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)