General Info
Professional Track
- Science
Country
PakistanAreas of Expertise
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Educational Technology and E-Learning
Professional Interests
- Wild plants collection, identification and digitalization
- Impact of climate change and global warming on floral diversity
- Biodiversity conservation strategies
Age
45I am a proud daughter of my Mum.
The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Explore cutting edge technologies used in conservation of biodiversity to equip myself with technology-based mitigating approaches to combat climate change and its effects on floral diversity
- Strengthen my skills in my technical skills in my fields of interest while networking with other Emerging Leaders from different countries and companies in Silicon Valley
- Advance my leadership, project management and monitoring skills to empower myself to move in a male dominating society with great confidence while also encouraging young girls and women to acquire STEM educations to do the same
Mentorship Characteristic
- Have exposure to the company culture
- Participate in a skills-building course, either provided by my mentor’s company or identify a free resource online
- Identify workshops or certificate programs to further my learning after the program has ended
- Focus on leadership skills building
Ideal Company Type
My ideal company is one that works within the agriculture, environment and sustainable development fields. I am also interested in a company which can equip me with project management and monitoring skills. I am also seeking a company working on e-learning techniques for the dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Additional Technical Skills
Tissue culture laboratory procedures for micropropagation of plants; molecular laboratory
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Reliable
- Hardworking
- Optimistic
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
It would be a dream coming true to work with a skilled and experienced woman scientist from entirely a different world for me. This mentorship will help me to develop strong leadership qualities, project management, communication and presentation skills. It will allow me to learn how to work in a challenging environment and how to complete our assignments and tasks well in time. It will also allow me to learn how I can effectively influence young girls and women of my community to choose STEM as a future career and how they can use it in their entrepreneurial goals.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
This experience will enable me to promote STEM education in my country among young girls and women. My organization arranges different international days including Women in Science Day, Biodiversity Day, Earth Day and many more, where we deliver lectures. I would use this platform to boost and encourage new generations to pursue a better career selection. I will also leverage my TechWomen experiential learning to influence the women in the local communities during my field expeditions and provide them with better understanding on biodiversity conservation, sustainable utilization of natural resources and using this information for economic growth.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
20Primary Professional Focus
- Educational technology
- Scientist and researcher
- Technical project and program manager
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Associate Curator, Pakistan Museum of Natural History
- Direct Reports: 10+
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
- Dates: August 1, 2004 –
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Responsibilities:
Collect, identify, digitalize and curate plants specimen from all over the country and preserve them in the Higher Plants Herbarium; conduct research on the use of medicinal plants as a primary healthcare system by local communities; sensitize and motivate local communities on conservation of biodiversity; take active parts on different days’ celebrations at PMNH, like Biodiversity Day, Environment Day, Museum Day, Earth Day, etc.; beautify organization with flowering plants; publish research papers, popular articles, book chapters, books, etc.
Job #2
- Title and Company: Research Associate, Pakistan Museum of Natural History
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
- Dates: August 1, 2004 – September 1, 2015
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Responsibilities:
Collected, identified and digitalized of higher plants; managed herbarium and training of women and general public about biodiversity conservation; educated local communities and students about the Natural History of Pakistan; established and maintained a botanical/herbal garden; guided master’s degree students on floral diversity of Pakistan
Job #3
- Title and Company: Agriculture Officer, Department of Agriculture and Livestock
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Dates: September 1, 2001 – August 1, 2004
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Responsibilities:
Managed tissue culture laboratory; produced disease-free micro tubers through rapid multiplication system in the Tissue Culture Laboratory and Green Houses; administered staff of Agriculture Department, Skardu; managed financial liabilities of the department and Deputy Director Office; served as focal person for the Northern Areas Development Programme (NADP); motivated farmers to adopt modern agriculture production techniques; conducted trainings for male and female farmers on food processing; conducted trainings and workshops with collaboration with IUCN and AKRSP on conservation of natural resources
Education History
Institution #1
- Institution: PMAS Arid Agriculture University
- Degree Awarded: Master's
- Major: Horticulture
- Minor:
- Location: Pakistan
- Completion Date: October 1, 2011
Institution #2
- Institution: University of Agriculture
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Agriculture
- Minor:
- Location: Pakistan
- Completion Date: October 1, 1999
