Dr. Arshad Ali

Dr. Arshad completed PhD studies in Electrical Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, USA in 1992. His academic association spreads over 35 years of teaching/research at institutions of national repute. He served as Executive Director HEC, Rector National Textile University Faisalabad and also established Systems Research Institute at Rawalpindi, Hamdard University Faisalabad Campus, and NUST Institute of IT Rawalpindi/Islamabad reseña. He spear headed the research team for developing distributed computing applications in collaboration with, Stanford USA, Caltech USA and Center for European Nuclear Research (CERN) Geneva, Switzerland. This research effort helped NUST in attaining “CMS-CERN Associate Institute” status, a unique distinction for a Pakistani university. His active partnership helped in attracting USD 2.75 Mil NSF Grant through Stanford University USA, Caltech USA, CERN Geneva, Keyung Hee University Seoul Korea and over 12.0 Mil Euro joint research funding with EU Universities from European Union.

In recognition of his services, Govt of Pakistan conferred him with the awards of Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz. He also received Distinguished scientists of the year award from Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), Gold Medal for IT research from PAS/COMSTECH and President’s gold medal for NUST best researcher of the year.

He is Co-convener Pakistan Aerospace Council (PAeC) and CEO Asian Institute of Industrial Air (AIIA); the only institute in Pakistan offering an advanced level of certified training courses on Industrial Air Engineering, Automation and Production Engineering.

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