Faculty Proflle

Biography:

Dr. Mudassar Khawaja has done PhD in Econometrics and is working as Assistant Professor in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad . His doctoral research focused on Development and comparison of different Model selection procedures. His research work spread over the field of theoretical econometrics as well as Applied econometrics and economics. Currently he is working on Climate change and Health issues.

Educational Information

Year	Degree	Board / University

1999	MSc	AJ&K University
2014	PhD	Internantional Islamic university,Islamabad

Academic Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization

2015	2021	Assistant Professor	COMSATS University Islamabad
2015	2021	Assistant Professor	COMSATS University Islamabad
2021	to-date	Associate Professor	COMSATS University Islamabad

Publications

Key Publications

Mudassar Rashid,Javeria Sarwar,Muhammad Abeer Farooq''AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN’S INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE POTENTIAL'',Applied Economics Research Centre,2022.
Khurram Shehzad,Mudassar Rashid,Waseemullah''Asset Commonality and Credit Expansion by Banks in Pakistan'',CSRC Publishing,2022.
Mudassar Rashid,Shahid Akbar,Usman Shakoor''Identifying optimal type ARIMA model for COVI-19 Datasets of Pakistan '',Journal of Business and Economics,2021.
Usman Shakoor,Syeda Arfa Ali,Mudassar Rashid''Performance Evaluation and adaption of Biogas Plant users among rural households of Pakistan '',International Journal of Innovation, creativity, and Change ,2021.
Aisha Khan,Haroon Ahmed,Shaheera Amjad''Community Based Assessment of Behavior and Awareness of Risk Factors of Cystic Echinococcosis in Major Cities of Pakistan: A One Health Perspective '',Frontiers in Public Health,2021.
Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid,Ashfaque Ali Baloch''How Aging Population Affects Health Care Expenditures in Pakistan? A Bayesian VAR Analysis'',Social Indictors Research,2020.
Mudassar Hussain,Usman Shakoor,Muhammad Usman''Is micro-finance program a panacea for households’ welfare? An empirical analysis from Pakistan. '',International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies,2020.
Gulfam Haider,Mudassar Rashid,Abdul Jabbar''Maximum empirical likelihood as an alternative to generalized method of moments for a finite sample case'',TuEngr Group,2020.
Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor, Zuhair Husnain, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain.''Impact of Climate Change on Cotton Production in Pakistan: An ARDL Bound Testing Approach'',CAB International,2020.
Mudassar Rashid,Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor''Revisiting Determinants of Investment Through G-To-S Approach for Asian Countries'',TuEngr Group,2020.
Mudassar Rashid,Zuhair Husnain,Usman Shakoor''Impact of Climate Change on Cotton Production in Pakistan: An ARDL Bound Testing Approach '',Sarhad Journal of Agriculture,2020.
Gulfam Haider,Abdul Jabbar,Mudassar Rashid''Maximum empirical likelihood as an alternative to generalized method of moments for a finite sample case '',International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies,2020.
Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor,''Revisiting Determinants of Investment Through G-To-S Approach for Asian Countries '',International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies,2019.
Nabila Khurshid,Nabila Khurshid,Usman Shakoor, Mudassar Rashid, Jamila Khurshid, and Gulnaz Hameed''ANALYZING ROLE OF MICRO CREDIT TOWARDS SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN'',City University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan,2019.
Nabila Khurshid,Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid''Analyzing role of Micro-credit towards Socio-economic Development of Rural women in Northern areas of Pakistan '',City University Research Journal,2019.
Muhammad Iftikhar ul husnain,Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor''Decision-making for birth location among women in Pakistan: evidence from national survey'',BMC Group,2018.
Aneel Suleman,Inayatullah Jan,Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain, Inayatullah Jan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Mudassar Rashid and Usman Shakoor''Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Pakistan: Perceptions, Options and Constraints.'',CAB International,2018.
Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid,Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain''Time series evaluation of climate change on wheat crop production of Pakistan '',International Journal of Modern Agriculture,2018.
Asad ul Islam Khan,Yasir Riaz,Ali Raza''Comparison of Residual based Cointegration Tests: Evidence from Monte Carlo and '',European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences,2018.
Usman Shakoor,Ali Nasir,Mudassar Rashid''Practical Contemplation of Nexus between Agriculture Taxation and Agriculture Output Share: A Case of Pakistan '',Sarhad Journal of Agriculture,2018.
Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain,Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor''Decision-making for birth location among women in Pakistan: Evidence from national survey '',BMC pregnancy and childbirth,2018.
Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid,Abdul Saboor''Maize production response to climate change in Pakistan: A time series assessment. '',Sarhad Journal of Agriculture,2017.
Muhammad Abeer,Mudassar Rashid,''• Government Borrowing and Macroeconomic Dynamics of Pakistan'',33rd Annual Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Islamabad,2017.
Ateeq-ur-Rehman Irshad ,Mudassar Rashid,''Efficiency comparison of large, medium and small universities in Pakistan: an Application of DEA '',City University Research Journal,2015.
Usman Shakoor,Usman Shakoor, Ali Nasir, Mudassar Rashid, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain,Nabila KHurshid and Zuhair Husnain,''Practical Contemplation of Nexus between Agriculture Taxation and Agriculture Output Share: A Case of Pakistan Journal National vol.34 Issue 3 NULL 526-532 CAB International 2018 NULL NULL http://researcherslinks.com/currentissues/Practical-Contemplation-'',,.

