director oric
Dr. Shagufta Akhtar
Director ORIC, FUI
director.oric@fui.edu.pk
051 - 5789511 Ext - 132
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2014)
Teachers College Columbia University, NYC, USA
- PhD Education (2009)
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
- MPhil Education 2004
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
- MSc Education 1991
Islamia University, Bahawalpur
Experience
- Foundation Univeristy Islamabad (FUI), Pakistan
Working as "Director ORIC", 2nd February 2016 – Present
- Foundation Univeristy Islamabad (FUI), Pakistan
Worked as "Deputy Director QEC", 20th April 2015 - 2nd February 2016
- Foundation Univeristy Islamabad (FUI), Pakistan
Worked as "Associate Professor", 5th November 2012 - 31st March 2015
- Foundation Univeristy Islamabad (FUI), Pakistan
Worked as "Assistant Professor", 27th October 2003 - 5th November 2012
- Islamia University Bahawalpur
Worked as "Assistant Professor", 3rd Seotember 2003 - 31st October 2003
- Islamia University Bahawalpur
Worked as "Lecturer", 19th February 1992- 3rd Sepetmber 2003
- Islamia University, Bahawalpur
Supervised 49 master level research theses at Department of Education
- Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
Supervised 03 master level research theses of the students of AIOU Islamabad.
- Foundation University, Islamabad
Supervised 15 master level research theses of the students of Education and Psychology at Foundation University Islamabad.
- Foundation University, Islamabad
Supervising 03 PhD (Education) dissertations at Foundation University Islamabad.
The Director ORIC shall be responsible to:-
- Manage and enhance the research activities of the university;
- Develop Research policies and priorities;
- Manage the operational aspects of the ORIC;
- Draft and monitor department budget;
- Work for fund raising for research, mobilize faculty, business community and industry for research commercialization;
- Serve as an effective advocate for research with the university and to its broader community of stakeholders and supporters;
- Implement the strategy and business development plan required to execute program initiatives to enhance the progress of the ORIC;
- Work in close liaison with the Board of Advance Studies and Research / Office of Sponsored Research, Business/Technology Incubators and University Science & Technology Park (if any);
- Facilitate campuses for organization of National/International Conferences.
- Organization of Seminars / Training Workshops for faculty, in the area of Research.
- Facilitate participation of faculty in National / International Conferences, Seminars and Training Workshops etc.
- Facilitate faculty to apply for travel grants to HEC and FUI.
- Facilitate Faculty to submit their research projects for funding, under National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) of the HEC.
- Facilitate Faculties of FUI for publication of Research Journals.
- Process the cases for reimbursement of publication fee.
- Monitor the activities of Graduate Research Centre (GRC)
- To process dissertations of PhD Scholars to Foreign Evaluators.
- Other duties as assigned by the Rector.