Board of Directors

The founding Chairman of ‘Taaleem Foundation’ and ‘The Innoversity’, has been a senior professional in the public sector with significant diversity in roles and experience from philanthropy to private sector support, corporate sector facilitation, and public sector service delivery.

Mr. Syed Abu Ahmad Akif belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service who appeared for the highly competitive civil service examination in 1982 and secured the first position in Pakistan. He served as the Cabinet Secretary and Federal Secretary at the Ministry of Climate Change Pakistan.

She joined the TF Board of Directors and Academic Council in January 2015. Having obtained postgraduate degrees in Advanced Professional Studies from the University of Strathclyde – Glasgow, Postgraduate Diplomas from the University of Bradford, and a Master’s degree in Anthropology from the Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad.

Mr. Hassan Raza is a businessman. He is associated with the Chemical Industry in Pakistan and overseas as one of the sponsors. He has held Advisory Positions with various MNCs including Mitsui Europe and Ravago. Previously, he was based for a number of years in Silicon Valley U.S.A working for Fairchild and Intel Corporation in various technical and management positions.

One of the founding Directors of Taaleem Foundation. He has played a vital role over the years in transforming this organization towards self-sustainability and has ensured the implementation of best practices in operations.

An Accredited Change Manager (ACM) from the Change Management Institute, Sydney – Australia is on TF Board since 2009. She has a business management degree from a joint program of the University of Lausanne and the University of Zurich in Switzerland.

Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha is the Founding Director of Akhuwat www.akhuwat.org.pk world’s largest interest-free Micro Finance (at zero percent and no service fee) and Pakistan’s biggest Micro Finance organization. He…

Syed Muhammed Junaid Zaidi scientist, entrepreneur, and educator. He is the founding rector of the COMSATS University Islamabad. He took the post of the Executive Director of the Commission on…

Wahaj us Siraj is a Pakistani entrepreneur and technology executive, known for his leadership in the IT industry in Pakistan. He is the founder and CEO of Nayatel, a leading…