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Mustaghis-ur-Rahman has earned his PhD in Management and has done his post-doctoral research in the discipline of Entrepreneurship at the School of Public Policy (SPP), George Mason University, USA (2009/10). Dr. Rahman’s working experience includes working with public, private, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Universities, as program coordinator/Manager, trainer, teacher, researcher and consultant. Presently, Dr. Rahman is Professor & Dean of Faculty of Management Sciences at Indus University prior to this he has been Professor and Head of the MS/PhD program in the Faculty of Management Sciences at SZABIST, Karachi – a private chartered University. He is a McGill University/LUMS certified trainer. He has conducted several training workshops and addressed a number of seminars/conferences internationally on poverty alleviation and social development issues.

Dr. Rahman was nominated for SAARC Award 2004 by the SAARC body for his research work in South Asia in 2004. The award went to Late General Ziaur-ur-Rahman, former President of Bangladesh. He is on the board of couple of social organizations and frequent contributor in the leading English dailies of Pakistan and refereed journals on Public Administration, Human Development and Social Science issues. Dr. Rahman is frequently invited to Pakistani and international TV channels for his comments and analysis as an academician and social scientist on various issues. He has 50+ publications to his credit and has chaired a number of international national conferences He is member of various national and international professional associations. The area of interest of Dr. Rahman is advanced management, social development, poverty alleviation and governance.

Education from Pakistan

Mustaghis-ur-Rahman has done his B.Com from Government Premier College, Karachi in 1990 and he did Master's in 1994 from the University of Karachi in Public Administration. Mustaghis-ur-Rahman did his PhD in Management in 2004. Dr. Rahman's PhD work is considered as a pioneer work on NGO management in the world. He first time, researched the management systems of the three sectors of society and suggessted a NGO management model for the NGO sector.

Education from USA

Dr. Rahman did his Post-doctorate from the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Northern Virginia USA. Dr. Rahman explored the effectiveness levels of the support systems provided to the SME's operating in Karachi's four industrial zones.

Career in Teaching

Dr. Rahman remained associated with the Department of Public Administration, University of Karachi from 1996 to 2009 as adjunct faculty member. He taught the students of Master's classes. Besides he taught at Pakistan Textile Institute from 1994 till 1999. After doing his PhD, Dr. Mustaghis-ur-Rahman joined SZABIST as Assistant Professor in June 2004 and remain associated with SZABIST till May 2014 in various teaching and administrative capacities. Presently Dr. Rahman is Professor & Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at Indus University.

Career in Non-profit sector

Dr. Mustaghis-ur-Rahman has worked as Program Manager, Program Coordinator, Trainer and Researcher at HANDS and AKF for about five years.

As a Consultant

Dr. Mustaghis-ur-Rahman is providing consultancies for Organization Development and training to the national and international organizations

Interviews of Dr. Rahman on TV Channels

Dr. Mustaghis-ur-Rahman has been among the panelists on TV channels of Pakistan and abroad as social scientist and researcher/academician

Awards and accolades

Nominated for the SAARC Award in 2004 for the research work conducted on SAARC countries. The award went to Late Zia-ur-Rahman, Former President of Bangladesh.

Volunteer's Award 2012 and recorded in the book 'Who is Who' in Sindh

Social Service

Member of Lions Club

Member HANDS Board of Governor

Member Steering Committee of United Nation's Global Compact Network - Pakistan Chapter