Department of CIIT Islamabad, obtained his M.Sc and M.Phil. (Physics) from Islamabad University (now QAU). He served as lecturer Physics, in Govt. College Rawalpindi from 1977 to 1982. He joined National Institute of Silicon Technology (now PCRET) in 1982 and served there for twenty years as researcher in the field of renewable energies, solar cells, thin films, and semiconductor technologies. He joined Department of Physics CIIT in 2002 and served there for eight years. Since his retirement, he is serving as Advisor in Physics Department CIIT and continuing his research, and teaching assignments. Mr. Manzar Abbas has more than 60 publications in international journals and conferences in the field of solar cells, thin films, and sensors. Dr. Maqsudul Hasan Nuri is Adviser (International Relations Program), Dept of Humanities, CIIT. Earlier, he was Co-Founder of Centre for Policy Studies, CIIT (2013-14). He also served as President, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (2010-12). He holds PhD (International Studies) from University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA; Diploma (International Studies), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland; M.A. (International Studies), Australian National University, Canberra, and M.Sc. (International Relations), Quaid-iAzam University, Islamabad. With fellowships in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and USA, he has attended national and foreign conferences and presented academic papers. He occasionally contributes to national English dailies on issues of national/ international importance and has been also visiting faculty to many universities. Mr. Mazhar Habib has done his Masters in English Literature from Punjab University and MS in English Language Teaching (ELT) from the University of Essex, UK. He has to his credit over 39 years of teaching experience. All along his teaching experience, he had also held administrative posts such as Head of the Department and Incharge Student Affairs in CIIT. In PAF – the organization he served for 25 years – he edited PAF premier journals ‘Shaheen” and “Flight Safety” Newsletter and thus, earned Chief of the Air Staff Commendation Certificate for meritorious services. Being one of the pioneers of CIIT, he has been fortunate to work under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Rector, Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi HI, SI. Dr. Mirza Mansoor Beg studied at Government College Lahore and later did his PhD from University of Birmingham UK in 1968. He did his postdocs at UKAEA, ICTP Trieste, Kernfor schungzentrum Karlsruhe Germany, Atomic Center Swierk Warsaw and DAEK Denmark. He served in PAEC from 1963 to 2000 in various scientific positions. During this time he set up many high technology labs. He worked as Director and Director General of important multi- discipline PAEC institutes. He was Director of the Chaghi Nuclear Tests. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as Member Technology NESCOM. During this period NESCOM designed and developed all type of ground, air and sea delivery systems and most of their subsystems. The unmanned aircraft and air launch cruise systems were also developed. Dr Beg visited related labs in many countries including Australia, South Africa, UK, USA, Germany, Sweden, Italy and China. Dr. Beg was awarded President Award of Pride of Performance and Hilal-e Imtiaz for his services to the nation. Brig (Retd) Muhammad Rafi Butt, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) obtained Masters degrees in Statistics, English and Educational Administration (with Distinction) in 1970, 1983 and 1993 respectively, all from the University of Punjab. He also attended an Interpretership Course in Turkish language from NIML (now NUML) and qualified with Distinction. He served for over 32 years in the Army Education Corps in various instructional, staff and command appointments, such as, Deputy Commandant Military College Jehlum (an Army Cadet College), Director Publications (GHQ), Principal Army Burn Hall College for Boys (Abbottabad) and Director Army Education (GHQ). Since joining CIIT in 2004, he has been serving as Advisor / Head Faculty Development Programme (now FDA), Controller of Examinations, and Advisor Administration, Islamabad Campus. Presently, Brig® M. Rafi Butt is working as Advisor Research & Regulations Wing in CIIT. Chaudhary Muhammad Rafiq belongs to a respectable family of Zamindars from Gujrat. He graduated from the University of the Punjab and entered into Civil Service of Pakistan. He qualified the Central Superior Services Examination in 1983 and 1985 conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad. In addition to participation in other short courses arranged by NIPA, Karachi in 1988 and Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahore in 1989, he completed 63rd Advance Course in Management at the National Institute of Public Administration, Lahore from February 6, to May 27, 1993. He served the National Assembly