Prof Dr. Abdul Raheman   VP-HSR
 

Vice President (Administration and Finance), / Vice President (Academics)
International Islamic University, Islamabad – PAKISTAN
Phone Office:  (+92-51) 9258074
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

   

  Prof Dr. Ahmed Shuja Syed   VP-HSR
 

Vice President (Research & Enterprise),
International Islamic University, Islamabad – PAKISTAN
Phone Office:  (+92-51) 9258055, 9258074
Email: [email protected]
  Engr. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Shuja Syed is responsible for Research and Enterprise in the university. Earlier, he served as the Vice President (Academics) twice. He additionally held the position of President of the University from November 2024 until June 2025. He is also the founding Executive Director, Centre for Advanced Electronics & Photovoltaic Engineering, with a portfolio of a number of international and national research and institutional grants. He remained the Proponent & Focal Point of US Department of Energy’s Users Facility Access Agreement with International Islamic University and Govt. of Pakistan’s PSDP support grant to the Centre.
  Prof. Shuja is also the Visiting Professor at James Watt School of Engineering at University of Glasgow, UK. Prof. Shuja holds MS and Ph.D. in Engineering from Sweden and UK; respectively. Besides serving abroad during his professional career; he previously remained the Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology at IIU, Islamabad and Executive Director of Centre for Emerging Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Islamabad. Currently; He is also the Member Board of Governors/Senates of various universities in Pakistan as well as an elected Fellow of Energy Institute United Kingdom, Life-Time Member of Pakistan Engineering Council, and Senior Member of Swedish Engineering Body and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
  Dr. Shuja pioneered a thriving Graduate program in the field of Advanced Electronics- Pakistan’s first of its kind with Device design and Process Support integration, which paved the way for the development of a full-scale Centre for Advanced Electronics & Photovoltaic Engineering. The Centre is currently home to over 800 scientific projects with world class research facilities including Pakistan’s first Class-100 clean room for the development of micron- and sub- micron devices. As guest scientist and visiting professor, Dr. Shuja maintained very close collaborative linkages with some of the world’s most renowned scientific facilities including the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has also highlighted Dr. Shuja’s contributions in its official newsletters in February 2011, May 2015, August 2016 and April 2019. Dr. Shuja instituted and chaired several international conferences and national workshops in Pakistan and had been a plenary/keynote speaker in numerous national and international conferences and colloquia.
  Dr. Shuja has led tangible projects developing both physical and academic infrastructures, facilities, departments, faculty, Centres etc. covering the financial, strategic and planning aspects. With a track record of winning several competitive projects funded both on national and international level; Dr. Shuja has supervised over 100 MS/PhD students and post-doctoral fellows and published over 150 international research communications including the book chapters and impact-factor journal papers. Dr. Shuja is also a member of various national level fora and has a track record of working closely with national and international bodies for the initiation, approval, execution and accreditation of institutions, academic and research programs, and devising the policies and strategies in the Science and Technology arena. Besides several other high level national committees; being part of the National Steering Committee on Pakistan Science Foundation’s PSDP projects as well as Department of S&T of KPK Government; Dr. Shuja played an active role in defining the future directions of S&T funding and creation of impactful knowledge in Pakistan.