MUHAMMAD ASIF

Lecturer of Quality Management & Reliability Engineering

Institute of Quality & Technology Management,
University of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
Ph: 0092-42-9230344
Cell: 0092- 333-4377256
Fax No. +92-42-9231159
E-mail: asif@iqtm.pu.edu.pk
Muhammad.assif@gmail.com
MISSION STATEMENT

“Pursuit of Excellence through Professional Competency”

AREA OF INTEREST

1. Quality Management
2. Emerging concepts in the field of Quality Management
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY& ACHIEVEMENTS

• Currently working as Lecturer at the Institute of Quality and Technology

Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

http://www.pu.edu.pk/faculty/descriptions.asp?faculty=66004

• Worked for more than two years as Quality Control Officer in

Medipharm Pvt. Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan, Licensee of Schering A.G. Germany
Major responsibilities included Quality Assurance in all manufacturing and packaging
processes and other supporting operations.
Designed the Quality Management system for the Injetable section
Developed the Quality System procedures for the tablet testing system.
• Appointed by Punjab Public Service commission (PCS) as the Drug Inspector Lahore
Cantonment

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COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB

1. Quality Management & Reliability Engineering

2. Good manufacturing Practices (GMP)
3. Industrial Maintenance Management
4. Resource person for Short courses on “Process improvement through Statistical
Process Control using Minitab”

Other responsibilities include Coordination of Short courses on

• ISO 9001:2000
• ISO 14001:2004
• Occupational Health and safety Assessment Series (OHSAS)
• Six sigma
• Total Productive Maintenance
• Social Accountability standard (SA8000) etc.
EDUCATION

2003 Master of Science in Total Quality Management

Institute of Quality and Technology Management,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

2002 Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)

College of Pharmacy,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

PUBLICATIONS

1. Asif, Muhammad. & Awan, M.Usman. (2005). Pakistani pharmaceutical industry

in WTO regime, Issues and prospects, Journal of Quality and Technology
Management, 01, 21-34
2. Quality Management in Pakistan’s Pharmaceutical Sector (In Progress)

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 CONFERENCES
1. Presented a paper on “Integrated Quality Management System for Universities: A
Case Study of IQTM University of the Punjab” at 1st International Conference on
Assessing Quality in Higher Education. 11-13 December 2006.
2. Organized an International conference on Assessing Quality in Higher
Education.11-13 December 2006
http://www.icaqhe2007.org.pk/index.html
MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES

Lead Auditor QMS ISO 9001:2000, Registered with IRCA (International Register of
Certificated Auditors) UK
Lead Auditor ISO 14001:2004, Registered with IRCA (International Register of Certificated
Auditors) UK
Member of “National Council for Quality & Technology”
PROJECTS

• Designed the quality management system for the “Inject ables section of
pharmaceutical company”
• Designed the quality system procedures for the tablet testing system” at Schering
GmbH Pakistan branch.
COMPUTER SKILLS

ƒ Sound knowledge of Minitab, MS. Excel, MS. Word, MS. PowerPoint, Visio, and
Microsoft office programs.
ƒ Basic knowledge of soft wares like SPSS
LINGUISTIC SKILLS:

English: Advanced

Urdu: Mother Language

REFERENCES:

Professor Dr. Niaz Ahmad

Director Institute Of Quality & Technology Management,
University of the Punjab,

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Lahore, Pakistan
+92-321-8433182, +92-42-9230344
director@iqtm.pu.edu.pk

Mr. Shoaib Hakeem

Plant Director
Servier Research and Pharmaceuticals [Pakistan] (pvt.) Limited
+92-300-4278879, +92-42-7933035
Plant1@cyber.net.pk

Dr. Abid Riaz Ahmed

Research Scientist
Free University Berlin,
Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology
Kelchstr. 31, 12169-Berlin, Germany
Tel: 0049 30 83850708, 0049 163 8567023
abid@zedat.fu-berlin.de

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