Secretariat in administration, public relations and legislation wings in different positions and was appointed Secretary, National Assembly of Pakistan in February 2005 and officiated as such till December 2005. During service in the National Assembly of Pakistan his main interest and assignments were relating to the Business of the house i.e. Parliament. In his official capacity, he participated in several Inter-parliamentary Conferences in Europe, Asia, United Nations and America including his attachment in the House of Commons, U.K. from January to March 1991 for Parliamentary Practice and Procedure and obtained certificates from the clerk of the House of Commons and Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Overseas Development. Mr. Muhammad Rafiq is presently an Advisor in CIIT and Project Director, Lahore Campus. Mr. Mukhtar Ali Malik has obtained Postgraduate Diploma in Development Administration from UK. He is a retired civil servant. He has worked in the Federal Government for about thirty five years in various capacities and has retired from Government Service in a senior position. He carries with him rich experience of administration and financial disciplines. Presently, Mr. Mukhtar Ali Malik is working as an Advisor Research and Regulation Office in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Dr. Mumtaz Fatima Jafri, working as an advisor in Faculty Development Academy (FDA) at CIIT, got her M.Sc. in Applied Psychology from the University of Punjab. She did MS in “Counselor Education” and PhD with two majors (Counseling; and Educational Psychology) from Indiana University, USA. Her career started from F.G. College for Women F-7/2, Islamabad, where she headed the Department of Applied Psychology for almost three decades and remained associated with local universities of twin cities as well. She also worked as an Associate Prof. in International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for five years. In addition to her current position as Advisor, FDA, she is also the pioneer Secretary of the Advisors’ Forum. Dr. Noor. M. Larik obtained his Postgraduate Diploma from the Victoria University of Manchester (UK) in mathematical statistics, Master of Science in applied statistics from the University of Southampton (UK) and PhD in econometrics also from the University of Southampton (UK). He worked as Associate Professor, University of Sindh; Associate Professor Al-Fatah University, Tripoli Libya; Chief Statistician, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) and Director General, Federal Bureau of Statistics as head of the organization, Ministry of Finance. Presently Dr Larik is working as an Advisor Department of Mathematics (CIIT). Mr. Qamar Shah Khan did his Diploma in Civil Engineering from NED Engineering College, Karachi. He passed the Departmental Examination including Technical and Accounts in 1973 for further promotion in the Department. He started his career at Pak. PWD and was retired as Executive Engineer Pak. PWD, Islamabad. He also served as Director (Technical) Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation, Islamabad since 1991 to 1995. He worked on numerous mega projects such as Construction and Maintenance of Police Buildings, Refugee Quarters at Karachi, Educational Buildings and Family Suites at Islamabad including Presidents House, Rawalpindi and Ministers’ Residences at Islamabad. He was associated as Consultant in COMSATS headquarters from April 1997 to March 2002. Currently, Mr. Khan is serving as Advisor Buildings in CIIT since April 1, 2002. He is responsible for construction and maintenance of civil works/real estate of the Institute for the last twelve years. He works for extended hours to the envy of even the younger colleagues. He has experience of over 50 years in the field of construction and maintenance of buildings. With a mosaic of vast experiences in genres of English literature and language in both the fields of teaching and training, Dr Samina Nadeem has been providing services in education from school to university level for almost four decades. Her Master’s in English Language Teaching from Warwick University, U.K. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad enabled her to blend in fruitful experimentation academically and administratively as Director and later Principal (Model Colleges), Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad. As an Advisor, Department of Humanities CIIT, she is specially associated with the newly launched programme of MS in English (Linguistics and Literature). A Library & Information Scientist, having more than 28 years experience in the field of Llibrary & Information Science, she is one of the founding staff members of CIIT, (COMSATS’ H.Q. May 1996-April, 1998; May 1998 to date CIIT, Islamabad) As a key-post holder, Syeda Nasreen Sultana served several prestigious educational/research organizations of the country, including the Army Public School, Jutial, Gilgit; Cadet College Mastung, Baluchistan; National Institute of