Conferences

Year	Level	Country	City	Conference

2017	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	33rd Annual Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists
2019	International	Italy	Florence	Revitalizing Rulemaking and Dispute Resolution in the WTO
2019	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Co-learning workshop on Deep learning, Pandas and Python
2017	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Workshop on Applied Economics using Software
2015	National	Pakistan	Muzaffarabad	Workshop on Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS,

Awards

Year	Awarding Organization	Description

2008	Higher Education Commission Pakistan	Fellowship To Pursue MS leading to PhD
2016	Head of Department	Appreciation letter for the performance during the semester
2019	Higher Education Commission Pakistan	Approved Supervisor

Memberships

From	To	Title	Organization

2019		Pakistan Society of Development Economics	Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad

Courses Taught

Course Code	Type	Title	University	Semester

	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics, Econometric Theory & Applications	CUI	Fall 2021
	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics, Econometric Theory & Applications	CUI	Spring,2021
	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics, Econometric Theory & Applications	CUI	Fall 2020
	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics, Econometric Theory & Applications	CUI	Spring 2020
	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics	CUI	Fall 2019
	Graduate	Time Series Econometrics	CUI	Spring 2019
	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics	CUI	Spring 2019
	Graduate	Time Series Econometrics	CUI	Spring 2019
	Under Graduate	Health Economics, Basic Econometrics, Macro Economics	CUI	Fall 2018
	Under Graduate	Macro Economics	CUI	Spring 2018
	Under Graduate	Basic Econometries, Micro Economics	CUI	Fall 2017
	Graduate	Mathematical Reasoning in Economics	CUI	Fall 2017
	Under Graduate	Health Economics, Basic Econometrics	CUI	Spring 2017
	Under Graduate	Health Economics	CUI	Fall 2016
	Graduate	Econometric Modeling and Applications	CUI	Fall 2016
	Under Graduate	Basic Econometries, Urban Economics	CUI	Spring 2016
	Under Graduate	Advanced Econometrics	CUI	Fall 2015
	Graduate	Econometric Modeling and Applications	CUI	Fall 2015
	Graduate	Quantative Techniques	CUI	Spring 2015
ECO-333, ECO-501	Under Graduate	Applied Econometrics, Econometric Theory & Applications	CUI	Spring 2022
ECO-604	Graduate	Econometric Modeling & Applications	CUI	Spring 2022

