Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

I possess 25 years of Management, Training and Capacity Building experience in diverse areas of development with national/foreign organizations and large funded programs e.g. the World Bank, USAID, US Embassy, DFID, UNDP, JICA, GoP, LEAD and PAIMAN, etc. undertaking the portfolios of multimillion USD at grassroots, national and international levels. Mainly I have worked in the areas of Elections, Elections campaigns and monitoring, voters’ education, Governance, Social Protection, Public Private Partnership, Democracy, Civil Society Strengthening, Youth Development, Empowering Vulnerable Population, Education, Capacity Building and Trainings, Leadership development, Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights. I obtained a master degree in Political Science and Project Management Professional (PMP) from BMC-PMI-USA and also attended number of academic and professional courses and trainings in Pakistan and abroad. I have achieved Legislative Fellowship (legislation, elections, political and governance) of US Department of State in Washington DC. I have also served as Country President with Pakistan US Alumni Network (PUAN) for several years and was a signatory of US Embassy/USEFP/PUAN Alumni Small Grants Program. I have in-depth knowledge of development strategies, priorities, mechanism of international donors particularly the World Bank, USAID, ADB, EU, UKAID, UN, INGOs, development institutions, as well as Pakistani government functionaries at federal, provincial and local levels. During my career I have been directly interacting and enjoyed excellent professional relations with high level of diplomats (ambassadors), professionals, ministers, heads of the institutions and senior government functionaries. I have rich experience of serving at senior positions in large budget programs e.g. World Bank/BISP NSPP (100 Million USD), USAID-Training for Pakistan (33 Million USD), Education Sector Reforms Assistance (ESRA program) 3,800 grants for schools’ construction, Parallel Vote Tabulation on Election Monitoringwith 14,000 observers, USAID UNOCHA Emergency Relief Funds of 17 Million USD (grant signatory), DFID Civil Society Challenge Fund (over a Million Pound), etc. I have strong public speaking skill and delivered hundreds of speeches, trainings, interviews, have participated as chief guest/guest of honor to hundreds of meetings, sessions, certificates and awards distributions ceremonies, national and international seminars, TV/Radio talk shows and events during my professional career. I’m also a regular speaker at NCRD and other organizations and nominated as Expert speaker on Center for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and Pacific by the Establishment Divion.