Historical & Cultural Research, Islamabad; COMSATS Headquarters and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. A writer, poetess and an amateur photographer, she has contributed several articles/papers on issues related to the modern Library & Information Services, Social issues, e.g. women, peace as well as literary articles). Mr. Shahid Hameed is a Civil Engineer by profession. He did his BE from NED Engineering College (now NED Engineering University Karachi) and then did his MBA with majors in Project Management. He joined the Engineering service under Ministry of Housing works in 1975 and has some major engineering projects to his credit. He also headed the Pak PWD and Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) as their Director General. Presently, Mr. Shahid Hameed is working as Advisor/ Chief Executive, COMSATS Employees Housing Foundation (CEHF) of CIIT. Dr. Syed Masood Ahmad Pasha, a Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeon by profession, joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Oct 2009 as Advisor Health. He retired as Executive Director Federal Government Services Hospital in 2009 after 36 years of government service. He established the Department of Trauma and Emergency and Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery at Federal Government Services Hospital. He remained head of these two departments starting in early 1980’s till his retirement in 2009. He was nominated by the federal Ministry of Health for Tamagha-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Pride of Performance. He is looking after the projects of Faculty of Health Sciences particularly the hospital project of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Mr. S. M. Hasan Zadi did his Masters degrees in Economics and Development Administration from Punjab University, Lahore and University of York, UK respectively. He belongs to second common batch of civil service. After serving in different federal ministries, he retired as Additional Secretary /Director General Ministry of Ports and Shipping. Mr. Zaidi also served as Director, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Tehran for 5 years. Presently, he is Advisor in Federal Development Academy (FDA), an in-service institute of CIIT. Dr. Shahid Nadeem Qureshi obtained his PhD from University of Hamburg, Germany. He served WAPDA (Power) for four years after MSc prior to joining Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 1974. He remained in the Department of Earth Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University till 2008. Later, he served in Quaid-i-Azam and Bahria University as visiting faculty. He has published a number of research papers in national and international journals. Presently, he is Advisor in the Department of Meteorology, CIIT Islamabad. Dr. Tariq-Ur-Rahman has a Masters degree in Physics from Punjab University and a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Hannover, Germany. After teaching for two years at the Quaid-e-Azam University he joined the Ministry of Science and Technology in 1984, where he served first as Director (Training) in charge of the S&T Scholarship Programme (1985-90) and then as Science Counsellor at the Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing (1990-96). He subsequently headed the International Liaison Wing (1996-2001) and the Policy & Coordination as well as the Planning & Development Wings of the Ministry (2001-05). In May 2005 he was appointed as Chairman, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) from where he superannuated in 2009. He is working as Advisor in the International Office, CIIT since September 2010. Prof. Waqar Haider Bokhari joined CIIT in 2004 as Adviser Electronics. He played a leading role in establishing the Bachelor of Electronics program in the Department of Physics. He is now working as Head, R&D Lab CIIT. Prof Bokhari has remained the Chairman of Electronics Department, University of Peshawar from 1993 to 1998. Thereafter he joined private sector industry and worked there for five years as Electronic Consultant prior to joining CIIT. He has over 50 international publications/conference presentations to his credit. He has supervised over 60 BS and MS research theses. His fields of interest are Microprocessor-based Design and Solar Thermal Energy for domestic and industrial applications. He has developed a number of high-tech products like Electronic Voting Machine, Electronic Score Board etc. Mr. Ikram ul Haq obtained his M.Phil. in Theoretical Physics from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. He worked in Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, since 1975, in Nuclear Engineering Division and later on in the field of Computer Science. He also worked in Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany. He was awarded an IAEA Fellowship to do MS in Computer Science (1983), frome Wales University, UK. He taught postgraduate students at Computer Training Center Islamabad. After serving for 27 