Current Institutional Engagements

 

J-PAL, MIT

• 2022 – present, Invited Researcher

AALIMS (Association for Analytic Learning in Muslim Societies)

• 2013 – present, Board member
• To learn more, please visit https://aalims.org/

Center For Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)

• 2008 – present, Co-founder, Board member, and Social Policy Program Lead
• To learn more, please visit https://www.cerp.org.pk/

The World Bank and DFID, Building Evidence in Education

• 2020 – present, Invited Member of Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP)

Past Institutional Engagements

Research in Systems of Education (RISE)

• 2016-2022, Head of Pakistan Country Research Team
• To learn more, please visit https://www.riseprogramme.org/countries/pakistan/overview

• Punjab Education Foundation – Lahore, Pakistan

  • 2018 – 2020, Board of directors
  • To learn more, please visit http://www.pef.edu.pk/

DFID funded Punjab Education Sector Programme 2 (PESP II)

• 2019-2020, Principal Investigator

• Assistant Education Officers (AEOs) Training Pilot Project (in collaboration with the Punjab School Education Department)

School of Education, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore Pakistan

• 2017-2020, Inaugural Dean
• To learn more, please visit https://soe.lums.edu.pk/

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore Pakistan

• 2014 – 2016, Member of External Advisory Committee
• To learn more, please visit https://lums.edu.pk/

Advisory Board, GEO Television, Pakistan, Public Interest television Campaign on Education

• 2011-2013, Member

External Advisory Committee, Economics Department, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore Pakistan

• 2010-2012, Member

DFID, UK, The Education Fund for Sindh Evaluation

• 2012, Consultant

RISEPAK

• 2005, Co-Founder

• Information coordination website and tool used for coordination of relief effort in the South Asia earthquake at the village level.

• To learn more, please visit www.risepak.com,

The World Bank

• 2002-2007, Consultant (Education Sector Feasibility Project, Public/Private Educational Partnership Project, Learning and Educational Achievement in Punjab Schools School reform in Rural Sindh)

American Institute of Pakistan Studies

• 2002-2005, Institutional Trustee

Active Learning Initiatives Facility

• Non-profit organization dedicated to the education of children through creative uses of the media. Responsible for creating Sesame Street in Urdu

• 1999-2000, Founding Director, Islamabad, ALIF

Economic Advisory Board, Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan

• 1999-2000, Invited Member

Overseas Pakistanis Task Force, Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan

• 1999-2000, Member

American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Planning Committee

• 1997, Member

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) TOKTEN program

• Visiting Consultant