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Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

1. Developed project proposal, budget and execution plan for bidding to US embassy and won USD 200K grant2. Forged partnerships with various public and private sector entrepreneurial ecosystem stakeholders 3. Initiated partnerships with public sector women universities to facilitate trainings on social cohesion, critical thinking, conflict resolution and economic empowerment.4. Monitored curriculum development by developing ToRs for consultants and subject specialists5. Executed Idea Design Competitions to provide Seed Grants worth USD 12000 to the winners on themes of women empowerment.6. Created a network of public and private sector partners– both individuals and organisations - to facilitate outreach, training delivery, mentorship and awareness. 7. Provided mentorship and network support to the budding startups8. Ran a successful advocacy campaign on digital, print and electronic media. 9. Maintained a regular cadence of reporting to project donors and partners

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

1. Evidence-based policy advocacy on Fiscal Budget 2020-21, Public Sector Development Schemes PSDP, Annual Development Plans ADP and other schemes for highlighting structural issues pertaining to equity, gender and institutional capacities that influence policy commitments and priorities for increased investments in children and adolescents at national and provincial level. 2. Raise public awareness about Child Rights, sensitized parliamentarians and policy makers and apprised stakeholders about dismal state of child rights in Pakistan to mobilize support of national and provincial leadership for a common framework of action for the achievement of child rights enshrined in CRC and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through four(04) provincial and one(01) national consultation.3. Coordinate for partnership with Govt of Sindh and EU on budget review with strategic recommendation on use of data and scientific evidence to improve allocative and budgetary efficiencies in order to take concrete measures for addressing fiscal leakages in decentralized context.4. Assist Social Policy team with development of concept notes, data, information and documents/reports to support section with events, consultations and internal processes.5. Represent section at meetings with UN agencies, donors, governmental offices and ministries, stakeholders as and when required.

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

1. Conceptualize, develop and lead implementation of joint annual workplan with policy research, capacity building and advocacy on child, adolescents’ and women rights being the key focus.2. Facilitated policy advocacy for legislative review of laws and proposed amendments in national laws pertaining to children at provincial and national level.3. Provided technical support (data analysis, briefing packs, presentations) to Parliamentarians, Standing Committees and stakeholders for effective oversight of implementation and monitoring of SDGs agenda at local level. 4. Strengthen linkage amongst provincial and national SDGs taskforce through close coordination, regular follow-up and supporting high level policy dialogs on SDG Scorecards and priority SDGs5. Maintain reporting with partners, donors, Project Management Unit National Assembly of Pakistan through newsletter and reports.

Islamabad

1. Developed linkage with administration of 18+ universities/seminaries, local over 200 trainers/role models + representatives from partner organizations such as SMEDA, First Women Bank, National Incubation Centres and Pakistan US Alumni Network to arrange entrepreneurial training sessions for students.2. Conducted first ever Emerging Women Entrepreneur’s Week (EWEW 2018) weeklong advanced incubation boot camp for 50 women entrepreneurs of marginalised communities) and Women Entrepreneurship Summit (WES 2015) in Pakistan3. Organized first inter parliamentary dialogue session between the Presidents of 11 registered Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry across Pakistan4. Conducted policy dialogue between the entrepreneurship policy makers and finance providers to expand the horizons of women entrepreneurship in the country. 4. Setup virtual meetings between mentors (US based) and mentees, identified venture capitalists, angel investors, mentors for budding startup guidance. 5. Collaborated with established Pakistani women entrepreneurs, running entrepreneurship advocacy through radio programming (50 shows), social media, and media forums. 6. Assist Project manager with report compilation and assurance of key performance indicators as per donor requirement.

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

1. Key commercial & technical interface for prospective clients and principles. Prepared technical and financial proposals meeting customer requirements. Answered RFQs and conducted trials to acquire new business in the market of Pakistan and Afghanistan. 2. Facilitate the customers by preparing and implementing strategies to increase their business, provided managed services to three(03) national and two(02) international telecom operators on end to end active testing and SIM box detection/ grey traffic monitoring, delivered sessions of hands-on trainings to International Roaming Engineering teams of three Pakistani GSM Networks 3. Deliver sessions of hands-on trainings to International Roaming Engineering teams of three Pakistani GSM Networks. 4. Provide pre-sales and operational support to GSM operators for E2E QoS Management

Master'S Degree

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering

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