Farhan Ansari Email & Phone Number

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Coordinating with COMSATS’ Centres of Excellence in its Member Countries for initiating and executing joint scientific projects/programmes for socio-economic development• Coordinating the activities of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Groups• Managing and organizing scientific capacity building events such as conferences/workshops/ seminars/meetings in Pakistan and other COMSATS’ Member Countries• Preparing project proposals and seeking funds from national/international donor agencies.• Coordinating/corresponding with COMSATS’ Member Countries, COMSATS’ Centres of Excellence, COMSATS’ Focal Points, Ministries and Embassies to ensure proper functioning of COMSATS Headquarters/ Secretariat• Representing COMSATS on national and international forums• Preparing reports on the S&T statistics of COMSATS’ Member CountriesAchievements:• Visited China (November 2010, September 2011 and July 2013), Jordan (September 2012), Turkey (May 2012), Ghana (May 2013) and Bangladesh (June 2011) and successfully executed different projects. • Worked as a member of the Sub-committee charged with formulating the National ST&I Policy of Pakistan (2012), constituted by the honourable Minister for Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan.

Job responsibilites include:• Conceptualizing, Planning, Monitoring, and executing scientific projects/ programmes for socio-economic development. • Performing research activities in order to keep pace with the recent advancements in science.• Preparing project proposals in order to seek funds from national/ international donor agencies.• Coordinating/ Corresponding with COMSATS’ member countries, COMSATS’ Centres of Excellence, COMSATS’ Focal Points, Ministries and Embassies to ensure proper functioning of COMSATS Headquarters/ Secretariat.• Preparing/ compiling reports of COMSATS’ member countries in order to explore opportunities of mutual collaboration.

Job responsibilities include:• Correspondence with different departments of Ericsson and Warid telecom.• Monitoring and documenting the progress of departments such as RAN, civil works, site acquisition and commercial power.• Helping in preparation of SIDs (site installation documents) at RAN.• Helping in conduction of RFI tests at RAN.• Conduction of meetings with client (Warid Telecom) to set targets, evaluate performance and to ensure continuation of quality work.

Department: Radio Access Networking (RAN).Location: 61-A, Jinnah Avenue, Saudi-Pak tower, Blue area, Islamabad.Type: Internship.Duration: 06 weeks.Description: Interned at RAN (Radio Access Networking) where I gained the basic knowledge of GSM network architecture and learned the installation, integration, antenna system tests and site installation tests for the following Ericsson’s Radio base stations:Radio Base Station (RBS): 2206Radio Base Station (RBS): 2111Radio Base Station (RBS): 2216Radio Base Station (RBS): 2106 Radio Base Station (RBS): 2116Experience of PAT (provisional acceptance test) was also gained during the stay.

Ms. Electrical (Telecommunication) Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering

Bs (Telecommunication Engineering), Telecom

Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad.