Muhammad Faheem Akbar, Assistant Professor

Muhammad Faheem Akbar

Assistant Professor

University of Karachi

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Doctorate, Agriculture (Entomology)
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

Assistant Professor at University of Karachi
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2014 to February 2017

Job Description: Teaching & Research
1. Teaching: Courses relating to crop protection including; Pest Management, Pesticide Toxicology, Pesticide Resistance Management and Host Plant Resistance etc.
2. Research: Pest Management, Pesticides’ Toxicity & Pesticide Residue Analysis

Agriculture Officer at Agriculture Extension Department, Government of Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 1994 to June 2010

To provide technical agricultural services to the growers through different sources such as: personal contacts / farmers gathering / Conducting seminars & workshops / multimedia presentation & literature distribution to enable them to follow the proper Agricultural Techniques / Good Agricultural Practices for sustainable agriculture so as to get better yield.

To organize in-house field trials of different crops i. e. Cotton, Wheat & Seasonal Vegetable crops etc. at farmer's field as demonstration plot.

To train the farmers about safe and effective use of pesticides with emphasis on their minimal use, so as to avoid Environmental pollution.

To train the field staff in their assigned schedule of work.

Education

Doctorate, Agriculture (Entomology)
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 2012

Ph. D. (Agriculture) from Agriculture & Agribusiness Management Department, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Pesticide toxicity and residue analysis.

Specialties & Skills

Research
Capacity Building
Teaching
Food Safety
Sustainable Agriculture
MS Office
MS Office
MS Office
MS Office
Time Management
Inspection and Audit
Teaching and Research
Agriculture Extension Services
Capacity Building

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker

Memberships

Science Pakistan
  • Reseach activities
  • April 2012
Society of Toxicology-USA
  • Creating a Safer and Healthier World by Advancing the Science and increasing Impact of Toxicology
  • January 2020
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • Member “Commission on Education and Communication" (CEC)
  • March 2020
National Productivity Organization (NPO) Pakistan
  • Trainer Agriculture Productivity
  • February 2019
Pakistan Society of Plant Protection
  • Plant Protection Expert
  • July 2018