SSE Teams
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Spotlight:
Interview With Prof. Abidi
taking university education in Science & Engineering to new heights in Pakistan.
 
Foresight:
Prof. Harry Gray of Caltech
talks about his passion for science and explains why you should study science at the SSE.
 
News:
Professor Khalid Aziz
received the Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Calgary on June 9, 2008.
 
 
 
Project Team
  Khurram Afridi
  Project Director
   
  Hajra Kureshi
  Manager, Communications & Outreach
   
  Sarah Mahmood
  Manager, Development
   
  Zara Fateh Qizilbash
Manager, Academic Affairs
   
  Kiran Anwar
  Senior Executive, Faculty Recruitment
   
  Neeka Babar
  Senior Executive, Academic Affairs
  Zainab Siraj
  Senior Executive, Communications
   
  Amara Bashir
  Executive, Academic Affairs
   
  Durdana Bint-e-Ghazi
  Executive, Student Services
   
  Kashif Iqbal
  Executive, Administration
   
  Nida Khalid
  Executive, Event Management
   
  Sidra Munawar
  Executive, Development
  Farwa Naqvi
  Executive, Media
   
  Madiha Qayyum
  Executive, Academic Affairs
   
  Samina Yasmin
  Executive, Recruitment
 
 
 
Volunteers
 
 
Consultants
  Habib Fida Ali
  Principal Architect
  Faisal Haroon
  Architect
  Shoa Malik
  Consultant, Graphic Design
 
 
Project Alumni
  Salman Ahsan
  Associate Project Director
   
  Mahe Zehra Husain
  Executive, Administration
   
  Mahvash Khan
  Coordinator, Undergrad. Admissions
   
  Zakeesh I. Khan
  On leave
 
  Saad Ahsan
  Intern
  Hamza G. Mohmand
  Executive, Communications
   
  Attiya Noon
  Project Assistant
   
  Mariam Qureshi
  Executive, Communications
   
  Saima Ali
  On leave
 
  Shehzad Feerasta
  Intern
   
  Saadiya Waheed Raza
  Senior Executive, Admissions
   
  Sana Siddiqui
  Executive, Program Marketing
   
  Syed Talha Imam
  Volunteer
   
  Annemieke W. Veenenbos
  Senior Executive, Development
   
   
  Project Team
 
Khurram Afridi
Project Director


As Project Director, Dr. Khurram Afridi is responsible for all aspects of the School of Science and Engineering (SSE). He has joined LUMS SSE on deputation from Techlogix - a 200 person information technology services company with operations in Hartford, Boston, Dubai, Karachi, Lahore and Beijing. As its Chief Operating Officer, he was responsible for the strategic direction, business development, and management of Techlogix, and helped the company grow consistently at an annual rate of 50% since inception in 1996. Prior to Techlogix, he has worked at Schlumberger, Philips Laboratories, Lutron, and JPL. At JPL he was part of the SURFSAT-1 design team - a NASA satellite that was launched into orbit in 1995. Khurram received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, and Masters of Science and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He is the first non-European to have won the BMW Scientific Award for his outstanding doctoral research. He has published numerous papers; holds one US and international patent; and is a contributing author of the Power Electronics Handbook. He has been actively involved with higher education reform issues in Pakistan over the last few years and the LUMS SSE initiative from the beginning.

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Hajra Kureshi
Manager, Communications & Outreach


Hajira Kureshi holds a BS and an MS in Computer Sciences from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and also a BA in English Literature from Kinnaird College. Since 1997 she has been involved in various managerial and engineering roles in the local technology sector. She was the manager of the Quality Assurance department at Techlogix Ltd. till 2003, where she helped to define and implement ISO quality standards. Hajira has also been involved in voluntary work at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Museum, the Stanford Hospital and the United Nations' Association Film Festival. Her most recent undertaking was a compilation of the initial history of LUMS. She joined LUMS SSE team in the Admissions department and is currently working as the Communications & Outreach Manager.

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Sarah Mahmood
Manager, Development


Sarah did her Masters in Mass Communications and Bachelors in Journalism and Psychology, both from Kinnaird College. She has worked at WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) and Asiatic. She has also taught at the Lahore Grammar School. She joined the LUMS Science and Engineering Initiative Team initially as the Assistant Project Coordinator in 2004, but has since been promoted to the new role of development manager.

