Dr Kamran Azam

Associate Professor: Human Resource Management at the Department of Management Sciences. Main Responsibilities are as follows:
1. Teaching Advance Research Methodologies and HRD courses at MBA, MS and PhD Level.
2. Research Supervision at MPhil and PhD Level.
Convener of Graduate Research Programs & Research Committee: Streamlined the affairs of graduate programs i.e. PhD, MS Management Sciences, MBA and MPhil Public Policy.
QEC Focal Person at the Deptt. Member of BOS/BOF in Management Sciences, UOH Plagiarism Standing Committee and Research Ethics Committee.

Associate Professor: Human Resource Development & Disaster Management at the Department of Leadership and Management Studies (LMS) in Faculty of Contemporary Studies.
1. Teaching courses and supervising research students at PhD, MPhil and MSPM in LMS, Government & Public Policy and National Security & War Course (NSWC).
2. A/Head of Department: Leadership and Management Studies (Jan, 2018 to Jan, 2019; 12th Dec, 2019 till date). The deptt of LMS has achieved top position in inter-departmental ranking, during an year long tenure, as compared to be at the bottom level, previously. NDU is a premium national security institution, where I have to ensure alignment with the ideology and national security imperatives of Pakistan, in performing the following duties:
a. Programmatic revival, development and sustenance.
i. Academic programs restructuring and relaunching.
ii. Curriculum review and upgradation.
iii. Evolving the research themes.
b. Academic and Institutional development and mainstreaming.
i. Assuring teaching quality for effective learning.
ii. Capacity building and guidance for assuring research productivity.
iii. Networking and sensitization for creating liaison with academic regulators.
c. Evolved a faculty development center.
d. Teambuilding and motivation for human and institutional development.
e. Departmental administration.
3. Chair of the following Committees:
a. University Examination and Review Committee (UERC) for LMS, PhD Program.
b. Departmental Tenure Review Committee of LMS.
c. Departmental Review Committee for MPhil and MSPM.
d. Committees for SOPs Development and Implementation.
4. Focal Person: Faculty Development Center (FDC)
a. Conceived, developed, and implemented the pilot phase of FDC.
b. Supervising the conduct of the following calendar trainings:
i. First Faculty Development Workshop (FDW): Orientation of newly hired faculty members at FDC.
ii. Second FDW: “Learners’ Psychology, Counseling, Stress Management, Adult Learning Interactive Strategies and Teaching as a Profession”
c. Conducted sessions and invited keynotes during FDC trainings.
d. Conducted a Training Needs Analysis of FCS, NDU.
5. Member of the following at NDU:
a. NDU Academic Council, Advanced Studies Research Board and Selection Board.
b. NDU Research Committee.
c. Student Aid Fund Endowment.
d. Departmental Tenure Review Committee of LMS, GPP and IR.
e. PhD/MPhil Admission Committee.

Teaching:
1. Qualitative Research Methods for Faculty Members.
2. Advanced Research Methods to MS Islamic Business and Finance.
3. Direct Research in HRD to PhD and MS.
4. Business Research Methods and Report Writing.
5. HRM to BBAH.
6. Project Human Resources and Communication.
7. Business Communication.
8. Decision Making.
9. Strategic Management to MS, MBA and IMBA at Riphah Centre of Islamic Business.
10. Islamic Leadership
Research Supervision: Supervisor and Internal Examiner in the following programs:
1. PhD (Management Sciences)
2. MS Management Sciences
3. MS Islamic Banking and Finance
4. MS Project Management
5. Master of Business Administration