Supervisions

Title	From	To	Organization / Institute	Type

PhD and Master level Thesis	2015	2021	COMSATS University, Islamabad	Research Supervision
Investigating the Determinants of Renewable Energy Technologies Usage intention among the household of twin cities:Rawalpindi and Islamabad	2015	2016	CUI	Research Supervision
Assessing Potential of Rice Husk Gasification in Pakistan	2015	2016	CUI	Research Supervision
Leadership Competency as a Success Factor in Projects: A Quantitative Confirmatory Study of the Telecom Sector of Pakistan.	2016	2017	CUI	Research Supervision
Impact of Big Five Personality traits and Personal Motives on Whistle-Blowing Intentions	2016	2017	CUI	Research Supervision
Impact of Employee Ingratiation tactic on His/Her Job satisfaction & affective commitment: analyzing mediating impact of LMX	2016	2017	CUI	Research Supervision
Government Borrowings and macroeconomic dynamics: case of Pakistan	2017	2018	CUI	Research Supervision
Causal dynamics between CO2 emissions, health expenditures and economic growth in Pakistan	2017	2018	CUI	Research Supervision
Child health in Pakistan: Socio-Economic Determinants	2017	2018	CUI	Research Supervision
Determinants and Potential of Intra-Industry Trade: A Case of Pakistan	2018	2019	CUI	Research Supervision
Nexus between Female Education and Economic Growth (A Case of Pakistan)	2018	2019	CUI	Research Supervision
Uncertainties, Resource Capabilities and Project Success: The Moderating role of Business knowledge of IT projects	2018	2019	CUI	Research Supervision
Energy Consumption, Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus in South Asian Countries	2019	2020	CUI	Research Supervision
Structural Shifts in Consumer’s Demand: A disaggregate analysis of Rural-Urban Food Consumption for Pakistan	2019	2020	CUI	Research Supervision
Analyzing the Impact of Corruption and Political stability on Foreign Debt	2018	2019	CUI	Research Supervision
Low Adaptation of Islamic Banking in Pakistan: A Banker-Consumer Perspective	2018	2019	CUI	Research Supervision
Shadow Economy: A Comparative analysis of South Asian Countries	2019	2020	CUI	Research Supervision
Analyzing the Nexus between Energy Security and National Security: Insights from Pakistan	2019	2020	CUI	Research Supervision
Domestic Violence and its Covariants: An insight through Spatial Analysis	2020	2021	CUI	Research Supervision
Analyzing the Determinants of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices Across Farmers of Arid Areas of Pakistan	2020	2021	CUI	Research Supervision

Services

From	To	Institute / Organization	Job Specification

2015	2016	CUI	Convener Departmental Sports Committee, Convener Fund Raising Committee for SAICON, Member Departmental Academic Review Committee, Member of Advisory Committee for MS-Thesis-Department, Organized and participated in workshop “Identification of knowledge gaps in Research”
2016	2017	CUI	Convener Departmental Cultural and Sports Committee, Member of Industrial Liaison committee, Member of Departmental Academic Review Committee, Panel member of PhD proposal defense and PhD Pre-defense seminars Member of the committee for Business school team on the tasks of preparing a proposal on the planning and architecture of the proposed Business School.
2017	2018	CUI	In-charge Under-Graduate Program, Convener Departmental Cultural and Sports Committee, Convener Departmental Committee for COMSATS Projects and Career Expo-CPCE, Convener Taskforce for Open House, Convener Orientation Committee, Member of Admission Interview panel, Member of Projects and Career Expo committee for Campus
2018	2019	CUI	Convener Event Management Committee, Convener of Investigation committee, Member of Admission Committee, Member of Departmental Curriculum Committee, Member Orientation Committee
2019	2020	CUI	Convener Exam Committee, Convener Sports Committee, Member of Academic Program Development Committee, Member Orientation Committee
2020	2021	CUI	Member of Consultative Committee-Islamabad Campus, Member Scrutiny Committee-Islamabad Campus, Convener Exam Monitoring Committee, Member Academic Program & Curriculum Development Committee, Member of Departmental Sports Committee, Member of Departmental Admission Committee, Member of Thesis review panel of MS/BS

Books

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Fundings

From	To	Type	Title	Source	Amount

2017	2018	Research Grant	Performance of automated model selection procedures in presence of Autocorrelation and Heteroskedasticity	HEC	322000.00

Active Collaborations

From	To	Type	Country	Organization

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Industrial / Consulting Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization

-	January 2015	-	Directorate Local Funds Audit

Extracurricular Activities

Hobbies	Interests

Sports, Music	Book Reading, Travelling, Event Management

Languages and Skills

Languages	Skills

English, Urdu, Punjabi, Potohari	Python, Eviews, Stata

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Publication Year	Key Publications

