VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University

Adjunct Faculty Profile

Dr. Muhammad Hafeez
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

PhD

Dr. Muhammad Hafeez

Virtual University Of Pakistan

Education

- PhD (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) 2000

- MA Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1986

- MA Sociology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 1982

- MBA Courses, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1986-87

- Commercial Pilots License (Instrument Rated), Civil Aviation Authority, Karachi,

Pakistan, 1979

- Population Health Research Certificate, Nuffield Institute for Health, Univ of Leeds,

UK, 1995

- Have intensive experience in using popular Windows applications like MS Word,

SPSS, Eudora, Endnote and Web use, and can pick up computer related work easily.

Awards

1982-83 - Research Work at East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

1983-86 - Post project award for MA degree, International Development and

Research Centre, Canada

1995 -Punjab Health Services, Nuffield Institute of Health, University of Leeds,

Leeds, UK

1996-2000 -Central Overseas Training (COT) Scholarship for PhD degree at

Australian National University

2004 - Security Workshop 2004, National Defence College, Islamabad, 2004

Have Worked/Visited

USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom

Italy, Turkey, UAE, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and China

Employment Record

1987 – To date Working at the Department of Sociology, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

Present Position Held Professor/Chair, Department of Sociology & Director

Linkages,

University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

09.09.1991 – 23.4.2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University

of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

27.9.88 – 09.09.1991 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of the

Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

11.1987 – 9.1988 Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University

of the Punjab, Lahore

11.1983 - 09.1986 Postgraduate Research, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

03.1982 - 09.1983 Research Officer, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii,

USA

1993 – 1996 Visiting Faculty Member, Punjab College of Business

Administration, Lahore, Pakistan

1993 – 1995 Visiting Faculty Member, University of Engineering and

Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

1995 – 1995 Research Associate, Nuffield Institute of Health, University of Leeds, UK

Student Supervision

Supervised several MA degree students in their theses work at Punjab University since 1987. Presently supervising the work of two PhD students in the field of sociology, population health, and management/administration.

Teaching Skills

- I had been teaching a variety of post graduate courses at Pakistan’s several prestigious institutions of higher learning:

(i) Sociology Department, University of the Punjab;

(ii) College of Community Medicine;

(iii) Post Graduate Medical Institute;

(iv) City and Regional Planning Department, University of Engineering and Technology;

(v) Punjab College of Business Administration (PCBA),

(vi) Institute of Public Administration, University of the Punjab;

(vii) Department of Clinical Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

(viii) National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Quetta and Lahore.

- PhD level teaching

(1) Philosophy of Social Sciences

(2) Research Methods

(At the Department of Sociology, Institute of Administrative Sciences, Institute of Business Administration, Centre for Clinical Psychology, all at the University of the Punjab and also at Government College University, Lahore)