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FAISAL SOHAIL FATEH (born May 1977) is a Pakistani plant mycologist and Director Technical at Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad. Fateh (pronounced as Faateh) was a National Coordinator of Australia Pakistan Agriculture Sector Linkages Program for the project ‘Integrated Crop Management to Enhance Value Chain Outcomes of Mano Industry in Pakistan and Australia”. He also has been the Project Director of local projects in Pakistan from 2005-2011. Fateh has been the Managing Editor of Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research.  

Early life and education [edit source]

Fateh was born in Sargodha, Punjab Pakistan to Abdul Ghafoor Fateh and Ghulam Fatima. Abdul Ghafoor Fateh, his father, was Assistant Secretary at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi. Ghulam Fatima his mother, was a house wife and belonged to a very religious family. Fateh attended high school in Rawalpindi, Punjab Pakistan namely Government Abbasi High School, Sadiqbad, Afandi Colony. He passed his matriculation with distinguished position in 1992 and attended Federal Government Sir Syed College at Mall Road, Rawalpindi. He wanted to become a fighting pilot but his family compelled him to be a doctor (medical sciences). He passed his Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1994 and then attended University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi. He was among top ten student in the university. He was awarded Silver Medal for securing a distinctive position in his master degree (MSc Hons. Plant Pathology) at the same university.

Early career [edit source]
He passed Punjab Public Service Commission and joined the Department of Agriculture, Government of the Punjab Pakistan in 2003. Later he joined Pakistan Agricultural Research Council as Scientific Officer in 2004. He immediately was taken in a project “Etiology and Management of Sudden Death Phenomenon in Mango”. His research yielded 08 publication in his first two years of career at PARC. In 2010 he was offered a scholarship for his Ph D in Australia to which he refused. Later, he received Ph D degree from his mother institution, University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi.

He kept working hard to remain as top scientist and later became the part of international researchers’ team working in mango. He participated as trainee as well as resource person in several trainings in Pakistan as well as abroad.

Distinguished Positions [edit source]
Fateh enjoyed several top positions during his early, mid and updated career. He was CEO of The New Concept Academy from 1998-2003. It was among the top academies of Pakistan and gave the education to students through animated videos. The academy started with 60 computers at that time and a well-equipped scientific laboratory.

In 2010 Fateh was Chosen as Project Director for a national project “Development of Demonstration Sites for High Density Mango Orchards with Dwarf and Semi Dwarf Varieties”.

In 2011-2016, he served as National Coordinator of Australia Pakistan Agriculture Sector Linkages Program for the project ‘Integrated Crop Management to Enhance Value Chain Outcomes of Mano Industry in Pakistan and Australia”.

In 2016-19 he remained Managing Editor of Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research and worked intelligently to make the journal popular in Pakistan and in the world.

In 2022 due to his rich technical expertise he was designated The Director Technical of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council till todate.

Personal life
He married to his maternal cousine in 2005 and have two kids (a boy and a girl).