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Zara Fateh Qizilbash
Manager, Undergraduate Education


Zara Fateh Qizilbash received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Physics from the University of Oxford, specializing in Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic Physics. As the Manager of Academic Affairs for LUMS SSE, she is responsible for the development of the physics curriculum and its integration with other disciplines in the SSE's core program of study. She is also engaged in designing the physics lab and developing lab experiments and coursework. Prior to joining SSE, Zara directed a turnkey project to establish a Greenfield fiberboard manufacturing plant and served as Project Manager responsible for developing a middle-income housing scheme. Zara is on the Board of Governors of Roedean School, Brighton.

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Kiran Anwar
Senior Executive, Faculty Recruitment


Kiran Anwar did her Masters in English Literature from Kinnaird College in 2005. Since then she has been working in the area of Human Resource management with a particular focus on recruitment. Before joining the LUMS SSE team, Kiran worked with a recruitment firm, SKP Consulting, where she assisted with servicing clients like Netsol, Descon, ICC Engineering and U-Fone. Kiran has also completed a core course of MBIT from the University of the Punjab..

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Neeka Babar
Senior Executive, Academic Affairs


Neeka did her Masters in Mass Communication from Kinnaird College in 2004. Her Bachelors was in Journalism and English Literature, also from Kinnaird College. She has worked at Mobilink, where she was responsible for Internal and External Marketing and Communications, and at the Beaconhouse Head Office, where she developed the English Language curriculum. She has also worked for Geo Television as a Production Associate.
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Zainab Siraj
Senior Executive, Communications


Zainab Siraj did her Masters in English Literature from Kinnaird College, Lahore. Following the completion of her degree she worked as Project Coordinator in a non-governmental organization, AGHS Legal Aid Cell. During this time she also worked in the capacity of Country Coordinator for a sister organization South Asians for Human Rights. She is working at LUMS SSE team as Senior Communications Executive.

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Amara Bashir
Executive, Academic Affairs


Amara Bashir did her MBA from University of South Asia, Lahore with a specialization in Human Resource. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences and Geography from Garrison College, Lahore. She has worked as a Marketing Executive in the Government Agricultural Marketing Department. She has also been involved in research projects such as examining the necessity for mobile phones in our daily routine. Currently she is working at the LUMS School of Science & Engineering as an Academic Affairs Executive.

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Durdana Bint-e-Ghazi
Executive, Student Services


Durdana did her Masters in Economics from the University of the Punjab. She has been associated with LUMS for the last seven years. She has also worked at Tarror Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. and Alipine International Pvt. Ltd. prior to joining LUMS.

She has been managing the office of the Vice Chancellor, LUMS, planning and coordination, maintaining records, organizing board meetings and other university events. Planning and problem solving are her strengths.

Though she has a Masters degree, the process of learning has not stopped and she continues to think of herself as a student. Durdana has joined the LUMS Science and Engineering Team as a Student Services Executive.

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Kashif Iqbal
Executive, Administration


Kashif did his (MCSE) Microsoft Certified System Engineering from Microsoft, Masters in Computer Science from a private institute and B.Com. from the University of the Punjab. He has been associated with LUMS for the last five years. He has also worked at The Hajvery University, Lahore, for seven years as Administration Officer prior to joining LUMS.

He has been managing the office of the HoD of Mathematics Department and Scientific Director of Centre for Advanced Studies in Mathematics, LUMS, planning and coordination, maintaining records, developing conference websites, organizing national and international conferences, departmental meetings and other university events. Planning and problem solving are his strengths.

Though he is also proceeding for Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Administration and Management, the process of learning has not stopped. He continues to think of himself as a student. Kashif has joined the LUMS School of Science and Engineering Team as an Administration Executive.

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Nida Khalid
Executive, Event Management


Nida did her Masters in Mass Communications and Bachelors in Journalism and Psychology, both from Kinnaird College. She has worked at Evernew Concepts, AGHS Legal Aid Cell and South Asia Partnership. She has also taught at the Lahore Grammar School. She has joined the LUMS Science and Engineering Team as an Event Management Executive.

