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Rahim Khetran Rahim Khetran is an Anthropologist and a social development practitioner. He was born on August 13, 1979 in a small village ‘Nahar Kot’ in district Barkhan, Balochistan. Mr. Rahim Bakhsh Khetran is currently serving Rural Support Program Network (RSPN) as Research Coordinator in a five year EU-funded ‘Balochistan Rural Development and Community Empowerment Program (BRACE).’ He is a former IMF-World Bank Society Fellow (USA 2019) and Hubert Humphrey Fellow (USA 2013-14). He is also a PhD candidate in Anthropology from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and his dissertation title is’ Modernity and Traditional Tribal System in Balochistan.’ Mr. Khetran has an experience of over 14 years with different national and international organizations. As a freelance development consultant, he has worked with MSI/USAID, The Asia Foundation including National AIDS Control Program (NACP) where he served as National Monitoring Consultant. Mr. Khetran also worked as Visiting International Research Fellow (2014) at The McCain Institute for International Leadership in Washington DC. He was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow at Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Mr. Khetran served at the headquarters of American Refugee Committee in Minneapolis and worked on the Pakistan Education project. His previous professional experience includes working as Provincial Research Lead with the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, Islamabad. He was also the Field Manager for the Institute for Public Opinion Research, a USAID funded project for the Political Party Development Program. He was a member of youth parliament of Pakistan from 2008-09. During his Hubert Humphrey fellowship year, he focused on analysing best practices in public administration and different approaches to develop capacity and empower communities. He is interested in non-governmental organizations working with marginalized communities in Pakistan in general and Balochistan in particular. His major areas of interest are education, health, environment, rural development, human rights, gender, social protection, disasters and rehabilitation and character driven leadership in youth.