Nahida Noor

Nahida Noor, is a lecturer of Economics at University of Chitral. Previously she was Research Associate at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar. She did her BS (honors) from Forman Christian College, Lahore and her MS from Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. She has administrative experience as well. She worked at Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. She also worked as Manager Student Affairs at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT board Project “KP-Youth Employment Program” in the first phase.

“Impact of Lowari Tunnel on the Socio-Economic Lives of the People: A Case of District Chitral (Pakistan)”. International Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol.6, No.9, 2015.

“The Dilemma of Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”. International Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol.6, No.9, 2015.

“BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE OF SUICIDE IN CHITRAL, NORTHERN PAKISTAN”. International Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, in process.

“FORCASTING EXCHANGE RATE FOR PAKISTAN (Using Box-Jenkins Technique)”. Journal of Economics, University of Chitral, in process.

“GDP AND UNEMPLOYMENT FOR PAKISTAN (A Co-integration Analysis)”. Journal of Economics, University of Chitral, in process.

  • Project Management and Investment Analysis
  • Human Resource Development
  • Statistics for Economists
  • Basic Mathematics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • History of Economic Thoughts.

Ø Course Books and Research Articles.

Nahida Noor

Address: Village and P.O Brep, Tehsil Mastuj, District Chitral & Correspondence: C/o Muhammad Irshad, SRSP, House#132, Street#8, Defense Officers’ Colony Khyber Road Peshawar.

Phone: +92-300-9358633         Email: naheeda.noor5@gmail.com/nahida.noor@uoch.edu.pk

 

Education:

Master of Science in Economics (MS Economics):

•              Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar 2014-2016

MS Dissertation: Behavioral Economics Perspective of Suicide in Chitral, Northen Pakistan

Bachelors of Science B.Sc (Honors) Graduation:

•              Forman Christian College Lahore 2009-2013

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Lecturer Economics, at University of Chitral (October, 2017-Present)

Student Affairs Manager, at KP-Youth Employment Program, KP IT Board Funded Project, Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar (September, 2016- March, 2017)

Task and Duties:

Development and maintenance of training  modules, Ensure the smooth and effective functioning of training events, Keep all the records and data of participants, Prepare all batches and keep a tract of all the activities, ensure the reliability of the data, preserve excellent communication between trainers and the trainees and supervise the technical training staff.

Office Assistant at Office of Research, Innovation and commercialization, Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar (Feb, 2016- June, 2017)

Task and Duties:

Proposal write up, Event organization, preparing progress reports and NRPU report, reporting of daily tasks, meeting minutes, data entering of researches on ORIC Data Hub, arranging research committee meetings and documentation. Planned and executed National Colloquium for Budding Researchers & Faculty of Business Schools on “Social Sciences Research by Young Scholars: Addressing the Academic-Practitioner Conundrum”.

Achievements:

Successfully organize First National Colloquium at Institute of Management Sciences.

Successfully organize meeting for joint KP ORIC Forum.

Successfully compile ORIC self assessment report for 2015

Submitted grant proposals to donor for funding

Submitted research proposals for NRPU funding

Internee Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation Islamabad (22nd June - 30th July, 2015)

Task and Duties:

Review of project reports, preparation of report for Awaaz projects, reporting and filing for listen projects, documenting and conducting case studies

Achievements:

Successfully compile progress report for AWAAZ project implementing Districts of Sindh and Punjab

Successfully reviewed two project reports for LISTEN project and interviewed and compile five case studies from project intervention.

Internee Aga Khan Rural Support Programmee, Chitral (25th Sep - 25th Dec, 2013)

Task and Duties:

Cost Benefit analysis, Impact assessment report for PPAF funded project, monitoring and evaluation of different projects activities, conducting case studies, arranging conference and meetings as well as their reporting

Achievements:

Successfully compiled impact assessment report for PPAF funded infrastructure project in Chitral

Conducted Cost Benefit analysis of Irrigation Channel Drongagh Shunjuran Chitral

Successfully arranged conferences and meetings for different projects of AKRSP

Monitoring and Evaluation of several projects and also documented several case studies for different projects

Internee Aga Khan Rural Support Programmee, Chitral (June - August, 2012)

Task and Duties:

Information gathering and documentation of case studies, arranging conference, exchange visit and meeting as well as their reporting, undertake field visits for counseling and information gathering

Achievements:

Arrange exchange visit for the project beneficiaries

Complied case studies from seven different villages of upper Chitral “Community Based Saving Groups (CBSG) as Ray of Hope in Difficult Times for Women in Chitral”

Co-curricular Activities

Convener of Social Welfare Society, University of Chitral

Event Coordinator LUCUS Economics Society, Forman Christian College, Chitral

 

Competencies/Skills

 

l  Team Leadership

l  Research and Analysis

l  Creative Writing & Presentation Skills

l  Monitoring & Evaluation

l  Documentation

l  Events Planning and Management

l  Proposals, Success Stories and Case Studies writing

 

 

Computer and IT Skills

 

l  Internet Surfing and Search

l  Social Media Websites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & etc.

l  Microsoft Certified of MS word 2010

l  Soft wares (SPSS / Gretl/Eviews )            

l  Scanner & Printer

l  Microsoft Office

 

 

 

Hobbies

 

Reading News Papers and Research Journals, Watching Television, Movies, Internet Surfing

 

 

 

 

Proficient Languages

 

  • English, Urdu, Chitrali

 

 

Training and Certificates

 

Training and Workshops Title

Organized by:

Dated

Workshop on SPSS

QEC, University of Chitral

April 06-07, 2018

National Training of Trainers Institute for Women’s Leadership and Women Empowerment

Women Learning Program USA and Aurat Foundation Islamabad

August 08-11, 2015            

workshop on Research Method

Institute of Management Sciences in collaboration with Institute of Management Studies

November, 2014

workshop on Introduction to Social Research

AKU, Institute for Educational Development (IED)

Dec 2013-Jan, 2014

workshop Mountain Adolescent & Youth Network

Reproductive Health Initiative for Adolescents, AKRSP Chitral

December, 2013

Capacity building training on Proposal Writing

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, Chitral

December, 2013

Professional Development Training for Youth

AKRSP in collaboration with AKU,IED

Sep-Oct, 2013  

Life Skills Training Program

Human Resource Development Center Hasho Foundation Chitral

June-November, 2005

 

 

References

Reference (1)    

 

Name:                                  Dr. Muhammad Rafiq (Coordinator MS/PhD Economics)

Organization:                    Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar

Email ID:                             Muhammad.rafiq@imsciences.edu.pk

 

 

Reference (2)

 

Name:                                  Dr. Awais Adnan (Director ORIC)

Organization:                    Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar

Email ID:                             awais.adnan@imsciences.edu.pk