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Sidra Munawar
Executive, Development


Sidra Munawar did her Masters (MSc) in Management Marketing from Sir John Cass Business School, City University (UK) and Bachelors (BSc) in Business Management from King's College London. She interned for Nestle during the summer of 2007 for the Marketing and Sales Department where she developed a nationwide catalogue representing the marketing and sales date for Nestle Pakistan. She also voluntarily worked for CARE organization in the school development program. Sidra is working at LUMS SSE team as Development Executive.

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Farwa Naqvi
Executive, Media

Farwa Naqvi graduated from Beaconhouse National University School of Visual Arts, with honors, majoring in Graphic Design. During her course of studies she was placed on the Dean's honor list in 2008. Farwa has done her internship at ICI paints where she played a major role in designing the ICI magazine. She has also done an internship at Classic Partnership, an ad agency in Dubai, contributing to the creative department. Farwa has been a head girl in her school days. Her skills and interest includes designing creative websites, brochures, posters, stationary and logos for organizations. Her hobbies include travelling, painting and photography.



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Madiha Qayyum
Executive, Academic Affairs


Madiha Qayyum did her Masters in Political Science and International Relations from Government College University, Lahore. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Psychology from Gulberg College, Lahore. During her academic years, she was involved in various research projects. She investigated the area of conflicts and corporation in the city government of Lahore. She also researched the necessity of dowry in our prevailing society. Currently she is working at the LUMS School of Science & Engineering as an Academic Affairs Executive.


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Samina Yasmin
Executive, Recruitment


Samina graduated in Business Administration with majors in Banking and Finance from The Lahore School of Economics. During her Masters she conducted Market Research for The Nation to help them assess whether it should be feasible to launch a career supplement or a job portal. She also prepared a comprehensive Human Resource plan for the nursing department at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Cancer Hospital. Samina also holds a degree in Bachelors in Business Administration and Information Technology from the Lahore College for Women University. Prior to joining LUMS, she interned at the First Women Bank Ltd. Working at LUMS is her first professional experience where she is involved in the area of recruitment management for LUMS School of Science and Engineering.

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Volunteers
Salal Humair
Salal Humair is currently on leave from SSE as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Global Health and Population http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/salal-humair/, where he is developing research themes in the area of Health Systems and Public Health. Salal’s current research interests are in the area of Operations Research and diverse large-scale systems, such as health, water, energy etc. Salal has formally been with the SSE since December 2007, but as part of SSE’s core Project team, has been intimately involved in the school’s setup since its earliest days. From December 2007-January 2009, he served as SSE’s Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development. Prior to SSE, he worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Optiant, Inc. (Boston, MA), a technology startup founded at MIT and focused on supply-chain design and optimization.

Salal obtained his PhD and MS in Operations Research from MIT, an MS in Civil Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Civil Engineering from UET Lahore. His Master's research was on formulating conceptual design as a constraint satisfaction problem; doctoral research on yield management for telecommunications and his post-PhD work was in supply chain optimization. He has worked at CS First Boston, and interned at GTE Laboratories, IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center, Schlumberger Austin Product Center, and Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories. He has also had significant teaching experience during graduate school as Head Teaching Assistant for a large undergraduate computing course at MIT.


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Sohaib Khan
Sohaib Khan did his PhD in Computer Science from University of Central Florida and his BS in Electronic Engineering from GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research interests lie in the fields of computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition. In particular he has done recent work on tracking and surveillance, video segmentation, face processing and video geo-registration. He has received more than Rs. 3.5 million as a research grant from a public sector organization for work on image registration. He is also providing consulting in the computer vision area to local public and private organizations. He has published more than ten journal and conference publications and has two book chapters to his credit. Dr. Khan was the recipient of Hillman Fellowship for excellence in graduate research, UCF (2001) and also received the merit-based Graduate Enhancement Fellowship, UCF (2000 and 2001).

