Dr. S. Sohail H. Naqvi is the Executive Director (ex-officio Federal Secretary) of the Higher Education Commission where he has helped develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for the revival of the university education sector of Pakistan. The Higher Education Commission with an annual budget of US$0.5 Billion is responsible for all matter relating to higher education in Pakistan including, higher education policy, quality assurance, degree recognition, development of new institutions and uplifting of existing institutions as well as operational funding of public sector universities.

With a PhD in Electrical Engineering and extensive teaching and research experience both in the US and Pakistan Dr. Naqvi has been deeply involved from the first day with the transformation of the University Grants Commission of Pakistan to an autonomous ministerial level Higher Education Commission spearheading higher education reforms in Pakistan.

Dr. Naqvi has a number of patents to his credit and has also worked with startups bringing high-tech inventions to the market place. These experiences have helped him implement an ambitious portfolio of programs that have resulted in an explosive growth in research activity in the universities in Pakistan coupled with a doubling in the number of students, significant enhancement of quality, standardization of programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate level with clear quality related benchmarks, the implementation of a higher education quality assurance regime and launch of the most ambitious program in the history of Pakistan for faculty development.

Contact Details:

Higher Education Commission
Room No. 7, Sector H-9
Islamabad
PAKISTAN

Tel: +92 51 444 8369
Fax: +92 51 925 7505

Email: snaqvi@hec.gov.pk
Website: www.hec.gov.pk