years in PAEC, he retired as Chief Scientific Officer in 2002. Mr. Haq is working with COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) as a teacher, since November 2001 and teaching various subjects including Operating Systems, Introduction to Programming, Real Time Systems, Introduction to Compiler Construction and Distributed Systems to BS, MCS, MSE and MS students. He also worked as head of the CS department for one year. Currently, he is Advisor to the CS Department in CIIT, Islamabad. Mr. Abdus Shakur has 38 Years of work experience in diverse areas of government, non-government and multinational organizations in home and outside the country. He also possesses well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills – particularly in areas of Management, procurement of equipments/ different items, and managing people. He has hands-on experience and skills in research, reverse engineering, and hardware/software development. Mr. Shakur has also taught in prestigious institutions. Presently, he is teaching, managing and imparting skills as Advisor at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Dr.Shafaat Ahmed Khan, a medical doctor holds two diplomas, one in Tropical medine and Hygiene from New York Medical College, New York, USA and the other in Ultra sound from the department of Preventive medicine and department of Radiology, USA. Subsequently, he obtained Master of Public Health and Doctor of Medicine, USA.In addition,Dr. Khan holds several licences and fellowship from the College of International Physicians, New York, USA. Dr. Shafaat Khan has remained consultant Skill Development Council, Consultant Diagnostic Ultrasound and taught Public Health and Pathology as Associate Professor at Islamabad campus of Hamdard University, Karachi. Dr. Khan has vast teaching experience and has also contributed immensely towards research. He is autthour of several text books.He has also written a number of grant proposals for the international funding agencies. Presently, Dr. Shafaat Ahmad Khan is working as Advisor and Head, Informatics Department, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. Dr. Amir Jafri returned to Pakistan in 2009 after spending over three decades at various universities in the United States. After completing his doctoral work in Rhetorical Studies and Hermeneutics at The University of Oklahoma in 2003 he set up the Department of Communication at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia, taught there, and supervised the department for five years. Before joining CIIT, Dr. Amir Jafri served as the Dean at Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences (HIMS), Karachi, where he trained the thirty member faculty, supervised an eighty member staff, and rejuvenated the dormant department. Before that assignment, he chaired the Department of Management Sciences at Karakorum International University, Gilgit, for two years. His seminal work “Honour Killing: Ritual; Dilemma; Understanding” was published by Oxford University Press in 2009. The book is now available at major bookstores in paperback. Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, currently an Advisor in the Physics Department of CIIT, obtained his Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics/Solid State Electronics from the University of Manchester in 1974, after completing his M.Sc. (Physics) from the Government College, Lahore (now GCU) in 1968 and M.Phil. (Theoretical Physics) from Islamabad University (now QAU) in 1969. He joined the physics department of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) as a faculty member in 1970. He established the first Semiconductor Physics Research Laboratory in the Country at QAU, which he led until his retirement as Meritorious Professor of Physics and Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, in 2009. The Laboratory is known for many M.Phil and Ph.D. graduates it has produced, in addition to its impact through a number of publications in international journals and conferences in the field of semiconductors. Mr. Zulqarnain Jaffery graduated from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad in 1978, obtaining M.Sc. (CS). as a pioneer student. He was employed by a well reputed company in Dubai to work for their Software development. Subsequently, he joined UAE University as a Lecturer/Software developer. Afterwards, he joined Sultan Qaboos University in Musat, Sultanate of Oman as in charge of their Admissions/Registration system. He worked at SQU for almost 10 years and designed/implemented a purpose built Student Records System comprising an automated Admissions system along with many other projects. He returned to Pakistan in 1999 after acquiring a strong academic and Project Management skills in a multinational environment. He joined CIIT in September 2000 as Asst. Professor, having a distinction of first ever Faculty member of the institute. He successfully organized and monitored “Post Graduate Diploma in IT” during the first 3 years of