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Bilal Musharraf
Bilal Musharraf completed his B.S. in Actuarial Science from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 1994. After graduation, he worked five years as an actuarial analyst for AIB in Boston, pricing and reserving automobile insurance (1994-1999). In 2000 he joined Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE: WW) in Boston as an actuarial consultant, providing liability valuation analysis of employee benefit plans (Medical, Pension, Options) to the Fortune 1000 companies. He is currently a 2007 dual degree MBA/MA(Education) candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford University School of Education.

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Mohammad Ali Raja
Ali received his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from UET Lahore, a Master's in Computer Science from LUMS and has substantial experience in designing, managing and delivering on complex construction projects. His company's designs were selected for the Zero-Point Monument of the Lahore Islamabad Motorway Project and the stainless steel monument on GT Road in Shadra. As a construction management expert, he has delivered on-time and on-budget, among others: the NHA Building at Queen's Road, the Lahore Mall Road Underpass Project, and establishment of one of Pakistan's largest rock quarries. He is currently managing his own construction company in London, and helping the LUMS SSE build its infrastructure.

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Zeeshan Syed
Zeeshan Syed received his S.B. and M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2003. He is currently at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working towards a Ph.D. His research interests span the domain of using computers to improve contemporary healthcare, with a focus on low-cost software solutions for developing countries. He is actively involved in a number of projects in association with clinical experts from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and holds a patent for his work in the area of automated auscultation and prototypical biological signal analysis. He is the recipient of the William A. Martin and Morris J. Levin awards in recognition of his research at MIT, and was featured in the 2003 MIT Technovators list of top innovators. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry. He is also on the panel of experts consulting the PSEB on bioinformatics outsourcing and occasionally contributes articles to newspapers on higher education initiatives.

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Consultants
 
Habib Fida Ali
Principal Architect


Mr. Habib Fida Ali of Habib Fida Ali Architects has been the project architect for the Lahore University of Management Sciences since its inception and now for the new School of Science and Engineering. The firm's involvement with the project and its scope of services includes concept design, strategic planning, design development, and coordination. Mr. Habib Fida Ali established his practice in 1965 and has since been considered one of the best-known architects in Pakistan. With an extensive experience in Architecture Design, Interior Design, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture and Project Management. He has won many design competitions and awards during his practice. For nearly four decades his firm has been called upon to engage in projects that include government office buildings, educational, corporate facilities and private residences. A commitment to design, quality, innovation, and delivery is illustrated in all his projects. His many honors and distinctions include receiving well-published acknowledgement in both local and international magazines of repute. His private house has been published in Architectural Digest (USA) - 1981. He was the first Pakistani on the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Master Jury. His first commercial project the Pakistan Burma Shell Building received a gold medal for the best building since partition from Karachi Development Authority. He is an Associate of Royal Institute of British Architects. Habib Fida Ali has also received the lifetime achievement award by Institute of Architects Pakistan.

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Faisal Haroon
Architect


Faisal Haroon has eight years experience as an architect and runs his own private practice in Lahore which he combines with a Lectureship in Architecture at the National College of Arts. Faisal has a B.A. in Architecture from National College of Arts and an M.A. in Architecture from McGill University.

Recently, Faisal's Firm has been commissioned to design the new Science School at Aitchison College. Faisal has traveled to the best schools in USA, UK and Far East collecting valuable information about best practices for design making him the country's only architect with an expert grounding in design of labs and institutes with science facilities.

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Shoa Malik
Consultant, Graphic Design


Shoa Malik, currently providing consultancy services in graphic design under the name SHOAWORKS, is an NCA (National College of Arts) graduate with graphic designing and photography as major and minor subjects respectively. She has been a Scholarship holder throughout the course and received the ‘Chughtai award’ for excellence spanning four academic years. Prior to venturing into private consultancy, she was heading the Multimedia department at Techlogix (Pvt.) Ltd., and was part of their setup for four years. Earlier, she gained experience in the world of advertising by working with one of the leading advertising agencies of Pakistan, Evernew Concepts (Pvt.) Ltd.

Her predilection towards art makes poetry, classical music, painting, sketching her cherished interests.

