• Assisted in the successful recognition of ORIC, UCP by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. • Established Intellectual Property (IP) protection culture at UCP with an initial identification and filing of 10+ IP applications of the faculty members. • Enhanced industrial linkages of the University through identification of gaps in technology domains and R&D facilities that exist in the industrial sector. • Promoted industrial consultancy channels at UCP and was successfully able to facilitate one such case amounting to over 0.6 Million.• Worked in close collaboration with internal teams to ensure the timely execution of collaborative R&D projects and services being offered to the industry.

• Worked on developing the technology commercialisation culture in University, while focusing on the Industrial Linkages aspect.• Worked closely with the senior management in steering research towards social and industrial problems.

• Worked on signal processing, machine learning, and data science applications.• Worked on an offshore surveillance-based project for acoustic signature classification using machine learning tools – a direct continuation of my undergrad final year project.• Developed software for sonar calibration, working individually.• Facilitated negotiations and liaison with clients for system requirements finalisation, timelines, and financial agreements.• Established systems engineering documentation, working as a team of seven people for three large-scaled projects – ranging from system requirement specifications to system test procedures.

• Completed introductory management course in first three weeks.• Developed a tool using C-Sharp Socket Programming to make UDP a reliable protocol at the application level in the last four weeks.