Dr. Seemi Waheed

Dr. Seemi Waheed holds PhD in Management from University of Management and Technology (UMT). She did her Master’s in Public Administration from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, USA. Her major was in public finance and economic development. She also holds a degree in Public Administration from Punjab University. Her specialization was in management and organizational behavior. She is M. Phil (Economics) and is a member of Pakistan Society of Development Economists, American Society of Public Administration and Pakistan Population Association.

She has attended number of short courses abroad and at home in Public Expenditure Management, Total Quality Management, Poverty Reduction Strategies, and other economic and management areas. She has undertaken research and consultancy work for UNDP, UNICEF, DFID/WB, in areas of health, gender mainstreaming, education, human rights and non-governmental organizations in Punjab. She has designed seminars, conferences and workshops for senior civil servants and private sector managers in areas of public expenditure management, poverty reduction strategies, child rights and development, project management and analysis and negotiation skills.

Dr. Waheed has been a regular speaker at the National Institutes of Public Administration, Civil Services Academy and other private and public sector training organizations. She has been foreign correspondent for Kitakyushu Forum for Women, Kitakyushu Japan. She has edited a book on “Sustainable Development with Special Reference to Pakistan” and edited papers of the Conference on “Child Rights and Development”. She has a dozen research papers published in local and international journals.