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Project Alumni
 
Salman Ahsan
Associate Project Director


Dr. Salman Ahsan did his PhD and MA in Electronic Materials and Devices at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University and his BS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His interests during graduate studies centered upon the study of surface and interface properties of compound semiconductors, particularly the ZnSe/GaAs interface due to its importance in the development of a blue laser. He built Princeton's first scanning tunneling microscope, a new technique at the time, as the primary analysis tool for this work. At Princeton, he also acquired several semesters of teaching experience as a preceptor working with the Nobel laureate (in physics), Prof. Daniel C. Tsui. His work experience includes brief stints at Drexelbrook Engineering (as a summer intern), Philips Research Laboratories (part of doctoral dissertation), The Center for Sensor Technologies (as an NSF fellow) and Nova R&D, Inc. Predominantly though, he has been with Linear Technology Corporation, a semiconductor company specializing in analog integrated circuits, as a process development, device and integration engineer and more recently as a manager of yields and electrical test.

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Mahe Zehra Husain
Executive, Administration


Mahe Zehra Husain has recently completed her Masters in Mathematics from Punjab University, Lahore. Before that she did her Bachelors in Double Maths and Physics from the same institution. Aside from battling with numbers she is also editor of a national children's magazine, GUSTO, which is a publication of the Alif Laila Book Bus Society in partnership with UniLever Pakistan. Mahe Zehra is also actively interested in science teaching methodologies and has conducted workshops for science teachers in Lahore Grammar School.

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Mahvash Khan
Coordinator, Undergraduate Admissions


Mahvash Khan completed her B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Information Systems from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, in 2005. She has worked as Executive Coordinator at TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a non-profit organization that promotes entrepreneurship worldwide. She has been managing the office of TiE Lahore based at LUMS, coordinating projects with CEOs and Industrialists in Pakistan and 44 TiE Chapters across the world, organizing workshops, seminars and other entrepreneurial events. She has also worked with Monsoon Accessorize London, Watershed Packing Ltd. Leeds and GE Capital Bank Leeds in the UK. Her core strengths include a good grasp of IT skills including web designing, systems analysis and database development, customer relationship management, team working and event management.

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Zakeesh I. Khan
On leave


Zakeesh Iqbal Khan did her MSc. in Evidence Based Social Intervention from the University of Oxford and a MA in Mass Communication from Kinnaird College. Currently as Manager, Communications and Outreach she is responsible for leading the communications and outreach initiative of the SSE. This entails firmly establishing the school's identity and reputation as an international centre of innovative interdisciplinary scholarship in science and engineering; it involves developing partnerships and coordinating publicity, events and media relations initiatives. In a voluntary capacity she also has considerable national and international experience in the social sector, specifically in terms of advocacy and program design pertaining to women empowerment, education, skill-training and other development initiatives targeted towards youth. She has also served as the Chairperson of the National Technical Committee on Women, Youth and Environment-FPAP. Outside of work she has a keen interest in the performing arts.

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Hamza G. Mohmand
Executive, Communications


Hamza Ghaffar Mohmand has done his Bachelors in Social Sciences, with a Minor in Economics, from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His previous experience includes internships at SHELL Pakistan, PICIC Commercial Bank, the Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan, and Muslim Commercial Bank. He has considerable experience in the development sector, engaging in systematic research and analysis, and has written comparative development theses on Latin American, African, and Asian countries. He wrote his Senior Project thesis on the Prospects of Democratization in Pakistan. He has also engaged in volunteer relief work at the Edhi Foundation and the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad after the recent earthquake. He has assisted the SSE Project team in communications, publishing the quarterly newsletter, external relations and fundraising.

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Attiya Noon
Project Assistant


Attiya Noon was a BSc. Honours student at LUMS before transferring to the International University Bremen where she acquired an undergraduate degree in History. She has worked for the Punjab Rural Support Program where she evaluated the work being done by their subsidiary Village Education Committees. She also worked as an assistant to the Director of Campus Activities, and as a student assistant in a residence hall of the International University Bremen. Attiya is a keen debater, has represented Pakistan at international debating tournaments, and has served two terms as the President of the Debating Society at her university. She was also on the editorial board of the university literary magazine and newspaper.