service. Afterwards, he joined CS faculty to teach BS, MCS classes. He retired in 2012. He assisted the Ministry of Education (Curriculum Wing) to set up the curriculum of Computer Science for all provinces of Pakistan, including Federal Board. Presently, Mr. Zulqarnain Jaffery is working as Advisor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Dr. Mais Suleymanov is a physicist with two academic degrees: PhD (1980) and Dr. Sc. (2000) obtained from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia. His area of specialization is High Energy Physics. He has been working in the Department of Physics CIIT Islamabad from July 2006 as a Foreign Professor, till 01.02.2014; an advisor from 01.02.2014 till to date. Before Pakistan he worked in: the Institute of Physics National Academy of Science Azerbaijan Republic; the JINR; the Institute of Nuclear Physics Academy of Scenes Czech Republic. While working at CIIT he has supervised 6 PhD students out of which 3 have already received their PhD degrees. Dr. Suleymanov is a member of prestigious international organizations like ALICE LHC CERN (Switzerland); PANDA GSI (Germany); NICA/MPD JINR (Russia) Collaborations. He is author of 207 published scientific papers with total Impact Factor greater than 150. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Khan earned his PhD degree in Laser Physics from the University of Hull (England) in 1974. He also received specialized trainings on Laser Technology at various prestigious international universities of Europe, America and Australia. He also served Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Al-Fateh University, Libya; King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; and GIK Institute (Topi).He remained Foreign Faculty Professor before taking up his present assignment as Advisor in the department of Physics in 2014. Dr. Khan played a key role in establishing a world-class Laser Research Laboratory at KFUPM. and CIIT, Islamabad. He has been Project Manager / PI / Co-PI of 14 research projects including 3 sponsored by Industry. He participated in and presented several Workshops/Short Courses on Good Teaching Practices, Developing Communication Skills, Promoting Critical Thinking & Active Learning, Lasers & their Applications, Faculty Research Development, and Writing Winning Research Proposals. Dr. Khan is a prolific researcher and has 128 Journal / Conference `publications with a cumulative Impact factor of about 100.Considering his intimate involvement in the researches, Dr. Khan was elected a Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2008. Dr. Muzaffar Al Qureshi, earned B.A. in Public Administration from American University of Beirut, M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Punjab, Lahore, and M.S. in Management Science from the University of Southern California. He obtained his PhD in Managerial Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY, USA. Prior to his teaching career at the University of Punjab Dr. Qureshi moved to Gomal University in 1974 as its first professor and Chairman of Business. Administration.department.. He also served as Secretary of Literacy& Mass Education Commission, Government of Pakistan.. Subsequently, he. Jjoined Quaid-e-Azam University as Professor and Chairman of Admin. Sciences department. He remained director of SZABIST Islamabad and Foundation University Institute of Management and. Computer Science. Dr. Qureshi. Joined CIIT in January 2004 as Advisor and also served as Dean Faculty of Business Administration. He has numerous research papers to his credit and has published a book on ‘Understanding Technological Change, ‘He has also edited a book on Pakistan-Canada Relations-50 years. Prof. Dr. Nasim Zafar obtained her Ph.D. degree in 1972 from the University of Cambridge, UK in Nuclear Physics. She joined Quaid-i- Azam University in 1973 as Assistant Professor of Physics. She was engaged in teaching and research at the post graduate level. Her area of specialization has been experimental semiconductor physics and experimental nuclear physics. She served Quaid-i- Azam University for almost three decades. Due to her vast experience and high academic profile, she remained a Member of the Selection Committee of prestigious Rhodes Trust Scholarship, Pakistan for several years .In addition, she has also served as member of Board of Faculty of three federal universities and has been on the Selection Board of Federal Public Service Commission.. Prof. Dr. Nasim Zafar retired from QAU as Professor of Physics in 2007. Currently, she is serving as an Advisor at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. Ambassador Fauzia Nasreen is a retired diplomat, who served in various missions abroad in different capacities as well as had served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in various positions. During her diplomatic assignments abroad, she served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Nepal and Poland (with concurrent accreditation to the Czech