Faculty

Director General

Mr. Mairaj Anees Ariff has recently assumed charge as the Regular Director General of NIPA Quetta by the Establishment Division Government of Pakistan.

The new DG NIPA Quetta belongs to the Secretariat Group of the Civil Service

of Pakistan and is a senior BS-21 officer. He has served Pakistan for almost 32 years in various capacities in the Federal and Provincial Governments including Managing Director Pakistan Engineering Company Ltd., CEO Furniture Company of Pakistan, M.D National Fertilizer Marketing Company, Director General Punjab Civil Defence, Director Immigration and Anti Human Trafficking Federal Investigation Agency, Deputy Director Anti-Narcotics Force, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce.

The officer holds a Master Degree in Transnational Crime Prevention with thesis on “Toolkit for Counter-Terrorism Strategy for Pakistan”. His Master’s Thesis was then approved as the foundation of the Government of Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Policy by President (Gen) Pervez Musharraf (later NACTA ACT, 2013). The Director General NIPA Quetta also had the privilege of contributing a Research-based Advisory Paper to NSPP on the “Privatization in Pakistan” which was published by National Institute of Public Policy (an integral unit of NSPP) vide NIPP Policy Paper Series title as “Privatization in Pakistan: History, Reforms and Way Forward” and proposed as draft Policy to the Government of Pakistan on Privatization in Pakistan.

Chief Instructor

Dr. Syed Ali Raza Shah joined National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) Quetta on 5^th May, 2023, as Directing Staff. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from Balochistan UET Khuzdar and Master’s from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) North Cyprus. He completed his PhD from University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia in 2019, with the distinction of Best Student Award. He published more than 24 research papers in the renowned journals and international conference proceedings.

Dr. Shah has experience of administration, teaching and research more than 23 years. He worked as Director, Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) and also the Dean, Faculty of Engineering. He was the member of the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), Board of Studies (BoS), Board of Faculty (BoF), Syndicate, and Selection Board.

He also worked as a Deputy Chief in the National Energy Conservation Centre (ENERCON), Ministry of Water and Power, Islamabad, where his services were placed/rendered to the World Bank/Asian Development Bank including JICA and UNDP BRESL projects to identify the core issues of energy efficiency and conservation.

Dr. Shah completed his Faculty Development Program (FDP) from Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad and Advanced Faculty Professional Development Program from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. He attained several National and International Conferences, Seminars and Workshops. He successfully completed the group training program in policy planning for Energy Efficiency & Conservation organized by JICA, Japan and Seminar on Infrastructure Development for Pakistan sponsored by the ministry of commerce and organized by Academy of Microeconomic Research of National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China. He is HEC approved PhD Supervisor.

Directing Staff – Research

Syeda Mubin Fatima belongs to Colleges Department Balochistan. She has served NIPA Quetta as ADS 2010 to 2014 and done her MCMC from NIPA Lahore in 10th MCMC. During her 28 years professional career, she has served in different institutions related to Education and Training. She has completed her M.Phil. in Pak-Studies. She has been a faculty member of FABS (Faculty of Arts & Basic Sciences) from 2014 to 2016 in BUITEMS Quetta.

She served as Principal Government Girls Degree College Kuchlak 2017 to 2018 and also served as Principal Government Degree College Khanozai 2019 to 2023. She has been paper setter and head examiner in the board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Quetta and University of Balochistan Quetta. She has been visiting faculty of the Iqra University Quetta and University of Balochistan Quetta. Again, she has joined NIPA Quetta in May 2023.

Mr. Amir Shah Syed

Additional Directing Staff (BPS-19)

Mr. Amir Shah Syed has joined NIPA-Quetta as an Additional Directing Staff (BPS-19) on regular basis on 26^th July, 2024. He has secured his M.Phil degree in

International Relations from the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D in International Relations from Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad. His area of research is revolving around assessing the impacts of Afghan migration in Balochistan on the identity politics in Balochistan. Before joining NIPA Quetta, he has served BUITEMS as an Assistant Professor of International Relations for 12 years. He has taught a variety of courses including Diplomacy, Human Rights, Peace Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Law and Theories of International Relations. He has also supervised many BS students. He has also remained a visiting faculty to the Pakistan Military Command and Staff College, Quetta. He has also served for One year in the Foreign Office, Islamabad as an internee under the National Internship Program (NIP). He has also worked in different NGOs for couple of years. His area of research includes Migration, Identity Politics, Balochistan, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Public Policy. His hobbies include Reading, Research, Administration, Travelling and Playing Cricket.

Additional Directing Staff

Syed Usman received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical with specialization in Electronics and Communications from MUST, Mirpur in 1999. He did his Post Graduation diploma of Information Technology from COMSATS Islamabad in 2002 and MS in Telecommunication Engineering from BUITEMS in 2016.

Syed Usman has experience of technical management, administration and teaching about 23 years. First in 1999, he was associated with Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Quetta for two years as an Assistant Engineer Technical. Later on he was designated as Assistant Divisional Engineer in Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL). He served PTCL for 10 years as Assistant Divisional Engineer, Divisional Engineer and Senior Engineer in different cities of Pakistan working on various positions. He attained several International and national trainings, seminars and workshops.  He joined department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Information & Communication Technology (FICT) BUITEMS in September 2010 as Lecturer. He has served as Chairman of department of Telecommunication Engineering and Electrical Engineering for six years. In 2017, he was selected as Deputy Director University Industry Linkages and Technology Transfer, Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) in BUITEMS. Since Nov 2022 he is working as Additional Directing Staff (ADS) at National Institute of Management Quetta.

Some of experiences and different achievements on his credit are transformation of traditional TDM switching setup into Packet Based network switching of Sindh and Balochistan and new numbering plan implementation of different telecom companies, accreditation of study programs of Pakistan Engineering Council, Board of Studies, Industrial Visits etc.