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Mariam Qureshi
Executive, Communications


Mariam graduated from National College of Arts in the year 2005 in Fine Arts. Her major was printmaking. She has been writing on art and culture for Daily Times prior to her graduation and is currently also an art and culture editor for a fashion magazine called GEN_Y. She has freelanced for various newspapers and magazines over the past four years. Mariam has also worked for the Research and Publication Centre (RPC) in the National College of Arts, where she was the assistant managing editor for two years. Her interests include reading, writing and printmaking.

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Saima Ali
On leave


Saima Ali graduated with merit from the B.Sc. (Hons.) program at LUMS, with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Accounting & Finance. She has also worked as a Web Developer at Advanced Research Projects and Technologies (Arpatech) Pvt. Ltd. Prior experience includes serving as the President of the I.T. Society at her college and interning as a Graphic Designer at Kraysis, a private software house. Saima has also been a Teaching Assistant for several courses at LUMS, including Software Engineering and Project Management.

Graphic designing being her primary passion, she also loves dance choreography, music, gymming and fitness, glass painting and jewelry making. She is an active sportswoman, being the captain and color-holder of Netball at LUMS. Saima is also a Jiu Jitsu orange belt holder.


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Annemieke W. Veenenbos
Senior Executive, Development


Annemieke Veenenbos did her Masters and Bachelors degree in Civil law both from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Before starting her studies at the University of Utrecht in 2000, she succesfully completed a one year program in English Literature from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

In the Netherlands, Annemieke worked as a Senior Relationship Manager at Fortis Intertrust (Netherlands) NV, a large international financial and corporate service provider. She was involved in the set up, and the management of securitisation structures alongside commercial activities and relationship management. Since arrival in Pakistan in October 2007, Annemieke has for some time been working as a staff writer for NGO World and as a fundraising consultant.

Annemieke has joined the LUMS School of Science and Engineering as a Senior Development Executive.

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Saadiya Waheed Raza
Senior Executive, Admissions


Also an Alumna of LUMS, Saadiya has been primarily associated with academia in research and technical capacities. Her interest lies in Open Source technologies for information management, particularly in the development and education sector. At SSE, her role is to provide momentum to the customization and deployment of core academic technologies required for all patrons of the School of Science and Engineering.

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Sana Siddiqui
Executive, Program Marketing


Sana Siddiqui completed her LLB (Hons.) with a minor in Religious Studies from Lancaster University. She has always been passionate about horse riding and also plays polo. Her other interests include music, dance, traveling and writing. She was previously working with an NGO called Naya Jeevan for Kids, which has just launched in Pakistan and works there on a part time basis. Sana has always played an active role in community work and served as the publicity officer on the executive team of the UNICEF chapter in Lancaster, as well has other fund raising events for charities.

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Saad Ahsan
Intern

Syed Mohammad Saad Ahsan is currently completing his A'levels from Aitchison College, Lahore. He interned at SSE during the summer of 2007. His work comprised of mainly scouting information on various institutions both in and out of Pakistan in order to solicit high achieving students from around the world. He cherishes his experience at the SSE as it greatly contributed to the growth of his character..

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Syed Talha Imam
Volunteer

Syed Talha Imam completed his B.Sc. (Hons) from LUMS in June 2008, with a major in Accounting and Finance and a minor in Economics. He did his A' levels from Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi. At LUMS, he was placed on the Dean's Honors List and graduated with distinction. Talha enjoys sports and was part of the school's basketball and volleyball team. At college, he was part of the Debating and Dramatics Society. He actively participates in social work and was part of the Care 'n' Share society at his college. He is currently working at Unilever Pakistan Limited, at a position of a Management Trainee as an Assistant Manager Customer Development. His previous experiences include internships at Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder & Co. (partners of Ernst and Young Global) under Audit and at Telenet under customer service. Talha was serving as a student volunteer, helping in several activities associated with the SSE. He intends to continue his participation as a volunteer for SSE.

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Shehzad Feerasta
Intern

Shehzad Feerasta is currently completing his undergraduate studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and will have his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 2009. He worked as an internee at the SSE during Summer 2007, and did research work to create the financial aid form, which is part of the SSE admissions package. His hard work and friendly attitude has proved him to be a great member of the LUMS SSE team.

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