Dr. Abbas has worked, among other assignments, as Project Director at the National Commission on Human Development, as Assistant Chief in the Agency for Barani Areas Development, as Deputy Director (Development) in the District Development Committee, and as a Research Officer in the Planning and Development Department of the Civil Secretariat in Lahore and in the Prime Minister's Secretariat Committee for Research and Analysis. He joined our department initially as an Assistant Professor in August 2002.

Dr. Abbas has authored and co-authored eleven research papers which have been, or are in the process of being, published in reputed Pakistani and foreign research journals. He recently completed a research study on Endogenous Growth and Human Capital in Pakistan, which was funded by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) and is presently working on two research projects, namely, on "University-Industry Linkages" which is being funded by the HEC, and "Higher Education Institutions in Fostering Entrepreneurship" which is being funded by our university.

Dr. Abbas has taught classes to MBA, MS and PhD students at CIIT and has supervised several masters theses in business and public administration. His main teaching subjects are Business Research Methods and Human Resource Management and Development.

Telephone: +9251- 9242992 & EMail: qaisar@comsats.edu.pk

Dr. Khan worked as Executive Assistant at Hilal Consultants Private Limited in Islamabad, as Programme Coordinator in Islamabad for the Hanns-Seidel Foundation, Germany, and as a Research Fellow for political economy at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad. He joined our department as an Assistant Professor in March 2005.

Dr. Khan has authored fourteen research publications in the USA, Germany and Pakistan. His work includes pioneering contributions on the subject of economic confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan. He contributed papers on SAARC and ECO, on public administration in Pakistan and on law enforcement in Germany and the European Union. His main teaching subject and area of research interest at CIIT is Project Management.  He has also taught our students Operations Management, Total Quality Management, Business Research Methods, and International Human Resource Management.

Dr. Khan has served on our department's faculty selection, MBA student admission and viva examination committees, and he is the Convenor of our department's Research Committee. He has been awarded the prize for Best Teacher 2007 by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and has been nominated by COMSATS for the presidential award Izaz-e-Fazeelat. Fluent in German, Dr. Khan is CIIT's designated contact person for collaborative linkages with German universities and organizations. He assisted the HEC 's task force for establishment of the Pakistan-German University of Technology at Lahore.

Dr. Khan is proceeding in August 2010 to the United States of America as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. He will be researching and lecturing on his field of specialization project stakeholder management at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering.

EMail: aurangzeb_khan@comsats.edu.pk

 Dr. Masood brings a wealth of knowledge and decades of professional work experience into the MPM programme. Prior to 1984 he was a Commissioned Officer in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers where he worked for seven years as Garrison Engineer for the navy in Karachi and Islamabad, and planned and managed large projects. After relocating to the United States of America in 1984, Dr. Masood served as a Project Manager/Engineer at the United States Agency for International Development, as Research Specialist/Consultant for the Government of Pakistan’s National Transport Research Center in Islamabad, as Transportation Engineer/Planner for the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments in Shreveport, and as Senior Transportation Systems Analyst for the Planning Department of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) in Houston, Texas. He also served as Senior Analyst in the METROs Office of Budget and Management, and as Senior Project Manager and Traffic Engineer in its Department of Public Safety, which was his last posting before retirement. Dr. Masood also served as an Associate Professor in the University of Southwestern Louisiana where he taught several undergraduate and graduate classes.

Dr. Majid Khan

Dr. Majid earned his masters degree and doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.

Dr. Khan’s research interests include development and growth of public and private higher education in Pakistan, human resource development, organizational development and analysis of public policy.

Prior to joining the MPM team Dr. Majid worked as a Deputy Director with the United States Agency for International Development funded Pre-STEP program in Pakistan. Previously, Dr. Majid worked for three years at the Colorado State University, Fort-Collins in the higher education administration. He has also worked with the World Bank funded project as a project management coordinator.

Email:majidkhan799@comsats.edu.pk

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Shahid Malik

Mr. Malik has a bachelor of science in business administration with specialization in marketing, and a master of science in industrial management from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, USA.

Mr. Malik has over 15 years of global senior management experience in the corporate sector in USA, Pakistan and the Middle East. His area of focus includes include strategy development, operations management, business development, project management, marketing and sales management. He has extensive experience in international investment, marketing and sales opportunities, leading and negotiating multi-million dollar contracts and managing global corporate portfolios, and successfully managing multi-disciplinary teams in operations, marketing, sales, media, advertising and public relations. He has excellent leadership, strategic planning, communication, cross group collaboration and negotiation skills.

He has designed and taught courses in the areas of marketing and sales management to undergraduate and graduate students and is presently an Assistant Professor at COMSATS Islamabad.

Email:shahid_malik@comsats.edu.pk

Wajid Shakeel Ahmed (Lecturer)

Mr. Ahmed earned his masters degree in the University of Glasgow, UK in 2007.

Mr. Ahmed has taught in the Oxford College of Management Sciences in London, UK. He has extensive experience with finance-related courses: financial management, financial markets and institutions, corporate finance, credit management, investment and portfolio management, financial reporting and analysis and management accounting and control systems.

Mr. Ahmed is presently a Lecturer at COMSATS Islamabad.

Email: wajid_shakeel@comsats.edu.pk

Ms. Maliha Elahi earned her Masters in Computer Science from the University of Peshawar in 1991.

Ms. Elahi has approximately fifteen years of professional work experience in several organizations. She served as Programme Advisor in the NGO Strengthening Participatory Organization, as Director Technical in the Cyber Wing of the Government of Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, as Director Marketing at the Islamabad Chapter of the Project Management Institute, and as Executive Project Manager Data Base and Data warehouse in the National Database and Registration Authority. She also worked as a Systems Analyst in the Sales Tax Wing of the Government of Pakistan’s Central Board of Revenue, and the Government of Pakistan’s Collectorate of Sales Tax in Peshawar. She worked as a Research Assistant for the United Nations Development Programme and as an Instructor at the Petroman Computer Training Institute in Peshawar.

Ms. Elahi has undertaken extensive consultancy work, for example, on behalf of Teradata Pakistan’s Global Consulting Center, the Department of Justice of the United States of America and the Health Department in Peshawar. She has presented and authored/co-authored several papers and holds PMP certification which she earned in 2005. Ms. Elahi is a chartered member of the Project Management Institute (Islamabad) and, in a voluntary capacity, has served on its Board as Director Marketing, Director-at-Large and Vice-President. She has also worked in its election committee. She is the Initiator of the Toastmasters Club in Islamabad, of which she is its current President, and has sponsored the launching of a similar club in Lahore. She has formed a group of researchers in project management and has been a trainer in project management for the corporate sector. 

Ms. Elahi can be contacted through the MPM Programme Incharge.