Republic) and Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Australia (with concurrent accreditation of the Fiji Island).She was awarded Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the government of Poland. Since her retirement Ambassador Fauzia Nasree has taught as a visiting faculty in a few universities in Islamabad. She has worked as Advisor in the Centre for Policy Studies in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad from January 2013 to June 2014; she is working as Advisor in the Department of Humanities of COMSATS from July 2014 to January 2015. She is currently heading the Centre for Policy Studies. Prof. Nargis Khalid is an Artist and Educator. She did her Masters in Art Education from Rhode Island School of Design, USA. She has taught in various colleges and universities in Pakistan and abroad. She has also participated in several solo and group juried shows in the United States, Middle East and Pakistan. With considerable experience in the unique field of Arts and Design to her credit, she was hired by Higher Education Commission (HEC) as a Foreign Faculty Professor and her expertise placed at the disposal of CIIT. Presently, Professor Nargis Khalid is working as Advisor in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) in the department of the Architecture and Design. She lectures on Art Appreciation, Geometry and Proportion in Design, and History and Philosophy of Art and Architecture. Syed Tanvir Abbas Jafri is an engineer turned Civil Servant. He secured third position in the Civil Services Competitive Examination and joined the District Management Group Mr. Jafri did his M.B.A from Georgetown University, Washington D.C (USA) and is also a graduate of K.U.L (Belgium) and Economic Institute Colorado (USA). Mr. Jafri has held responsible positions in the provincial and federal Governments pertaining to the field, secretariat and state owned enterprises. He also served as Member Directing Staff at the Pakistan Administrative Staff College Lahore for several years. Presently he is on the faculty of Management Sciences and also incharge of the CHINA STUDY CENTER at the Islamabad campus of CIIT. His interests include technology transfer and economic integration. Prof. Zain ul Abedin is an Advisor at CIIT, he joined COMSATS in 2006 and has served as HOD, Chairperson, Dean and a member of the BOG. An Architect by profession graduating from UET Lahore in 1979, he also holds degrees in Urban Design and Business Administration from Oxford Brookes UK. Professional experience in across Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ranges from interior design to master planning of institutional projects. He is a member of and has served on national professional bodies. For detailed intro please follow http://archpresspk.com/November_interview.htm . His current undertakings include collaborative work with UNESCO Pakistan and Punjab Archaeology, research in collaboration with University of Naples, establishment of Heritage Studies Department at CIIT and establishment of University Museums for CIIT. Dr. Muhammad Azim is one of the few officials who joined COMSATS Institute of Information Technology when it was in its embryonic stages, in 2000 .He was Associate Professor/Incharge Sir Syed Campus, and has contributed, at various positions. He was chairman of the departments of Mathematical Sciences and Physics. He added BS(Maths), BS(Electronics) and Graduate program in both Physics and Mathematics to the three undergraduate programs offered at that time. He has also to his credit the establishment of CIIT Attock campus. He worked as its Director for four years. He was then elevated to the position of Director Academics at which position he worked for another four years before superannuation. Considering his rich and varied experience both in Academics and management in the government, he has been on various important committees and bodies of CIIT such as Central Executive Committee, Finance and Planning Committee, Ad-hoc Selection Committee, Selection Board and Board of Governors of the Institute, and Management Committee of NTS. Currently, Dr. Muhammad Azim is performing assignments of strategic importance specially entrusted to him by the Rector. Dr. Akhtar Hussain has the honor to be the first PhD faculty of CIIT. He is in teaching/Research profession for the last 42 years. During his career he taught a variety of courses not only in Pakistan but also abroad (Nigeria). He completed his PhD from Quaid-e-Azam University. His fields of interest are "Diffraction of acoustic waves and fluid mechanics. He has published a number of research articles in reputed international Journals. He also served as first Chairman/HOD of Department of Mathematics, CIIT Islamabad. Dr. Akhtar was also the chief organizer of first ever two day workshop on computational mathematics and related topics held in Islamabad from 29-30 July 2002, organized by CIIT Islamabad. He also worked as Director COMSATS Attock Campus.
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