1 2022	1 Mudassar Rashid,Javeria Sarwar,Muhammad Abeer Farooq''AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN’S INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE POTENTIAL'',Applied Economics Research Centre,2022.
2 2022	2 Khurram Shehzad,Mudassar Rashid,Waseemullah''Asset Commonality and Credit Expansion by Banks in Pakistan'',CSRC Publishing,2022.
3 2021	3 Mudassar Rashid,Shahid Akbar,Usman Shakoor''Identifying optimal type ARIMA model for COVI-19 Datasets of Pakistan '',Journal of Business and Economics,2021.
4 2021	4 Usman Shakoor,Syeda Arfa Ali,Mudassar Rashid''Performance Evaluation and adaption of Biogas Plant users among rural households of Pakistan '',International Journal of Innovation, creativity, and Change ,2021.
5 2021	5 Aisha Khan,Haroon Ahmed,Shaheera Amjad''Community Based Assessment of Behavior and Awareness of Risk Factors of Cystic Echinococcosis in Major Cities of Pakistan: A One Health Perspective '',Frontiers in Public Health,2021.
6 2020	6 Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid,Ashfaque Ali Baloch''How Aging Population Affects Health Care Expenditures in Pakistan? A Bayesian VAR Analysis'',Social Indictors Research,2020.
7 2020	7 Mudassar Hussain,Usman Shakoor,Muhammad Usman''Is micro-finance program a panacea for households’ welfare? An empirical analysis from Pakistan. '',International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies,2020.
8 2020	8 Gulfam Haider,Mudassar Rashid,Abdul Jabbar''Maximum empirical likelihood as an alternative to generalized method of moments for a finite sample case'',TuEngr Group,2020.
9 2020	9 Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor, Zuhair Husnain, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain.''Impact of Climate Change on Cotton Production in Pakistan: An ARDL Bound Testing Approach'',CAB International,2020.
10 2020	10 Mudassar Rashid,Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor''Revisiting Determinants of Investment Through G-To-S Approach for Asian Countries'',TuEngr Group,2020.
11 2020	11 Mudassar Rashid,Zuhair Husnain,Usman Shakoor''Impact of Climate Change on Cotton Production in Pakistan: An ARDL Bound Testing Approach '',Sarhad Journal of Agriculture,2020.
12 2020	12 Gulfam Haider,Abdul Jabbar,Mudassar Rashid''Maximum empirical likelihood as an alternative to generalized method of moments for a finite sample case '',International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies,2020.
13 2019	13 Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor,''Revisiting Determinants of Investment Through G-To-S Approach for Asian Countries '',International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies,2019.
14 2019	14 Nabila Khurshid,Nabila Khurshid,Usman Shakoor, Mudassar Rashid, Jamila Khurshid, and Gulnaz Hameed''ANALYZING ROLE OF MICRO CREDIT TOWARDS SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN'',City University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan,2019.
15 2019	15 Nabila Khurshid,Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid''Analyzing role of Micro-credit towards Socio-economic Development of Rural women in Northern areas of Pakistan '',City University Research Journal,2019.
16 2018	16 Muhammad Iftikhar ul husnain,Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor''Decision-making for birth location among women in Pakistan: evidence from national survey'',BMC Group,2018.
17 2018	17 Aneel Suleman,Inayatullah Jan,Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain, Inayatullah Jan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Mudassar Rashid and Usman Shakoor''Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Pakistan: Perceptions, Options and Constraints.'',CAB International,2018.
18 2018	18 Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid,Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain''Time series evaluation of climate change on wheat crop production of Pakistan '',International Journal of Modern Agriculture,2018.
19 2018	19 Asad ul Islam Khan,Yasir Riaz,Ali Raza''Comparison of Residual based Cointegration Tests: Evidence from Monte Carlo and '',European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences,2018.
20 2018	20 Usman Shakoor,Ali Nasir,Mudassar Rashid''Practical Contemplation of Nexus between Agriculture Taxation and Agriculture Output Share: A Case of Pakistan '',Sarhad Journal of Agriculture,2018.
21 2018	21 Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain,Mudassar Rashid,Usman Shakoor''Decision-making for birth location among women in Pakistan: Evidence from national survey '',BMC pregnancy and childbirth,2018.
22 2017	22 Usman Shakoor,Mudassar Rashid,Abdul Saboor''Maize production response to climate change in Pakistan: A time series assessment. '',Sarhad Journal of Agriculture,2017.
23 2017	23 Muhammad Abeer,Mudassar Rashid,''• Government Borrowing and Macroeconomic Dynamics of Pakistan'',33rd Annual Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Islamabad,2017.
24 2015	24 Ateeq-ur-Rehman Irshad ,Mudassar Rashid,''Efficiency comparison of large, medium and small universities in Pakistan: an Application of DEA '',City University Research Journal,2015.
25	25 Usman Shakoor,Usman Shakoor, Ali Nasir, Mudassar Rashid, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain,Nabila KHurshid and Zuhair Husnain,''Practical Contemplation of Nexus between Agriculture Taxation and Agriculture Output Share: A Case of Pakistan Journal National vol.34 Issue 3 NULL 526-532 CAB International 2018 NULL NULL http://researcherslinks.com/currentissues/Practical-Contemplation-'',,.

Dr. Mudassar Rashid khawaja

Tenured Associate Professor of Economics, CUI Islamabad Campus