In-Charge Research:
 Conceptualizing, indigenizing, and formulating the research agenda for the faculty of
management science. Identifying, following up and implementing the research targets of
the faculty members.
 Chair of the Research Committee, constituted for streamlining research supervision,
faculty research agenda, research grants, books and publications.
 Project Submitted to Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, as a Principle investigator
under National Research Program for Universities. Title of the project is “Issues, dynamics
and implications of Disaster Management in Pakistan”. Volume of Proposed Grant: PKR
7.690596/ Millions.
 Projects Submitted and agreed in principle with the top management of Centre of
Excellence in Disaster Management. Total worth of these projects is PKR 3 Million.
 As a member of different committees, I am involved in academics, administration and
admission matters of the faculty at the graduate level (MS-PhD).
 Conference Organizer: Responsible to arrange a research conference in early summer,
2015.
 Nominated by the Academic council as Member of the Board of Faculty of the Faculty of
Social Sciences and Humanities.
 Appointed by the dean as member of the Board of Studies of Management and Business
Administration.

Taught the courses as follows:
• Advanced Research Methods
• Operations Management
• Cross Cultural Management.
Presented a proposal for defining the role, structure and working mechanism of Research Management Center (RMC).
• Promoting a research oriented culture at INU by encouraging the students and faculty members to contribute more regarding research publications. The university has introduced a good practice in terms of the registration fees payments.

1. Assisting Associate Prof. Dr Rosman Bin Md Yusoff on the following projects:
• “An Analysis of the Factors Hindering the Effectiveness of Disaster Management in Malaysia”, funded under Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS).
• TNA among Trainers of Keluarga Sakinah Johor (Analisis Keperluan Latihan dalam Kalangan Penggerak Program Keluarga Sakinah, Johor). Sponsored by Yayasan Pembangunan Keluarga Darul Ta'zim.
• A Study on the effectiveness of Keluarga Sakinah Program in Johor (Kajian Keberkesanan Program Keluarga Sakinah di Negeri Johor). Sponsored by Yayasan Pembangunan Keluarga Darul Ta'zim.
• Teaching the course of Crisis Management to BS HRD 7th Semester.
2. Assisting Associate Prof. Dr. Rozeyta Omar on her project “The Role of Enterpreneuarial Passion in Strategic Decision Making of Small and Medium Enterprises at Malaysia” funded by University Technology, Malaysia, under RUGS.
3. Assisting Associate Prof. Dr Amran Md Rasli for the project title “The Economic Impact Analysis of Flood Disasters and Dynamics of ‘Post Traumatic Stress Disorder’: A Case Study of Malaysia” funded by UTM under RUGS.

Taught the following courses:

• Human Resource Development.
• Human Resource Management.
• Conflict and Crisis management.
• Change Management & OD.
• Compensation Management.
• International HRM.
• HRM Policies & Practices.
• International Marketing.
• Business Strategy and Policy.
• Productivity & Quality Management
• Production & Operations Management.
• Operations Management.

HR Internship Advisor, active participation in departmental & campus committees. With the advent of an active research group comprising of the faculty members and shiny students, we have published more than 30 papers in International Peer Reviewed Journals.

• Assisted Dr. Iqtidar Ali Shah, regarding his research activities.
• Worked on “Community Development and Poverty Alleviation Project”. A project of CIIT, and Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway.

· Responsible for all activities related to organizational & programmatic development, institutional building, project conceptualization, planning and implementation.
· Defined IRDS Lahore (SBU Level) mission/vision and evolved its long-term goals and short-term strategic objectives.
· Develop Standard Operating Procedures SOPs for Lahore region.
· Formulated Executive Council & an Advisory Board of the Lahore region.
· Development of Training modules, facilitating training workshops for IRDS and its clients.
· Enable IRDS to generate financial resources through short and long-terms consultancies & joint ventures at Lahore region.
· Assisting Mr Qasim Jan who is consultant for Decentralization Support Programme (DSP) on an Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded, Nationwide project about “Assessment of implementation Status of Local Government Ordinance (LGO) 2001” regarding Lahore Region.

Responsible for all activities related to organizational development, institutional building, project planning and implementation.
Organized all the activities of SAFE at Lahore like Book Fair at K.E Medical College Lahore.
Responsible to generate financial resources through funding.
Monitoring, evaluation and report writing of the programs coordinated by SAFE.