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Junaid Alam Memon
Junaid Alam Memon born (1978) and grew up in Daro Town of Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. He is fourth among six children of Ghulam Qadir and Ghulam Fatima Memon. His father had been a teacher cum farmer while his mother had been a home-based embroidery designer.

His schooling up to Secondary School Certificate (SSC) was carried out at his hometown; while for Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC), he was sent to study at Government Degree College Thatta at Makli. He received Bachelor and Master Degrees in Business Administration from Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh in 2000 and Master of Science in Rural Development (Medalist) from Sindh Development Study Center (SDSC), University of Sindh in 2005. Later in 2007, he was selected by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan sponsored Overseas fellowship to pursue his PhD in Regional and Rural Development Planning studies at School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. During his PhD research, he developed an interdisciplinary research design that combined the institutional, socioeconomic and Remote Sensing analyses to study mangrove phenomenon in the Indus Delta and defended his dissertation entitled: “Management, Utilization and Status of Mangroves in the Indus River Delta of Pakistan” on 15th August, 2011.

Junaid Alam Memon is currently an Assistant Professor of Development Studies at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad. Currently, he chairs the department of Environmental Economics and had been the founding chair of the department of Development Studies at PIDE during 2011-2013.