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
USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom
Italy, Turkey, UAE, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and China
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
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.
- 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)