Name: Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh

Father’s Name: (Late) Bashir Ahmed

CNIC No. 45203-0803427-7
Passport No. DP5194271
Date of Birth June 18th, 1977
Domicile: Khairpur (Urban) Sindh
Email: gemzaf@yahoo.com
Mobile: +92-333-7113817
Mailing Address: 201 (2nd Floor), Tariq Heights, Rizwan Society, Scheme-33, University
Road near Safoora chowrangi, Karachi. Pakistan

Objectives
Improvement of thoughts, progress of mind, advancement in skills and love, sincerity &
commitment by spreading education among my country fellows and delve in areas of research
beneficial to the advancement of my country in the fields of ICT, Education policy, Databases, and
MIS strategy.

Achievements
• NTS GRE General
• PhD fellowship from Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
• HEC Travel Grant for presenting research paper in China
• MS(CS) Degree from Iqra University with Distinction

Future Plans
Research & Development in the field of ICT Research & Development, Education policy, Databases,
Ontologies, and MIS

Fields of Interest

• ICT Research & Development

• ICTs in Higher Education
• Instructional/Educational technology
• Management Information Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Ontologies
• Distributed Databases
• E-governance
• E-learning
• E-practice

Academic Details
PhD IQRA Uni., Karachi 2010 Onwards
MS(CS) IQRA Uni., Karachi 2009 3.65/4.0
MSc in Computer Science Uni. of Sindh, Jamshoro 2000 66.38%
BSc (H) in computer Science Uni. of Sindh, Jamshoro 1999 67.78%
Intermediate (Pre-Engg.) B.I.S.E Sukkur 1996 63.81%
Matriculation (Science) B.I.S.E Sukkur 1994 82.47%

Research Publications

1. Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh (2009), ‘ICT Integration in Higher Education: A Measurement of Critical
Factors’, Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Management & Social Sciences
(IRCMSS’09), June 20, 2009, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2. Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh, M. Zubair Ahmed (2009), ‘ICT for Shaping the Future of Higher Education
in Pakistan’, Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer
Science & Computer Engineering, FECS 2009, July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas Nevada, USA. CSREA Press
2009, ISBN 1-60132-104-X, pp. 463-466.
3. Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh (2009), ‘Usage, Acceptance, Adoption, and Diffusion of Information &
Communication Technologies in Higher Education: A Measurement of Critical Factors,’ Journal of
Information Technology Impact (JITI), Vol. 9(2), July 2009, pp. 63-80.
4. Shaikh, Zaffar Ahmed (2009), ‘ZPD Incidence Development Strategy for Demand of ICTs in
Higher Education Institutes of Pakistan’, Presentation made at 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Intelligent Information Technology Application (IITA 2009), November 21-22, 2009, Nanchang, China.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/IITA.2009.292, Volume: 1, On page(s): 661-664.
5. (Final Stage) Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh, Khalil-ur-Rehman Khombati (2010). Role of ICT in shaping
the future of higher education system in Pakistan. ETR&D-Educational Technology Research &
Development.

MS Thesis

ICT for Shaping the Future of Higher Education in Pakistan

Courses taken at MS(CS) Level

Adv. Enterprise Resource Planning Adv. Data Warehousing & Mining Information Theory
Research Design & Inferential Analysis Adv. Software Quality Assurance Distributed Databases
Algorithms: Theory, Analysis & Design Information Retrieval for Metadata MS Thesis
Adv. Computer Architecture Adv. Numerical Computing

Professional Tools/Languages:

• MATLAB • SQL Server

• Java • ORACLE 9i

Professional Experience

Education & Literacy Department, Govt. of Sindh

Lecturer in Computer Science, Govt. Islamia Science College Sukkur
May 2002 - Todate (On Study Leave)
Bahria Foundation
Computer Teacher, Bahria foundation College Nawabshah
August 2001 – March 2002

Professional Trainings
NIPA Karachi Pakistan
Skills Development Program for Lecturers
July 2002 – Aug 2002

Intel Corporation, NIPA Karachi Pakistan,

Intel Tech to the Future (Master Trainer)
July 2002 – Aug 2002

Co/Extra Curricular Activities

 Member Review Panel of International Journal of Education and

Development using ICT
 Participated IITA 2009 Conference held in Nanchang, China during 21-
22, November 2009
 Proficient in MS Office, Matlab, SPSS, Oracle 9i, SQL Server, JAVA
 Team Player with proficient communication, coordination and leadership
skills
 Interests include Reading Books, Net Searching, Traveling, Cricket

References
1. Dr. Nadeem Iqbal Dean Faculty of Eng. Iqra University, KHI 0300-2439428
2. Dr. Khalil-ur-Rehman Chairman IIT Sindh Uni, JAMSHORO 0321-
3064356
3. Dr. Abid Kareem Member BASAR Iqra University, KHI 0333-3244340
4. M. Zubair Ahmed Associate Professor Iqra University, KHI 0331-2011133
5. Ghazanfarullah Head Comp. Deptt. Usman Ins. Tech. KHI 0300-
2281879