Dr. Fahd Amjad is the Head of Policy Division – Regional Connectivity under CPEC (BS-20) of Centre of Excellence for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CoE-CPEC), Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, Islamabad. His Professional Qualifications & Training included;

1. Trainings on statistical quality control at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute and at COMSATS on Total Quality Management and Statistical Quality Control for the graduate students and industrial participants.
2. A graduate seminar at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute for 1 Credit Hour (PEC accredited) on Network Modeling
3. A graduate seminar at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute on Decision Modeling And Analysis / Supply Chain Quantitative Modeling And Simulation Techniques
4. A Summer School in Polytechnic of Bucharest Romania on INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
5. Participation in GDR-MACS 2009 Metz France, GDR-MACS 2010 Paris France. GDR-MACS is an annual French Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
6. Participation in Seminar in Environmental Impact Assessment conducted by ICUN in Lahore 2014
7. Basic and Advanced Level Certification in AutoCad from AutoDesk Certified Training Centers.
8. Training in manufacturing systems design using Catia and Delmia at ENIM France, This training was targeted at modeling production lines with individual robotic and non-robotic entities, and applying simulation to optimize their operations.
9. Completion of one month internship in heavy defense industries, and have an in depth knowledge of Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Advanced CNC Machining, Advanced Process and Work Flow Management Systems, Surface Treatment Processes.

ICT Skills

1. Capability of working with Raster and Vector dataset in QGIS.
2. Complex network analysis using R – statistical software.
3. Advance programming skills in VBA, for system dynamics simulation using Excel as data base.
4. Working Knowledge of Access Microsoft Database.
5. Advanced programming skills in Python for data sciences.
6. Palisade Decision Tools (Statistical Tool for Decision Modeling and Analysis), for quality control using six sigma principles, for Monte Carlo simulation, for risk assessment, and for Evolutionary Solvers (Genetic Algorithm Solver)
7. Experience and knowledge of R for Business Analytics, for Linear Programming and Optimization, for Textual Analysis, for Statistical Quality Control, Cluster Analysis, and for Association Rules.
8. Java Expert System Shell (Jess), the Descriptive Logic Reasoners.
9. Advanced knowledge of Protégé, Web Ontology Language Editor.
10. Advanced modeling experience of ANSYS in structural analysis
11. Advance modeling skills in Pro-E, AutoCad, Catia-Delmia (A software to model and simulate virtual factories)

Professional and Academic Projects

1. Contributed as a reviewer on the papers regarding semantic web application in the 19th IFAC World Congress 2014 which took place in South Africa.
2. Contributed as a reviewer on the papers regarding sustainable development, in the annual publication of sustainable development Policy institute ISBN-10:969-35-2897-2
3. Master Research (MPhil) work encompasses areas of Supplier Selection, Coordination in Supply Chain Management, Information Sharing in Supply Chain Management, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Contracting Practices in Supply Chain Management and Quantitative Supply Chain Modeling and Simulation Techniques, AHP (Analytical Hierarchical Process).
4. Headed the committee of industrial liaison of COMSATS institute.
5. ANSYS, design of different hydrofoils and their analysis of interaction with fluids, using FSI solver of ANSYS. This work identified the design procedure for selecting the hydro foils and airfoils for further utility in water based or wind based energy generation.
6. Professional project involves work, as lead design advisor for my company AES, on improving the cooling tower efficiency. Working with Italian company SPIG (http://www.spig-int.com/), which is leader in Cooling tower Technology. The design work involved the understanding and review of the industrial piping standard and cooling tower design standard and validating the finding presented by SPIG. This project helped my company AES in improving plant efficiency and consequently reducing the operations cost. The operations were further analyzed and the quality maintained using statistical quality management tools.
7. Power plant maintenance, during my stint in the AES, I was also involved in the maintenance outage activities of the AES PakGen and LalPir generators. This has provided me with in depth knowledge of the workings and systems of a 700 Mega Watts Thermal Power Plants.

Research & Publication

1. Amjad,Fahd et al 2009. “Authoring Tool Architecture and Workflow for Collaborative Development of Semantic Document and Learning Objects”. Proceeding International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM 2009)-IEEE. Hong Kong ISBN: 978-988-18659-1-5.
2. Amjad, Fahd et al 2010. “A Framework for Knowledge Management in Distributed Collaborative Enterprise”. Proceeding International Conference of Modelisation and Simulation (MOSIM 2010)-IFAC Tunisia. ISBN: 978-2-7430-1330-1.
3. Amjad, Fahd et al 2011. “Description logic based decision support for integrating suppliers with product in networked supply chain”. Proceedings International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM 2011). Metz. ISBN: 978-2-9600532-3-4.
4. Yasir Tariq Mohmand, Fahad Mehmood, Fahd Amjad, Nedim Makarevic, Complex Network Analysis of Guangzhou Metro European Researcher. Series A, 2015, Vol.(100), Is. 11, pp. 711-718. URL: http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1449784641.pdf. DOI: 10.13187/ er.2015. 100.
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5. Aslam, F., Imran, M., Mughal, K. S., Mehmood, F., Amjad, F., & Salman, A. (2016). Trade openness and FDI inflows: a panel data analysis of selected asia and pacific countries. UOS journal of social sciences & humanities [ISSN 2224-2341 – Print], Forthcoming.
6. Aslam, F., Amjad, F., Malik, W., Mehmood, F., & Mughal1, K. S. (2016). Impact of health, safety and environment practices on safety performance: evidence from cement industry of pakistan. UOS journal of social sciences & humanities [ISSN 2224-2341 – Print], Forthcoming.

Submitted and / or in preparation

1. Rehman, A., Amjad, F., Shah, L, Mughal, K. Appraisal of supply chain management maturity in oil & gas sector of Pakistan (In review in Operation Management Research Journal)
2. Shah, Liaqat; Shahbaz, Ali; Mughal, Khurrum; Amjad, F. Evaluation framework for economic corridors development
3. Amjad, F; Shah, L. Identification and evaluation of potential sites for solar power generation in Pakistan
4. Shah, L., Ibrahim, S., Amjad, F. Designing and development of composite Risk Index for Construction projects

Case Studies

1. Hardee’s Pakistan Outsourcing Decision – Motives, Risks & Decisional Factors – CIMA case study awards 2015. Won prize money for being one of the best case studies in the competition.
2. Success or Failure, Alcoholic Beverages in Muslim Country; A case of Murree Brewery – CIMA case study award 2015

Projects Completed

1. Impact of Health, Safety & Environment practices on Safety performance of cement industries (Evidence from cement industries of Jhelum and Chakwal) (MS Thesis) 2015
2. Network Modeling And Analysis Of Natural Gas Transmission Of Pakistan (A Case Study Approach) (MS Thesis) 2014
3. The Impact of Supply Chain Management Practices On Supply Chain Responsiveness And Firm Competitive Advantage: A Case Of IT Equipment Suppliers In Islamabad Region. (MS Thesis 2016)
4. Nuclear Disaster Risk Management “Formulation of Disaster Management Mechanism and Response Measures at National level”. (MS Thesis 2016)
5. Quantifying The Advantages Offered By RFID In The Pakistani Utility Store (MBA Project)
6. The Strategic Analysis Of Pakistan International Airline (MBA Project)
7. Fourth Party Logistics A Case Of National Logistics Cell (NLC) Pakistan (MBA Project)
8. The Procurement Practices A Case Study Of COMSATS Institute Islamabad (MBA Project)

Comparative Study Of Advance Transportation Algorithms And Their Implementation In Pakistan (MBA Project)