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Adjunct Faculty Profile

Talat Yazdani
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

M.Phil Economics

Talat Yazdani

Associate Professor of Economics

 

Strengths

· Highly proficient in written and spoken english

· Solid background in mathematics and statistics

· Ability to work under stress

· Great sense of responsibility

 

Education

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

M.Phil Economics

GPA: 4.00                   LG: A

 

Relevant Courses

Microeconomic analysis, macroeconomic analysis, optimization techniques in economics, international trade, applied econometrics, development economics

 

Thesis Topic

Impact of multi-fibre arrangements on pakistan’s textile and clothing industry with special reference to the united states

 

Government College, Lahore

M.a. Economics

Percentage 50

Relevant Courses

Micro economics, macro economics, money and banking, international trade, statistics, development economics, economic planning, agricultural economics

 

Lahore College for Women, Lahore

B.A.

Percentage 55

Relevant Courses

Economics, Statistics, English

Lahore College for Wwomen, Lahore

F.A.

Percentage 63

Relevant Courses

Economics, Statistics, Psychology, English, Urdu

Experience

Lahore College for Women University, Lahore

Associate Professor of Economics

 

  • Teaching M.A/MSC classes since 1977
  • Area of specialization is mathematical economics
  • In charge of M.A/MSC economics admissions since 1977
  • Teaching interests : statistics, mathematical economics, advance mathematical economics, research methodology and computer applications in economics
  • Research interests : prospects of trade within WTO, Pakistan’s textiles sector and MFA

Research Skill

  • Ms-office
  • Internet
  • Extensive knowledge of SPSS

Research Supervision

  • Tayabba chaudhry (2005) msc. “recycling in pakistan”
  • Sana shaheen (2005) msc. “women health in pakistan”

Publications

  1. Impact of MFA on Pakistan’s textiles and clothing industry with special reference to the united states

Published in

Pakistan Economic and Social Review

Volume xxxvi, no. 2 (winter 1998 ), pp. 203-224

Department of economics, uni. Of the Punjab

 

  1. Pakistan’s textiles and anti-dumping laws

 

Published in

The Lahore Journal of Economics

Volume 4, no.2, July-Dec, 1999, pp.127-149

Lahore school of economics

           

  1. Nobel Prize in Economics

Under Publication

 

  1. Descriptive case study assessing the effects of training on conducting website searches using control and treatment groups of college students

Under Publication

 

Membership

 

  1. Member: Pakistan society of development economics (PSDE), PIDE, Islamabad
  2. Member: standing committee on education, Lahore chamber of commerce and industry (LCCI)
  3. Member: standing committee on WTO, Lahore chamber of commerce and industry (LCCI)

Training Courses

 

Duration

 

Title of the course

 

Organizer

Jan--March

2007

 

WTO 3-months short course on

Gats and trips

GC Uni & UNDP

Lahore

Sep 19--Oct 1

2005

 

 

Project preparation and appraisal

 

 

PIDE, Islamabad

 

 

Aug 25--Sep6

2003

2-weeks course on

Pc-1 preparation

PIMD, Govt of the

Punjab

Computer Courses

 

Duration

Institution

 

Course title

July 2000

Punjab information technology board, Lahore

Ms-office 2000

Aug 1997

Informatics, Lahore

It-office 1997

Sep—Dec 1990

Deptt of administrative science

Punjab university, Lahore

Basic language

Sep—Dec 1974

Computer centre

Quaid-i-azam university, Islamabad

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